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2018 – Ronald Acuña Jr. makes his major league debut for the Braves and records his first major league hit in the eighth inning against the Cincinnati Reds. Acuña will score the winning run in a 5-4 Atlanta win.
2021 – The Braves record just one hit in a doubleheader against the Diamondbacks. Zac Gallen allows just one hit and Madison Bumgarner doesn’t allow any in the two seven inning contests.
MLB History
1901 – The Tigers scored 10 runs in the ninth to overcome a 13-4 deficit to beat the Milwaukee Brewers in their American League debut.
1916 – Babe Ruth tosses a 10 inning complete game to help the Red Sox beat the Yankees 4-3 at the Polo Grounds.
1962 – Catcher Harry Chiti is traded for himself when Cleveland sends him to the New York Mets in exchange for a player to be named later. On June 15, the Mets will send Chiti back to Cleveland to complete the deal.
1970 – For the seventh time in his career, Willie Stargell hits a home run over the right field roof at Forbes Field. The blast was the difference for the Pirates in an 8-7 win over Atlanta.
1977 – George Foster turns in a big day with two homers, a double, single, seven RBI and five runs scored as the Reds trounce the Braves 23-9. Cincinnati scored 12 runs in the fifth inning to tie a National League record.
1981 – Mariners manager Maury Wills is suspended for two games for ordering the grounds crew to enlarge the batter’s boxes at the Kingdome. Wills decided to tamper with the lines after the A’s complained that Seattle’s Tom Paciorek repeatedly stepped out of the batter’s box while hitting.
1982 – Yankees owner George Steinbrenner fires manager Bob Lemon after just 14 games and replaces him with Gene Michael. Ironically, Lemon had replaced Michael as manager the previous September.
2001 – Rickey Henderson sets a new major league record with his 2,063rd walk in a 5-3 loss to the Phillies.
ATLANTA — Shortstop Orlando Arcia created a defensive gem that helped stop the bleeding in the ninth inning. Austin Riley strengthened his Gold Glove hopes one inning later, when he made a run-saving stop that helped the Braves claim a 4-3 win over the Marlins in 10 innings on Wednesday night at Truist Park.
“If you look back, you’ll see I was probably the most excited person on the field when he made that play,” Arcia said through an interpreter. “I went right up to him just to congratulate him on that play. It was a good day today.”
Arcia wasn’t the only Braves player who was overjoyed when Riley made a great play on Christian Bethancourt’s sharp grounder with a runner on third and one out in the 10th. The Braves’ third baseman lunged to his left, made the stop, spun on his knee and fired a perfect throw to Travis d’Arnaud, who tagged Nick Gordon a couple feet in front of home plate.
“That’s why [Riley] should have gold on the top of his glove, because that’s the kind of player he is,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said.
Riley’s play was just one of the many thrilling moments Atlanta experienced as it swept Miami, winning for the 10th time in its past 12 games and improving its MLB-best winning percentage to .739 (17-6).
“We’re a complete team,” A.J. Minter said. “I don’t feel like there are any weak spots on this team. Hopefully, we can stay healthy and just keep this thing going.”
It looked like Minter was going to get the night off. Reynaldo López allowed one run over seven innings, and the Braves handed closer Raisel Iglesias a 3-1 lead to begin the ninth. Iglesias had successfully converted each of his seven save opportunities entering this game. But this wasn’t his night.
The Marlins recorded three straight singles before Josh Bell’s bouncer hit off first baseman Matt Olson’s chest and bounced out of play into the camera well. Two runs scored on the play to tie the game.
Jesús Sánchez followed with an excuse-me swing that produced a dribbler to the right of the mound. Iglesias made a strong throw to first to record the first out of the inning.
“That’s a helluva play,” Snitker said. “Oh my God. He did an unbelievable job of keeping that inning in order the way it started.”
Iglesias had some help from Arcia, who was playing in on the grass when he fielded Tim Anderson’s 80.9 mph grounder. The veteran shortstop then made an 83.8 mph throw to catcher Chadwick Tromp, who tagged Jazz Chisholm Jr. at home to keep the game tied.
“[Arcia] is an All-Star guy,” Tromp said. “I’m not surprised. It was a really good play for us to help Iggy get out of that jam. It kept the game tied, and you know what we do in extra innings.”
The Braves improved to 3-0 in extra innings this season when Harris began the bottom of the 10th with his walk-off double to the left-center-field gap. Automatic runner Ronald Acuña Jr. got a good read on the ball and was leaning toward third base when it landed between Chisholm and Gordon.
Michael Harris II’s walk-off double
Apr 25, 2024 · 0:42
Michael Harris II’s walk-off double
