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<\/p>\nIt won\u2019t be until mid-April that the Atlanta Braves face the Philadelphia Phillies again.<\/p>\n
What started as a pretty underwhelming showcase today with the Braves turned into a late win (3-2) as the lineup couldn\u2019t manage a hit to get on the board until the bottom of the seventh inning where Michael Harris II hit an RBI single to drive in Dalton McIntyre.<\/p>\n
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In the same inning, he was able to tie the score (2-2) by gaining a run of his own through a sacrifice-fly from Luke Williams. The Braves were able to get ahead by a run after a fielding error by Phillies\u2019 third baseman (much to Phillies\u2019 fans dismay) Garret Grubs. Outfielder Ben Gamel would get a run off of this error to take the lead (3-2).<\/p>\n
As for veteran pitcher Mart\u00edn P\u00e9rez, he was able to manage 3.2 innings and only allowing one run and six hits through switching out a few times with Jacob Kroeger.<\/p>\n
Now, though P\u00e9rez didn\u2019t show us a lot in today\u2019s outing, one person that is fighting for an Opening Day roster spot\u2014-with an impressive resume building as of now\u2014-is Didier Fuentes. Watch the 20-year old\u2019s improved command at the mound, along with his striking fastball amongst his arsenal that makes him a strong asset for the rotation.<\/p>\n
The ABS system was used to his advantage in the top of the sixth and called a strike for the second out of the inning. With eight total strikeouts in today\u2019s game, it\u2019s safe to say that this might be a gem that the team needs to key in on for the long-run.<\/p>\n
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Could we be seeing another Braves\u2019 Rookie of the Year this year?<\/p>\n
The team is off tomorrow, but will be set to take on the Pirates on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It won\u2019t be until mid-April that the Atlanta Braves face the Philadelphia Phillies again. What started as a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[463,2111,168259,374,99956,622,238857,2934,16742,229348,29504,363,225142,480,99],"class_list":["post-531460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-arsenal","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-ben-gamel","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-didier-fuentes","tag-fl","tag-garret-grubs","tag-getty-images","tag-icon-sportswire","tag-martin-perez","tag-michael-harris-ii","tag-mlb","tag-north-port","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}