![]() ![]() They got two of their three runs on homers by Marcell Ozuna and Austin Riley, the other on a ninth-inning wild pitch that scored Ronald Acuña Jr. “It’s baseball, it happens,” said center fielder Michael Harris II, who tripled with one out in the sixth inning Wednesday but was stranded as the Braves went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position. Atlanta won 27 of 31 games before losing five of its past six and had an 11-game home winning streak before this four-game slide at Truist Park. #BRAVES ON DIRECTV TODAY SERIES#Their four-game skid matches a season high, and they’ve lost consecutive series after winning the previous 11. They still have a 3.78 ERA that ranks fifth in the majors, even if they’ve stumbled during a four-game losing streak that included a 16-13 loss to Arizona on Tuesday, when All-Star Bryce Elder had his second consecutive poor start, and Wednesday when Charlie Morton allowed four runs in 5 2/3 innings and saw his five-start winning streak snapped. If the Braves get all of those pitchers back for the stretch drive and avoid additional key injuries, their pitching staff would potentially be as good or better than anyone else’s in the postseason. “You weather the storm and eventually you’ll get everybody back.” is feeling good, Dylan’s starting to throw - guys like that,” Snitker said. “How I’m looking at it is, Max is getting ready to go out and do another (rehab start), and A.J. He’s aiming for an early September return. Looking a little further out, Kyle Wright, MLB’s only 20-game winner last season - he went 21-5 with a 3.19 ERA - is progressing steadily, if slowly, from a shoulder strain. Veteran righty Jesse Chavez and lefty Dylan Lee, the team’s most consistent relievers before going on the IL - Chavez on June 15 with a shin contusion, Lee on May 19 with shoulder inflammation - could be back by early to mid-August.Īnd the big one: Max Fried, NL Cy Young Award runner-up in 2022, makes his third injury-rehab start Thursday and could return as soon as next week, though it seems more likely he’d make at least one more rehab start after Thursday. ![]() In this case, it’s legit: The Braves expect to have Minter back from the IL at the end of the month. ![]() I just kind of look and I’m thinking all the guys we’ve got I can see getting ready to come back.”Īh, the positive spin. “It’s hard to go through that,” he said, but added, “It’s part of it. Perhaps he was laughing to keep from crying about the steady stream of aches and pains and IL stints. “It’s a lot of guys,” said Snitker, who was presumably joking about looking for parking places. Last Thursday, they put setup man Nick Anderson on the 60-day IL with a shoulder strain and brought veteran lefty Lucas Luetge up from Gwinnett. Minter on the 15-day IL Saturday with left-shoulder inflammation and recalled righty reliever Dereck Rodriguez from Triple A. Lefty Kolby Allard went on the 60-day IL Monday with nerve inflammation in his pitching shoulder, and backup outfielder Sam Hilliard went on the 10-day IL Tuesday with a heel contusion. “We’re having a hard time finding parking spots for the guys we’re bringing up,” manager Brian Snitker said earlier Wednesday, when the Braves brought well-traveled right-handed reliever Seth Elledge from Triple-A Gwinnett, a day after bringing up outfielder Forrest Wall. They've lost consecutive series to the White Sox and Dbacks, after winning the previous 11 consecutive series. They've dropped 5 of their past 6 games, after going 27-4 in the previous 31. #Braves lose 5-3 to Arizona, their fourth consecutive defeat matching a season-high skid. 1 trade deadline approaches, things could get interesting for the Braves, especially in their bullpen. ![]()
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