Cubs vs. Braves Game Highlights (4/27/21) | MLB Highlights

Off to a good start again this year I want to know with a three to seven coming off a real good start last time out against the Yankees six and two thirds four strikeouts no runs this guy Contreras strikes out about one every three at bats and make it one for one tonight. Anderson heats him up upstairs to up to down his first strikeout and the pitch swing and a miss three up three down back to back strikeouts. Anderson continues to roll started pitching with the Cubs right hander Trevor Williams. Inside corner and he frozen great pitch to two swing and a miss. There's the slider he got chase and he gets the strikeout. There's a shot to right. Hayward's going to have to play that one off the fence. Dansby cuts the bag at second on his way to third. They're going to stop him as Hayward gets it into Rizzo Austin Reilly with a double with one out and Atlanta's in business in the second second and third against Trevor Williams gets the second out. But now he's got to face a CUNY. No place to put Ronald. Here comes the three to the runners will be moving. There they go. Swing and a pop fly right side foul playable for Rizzo. He's got it. And Trevor Williams gets out of the jam. Braves had him loaded in the second inning could not produce a run. Now they have a runner in scoring position with two down. We'll see if Travis can give Marcel a lift home here in the bottom of the third inning and break up this scoreless time. The pitch popped up shallow center Horner out coming in Merisnick makes the call and the catch. David Bodie struck out his first time up. He's able to use all the quadrants of the strike zone. He changes speeds he locates he pitches well beyond 22 years. A spicy curve ball gets Bodie that's number five in the strikeout column two outs. Into the shift Dansby's right there Rizzo will be thrown out three more up three more down Braves bats go back to work with Dansby Swanson in the scoreless game. Williams back to work and he gets him to chase Trevor Williams bringing his sage here tonight one up one down. Riley reaches for one swings and misses another sharp slider by Trevor Williams. Here comes the 0 2 to Heredia check swing did he go strike three Trevor Williams strikes out the side top of the order now Ronald Acuna Junior fly ball fellow is hammered. So his first hit since April 17th four hundred eighty one feet for Acuna and Ozzie the batter 0 4 2 is he Ozzie fly fly ball will hit toward right. He will turn still going back it's off the ground. It was just enough for him to get caught in between and then not be able to take the care of him the way he wanted to and needed to to keep Freddy from scoring. Watch Freddy run the bases this was Larry Walker like elegantly he cut the bags. Ian Anderson's got a to nothing lead as he goes to work in the sixth inning. Got him swinging a miss change up seven strikeouts for Ian Anderson he comes back to get the Cubs pinch hitter in his season high strikeout total is seven which he's matched tonight this year and he adds to that total back to back strikeouts that's number eight that one with a ninety five mile an hour fastball Tom nothing for these guys to eliminate Anderson's on quite a roll Tommy he's got a nice scoreless streak 13 scoreless innings or thereabouts for the brave starter twelve and two thirds by our graphic very few walks twelve strikeouts and tonight he's allowed one hit here round ball. Bodie makes contact Dansby from the cut of the outfield grass and there's the first down as this one is cracked toward that Braves bullpen already on the road slows down says he's got room that ball died. Yeah I thought Rizzo got it but he's a long loud second out. Yeah he went a long way to get that ball look good off the bat but like you said it just hung up a little bit gave her ready enough time to get to it. Nice play. Next pitch will be his 90th and the pitch to Duffy that's lifted out towards right. Coming in now Ronald Acuna and that's a nice and easy seventh in down they go 1 2 3. That's the fifth time they've gone down in order versus Ian and he is the master of his domain tonight. So a seven inning start for Ian Anderson gives way to A.J. Mentor in the eighth inning. Hayward Merisnick and a half are scheduled to one and on the ground. Freddie Freeman backpedals he's going to have to race to the bag and beat his buddy. And he did buy a quarter step in a slide. That was a foot race between Mentor and Hayward and Freddie recognized he had to bust it to the bag and he got there just in time. That's the trouble you have sometimes with left handed pitchers that fall off the mound to the third base side as this one is scorched toward left center field. It's off the base of the wall and Ozzie Albies has a long leadoff double field comes in for Dansby Swanson who's got a couple of hits in three tries as this one's lined in a right field a big insurance run is driven home for Dansby Swanson another opposite field hit and Atlanta works over workman again it's three to nothing. So Pablo Sandoval will bat for AJ Menter pitch Sandoval Dansby comes home Riley goes first to third and Pablo Sandoval helps the Braves double the lead with a two running Freddie Freeman is going to come up with the bases loaded a shift on the pitch is a bases loaded walk so Atlanta cashes in the Horner error third run is in in the inning back to the back walks. Bote awaits the O2 and it is a Baker's Dunson swing and a miss the Braves one hit to make it to hit the Chicago Cubs.