Phillies vs. Braves Highlights (4/8/25) | MLB Highlights

It was on a rainy night 51 years ago today that Hank Aaron hit home run number seven fifteen breaking Babe Ruth's record and we celebrate that this evening as the Braves welcome in the Philadelphia Phillies or even though it's early a very important three game series and there's the great Billy Aaron the wife of the late Henry Hank Aaron and here comes Chris sale what a pitching matchup tonight Chris sale last year Cy Young Award winner opposed by Zach Wheeler who finished second in the Cy Young voting a year ago Trey Turner the thirty one year old shortstop who made his third All-Star game last season awaits the payoff and swings and misses sales starts his night with a strikeout and he does it with his good fastball up and away it's where he lives off and with the four Seymour and for Trey Turner couldn't lay off of it and couldn't make contact with a couple of boos for Bryce Harper as he came to the plate now in his 14th big league season. Got out Slater's swing and a miss to start for sale. It's a good sign right. You're looking at two strikeouts and both times for these Philadelphia Phillies hitters they're going outside of the strike zone and there are two outs and it brings Alex Bowem to the plate Duvall's two strikes out to right center field that's going to be in for a base hit. It'll be cut off by Kelnick it holds Bowem to a single and the Phillies have a base runner here in the first just a matter of time. He's too good a hitter to be shut down for that long brings Kyle Schwerber up Kyle batting cleanup tonight hitting two sixty five with four home runs eight runs batted in reaches out pokes it to right. That's going to drop in for a hit. Bones on his way to third and the Phillies have first and third with two outs. Chris Saleh is going to get his share of strikeouts. Let's be clear about that. But let's have something to go now with a couple of guys on two outs reaches out pokes it toward the middle. That's it for a base hit. Ball will score Schwerber to second RBI single for Castellanos and the Phillies just put the ball in play take a one nothing lead stay in the middle of the diamond. Good things happen at this two out rally here by the fight and Phil's awesome. They draw first blood and here's the catcher J.T. Real Muto. Got it. And that is the top of the first inning but the Phillies strike first three straight two out singles. We head to the bottom of the first inning. We were getting the pitch in front of the team that he grew up rooting for as a kid. Third start of the year one point three eighty R.A. and two outs. And that'll bring Osuna to hit in the air in the left field. Pretty well hit Sosa is getting a chance over toward the corner toward the wall and he reaches up and he made the catch. Oh no Sosa getting his feet wet here in the bottom of the first inning. He just robbed Marcel Osuna of a home run. And look at the smile on his face. Oh my goodness. Oh you know Sosa his first play in his first start ever in left field. And he's robbed Osuna of a home run. Brought it back over the wall. This game's easy boys. Oh my goodness. Sosa Austin Riley so far five for thirty five on the year Austin out to left center. I got underneath it. Oh no. Sosa Rojas didn't communicate and Riley gets to second base boy all sorts of communication issues between Rojas and Sosa. And they both look so casual about it. I can't believe what I just saw it for Riley. It goes as one of the strangest doubles he'll ever have in his career. He certainly will take it right now and maybe that is the double that gets him going. Runners at first and second two down first big league at bat of the season for Sean Murphy cracked rib on February 28th in spring training when he got hit by a pitch. Hey welcome back Murph. Go drive in some runs off Zach Wheeler. Want to pitch it in cranks one high in the air in a deep left field pressing back to the wall. That's going to fly away. It's a three run homer and Sean Murphy off the injured list and onto the stat page with a three run homer off Zach Wheeler to make it three one Braves in the second. He did it. That ball was smushed a hanging curveball Murph not shown any signs of Russ jumping on that mistake given these Braves the lift they needed here in this game. Next man up the cleanup hitter Kyle Schwerber. There go the runners pitches take it for a strike throw the third is high and Turner and Harper pull off the double steal about it. Murphy did everything he could. Trey Turner just outruns this baseball. The beauty of that if you're Klaus Schwerber they went on the first pitch. So now he's got two more strikes to play with fly ball center field Harris on the run on the dead run toward the wall. It is off the base of the wall straight away center field. Turner scores Harper scores over to third and Schwerber to run triple for Kyle Schwerber and the game is tied at three. Very rarely can you see a ball club pick each other up in the fashion that the Philz just did since that first inning. The stuff just doesn't look quite as crisp. I don't recall Chris Dale giving up six hits in a short order like this. Now the infield is in for Castellanos line drive out to left field. De La Cruz is over. He can't get it. He'll split the gap and go to the wall. Schwerber scores Castellanos to second and the Phillies have retaken the lead. It's four to three an RBI double for Castellanos. He stays through this baseball. How loud a noise was that. And again sale made it through five innings in each of his first two starts of the season and try to get through the fifth year tonight and start number three. Boy sale is saying where is that. He thought that caught the inside corner and he is angry at Stu Surewater. Yeah I think he is a little fired up and we're seeing some of that energy now for strike out so far for sale. And now he's got a fifth. He beat Bolling to the spot to down that Chris Sale has settled in after giving up that RBI double to Castellanos in the third. He's now retired seven in a row and that'll bring up the speedster Kyle Schwerber tripled home two runs. That one's hit well. There's the four bag variety. Wow that's a long one off of the Chophouse right next to the Coors light side. It's a solo home run and the Phillies are on top five to three and Kyle Schwerber is a double away from the cycle. This ball is murdered. Wow I mean murder stunning second time he's taken sale deep in his career sale does not yield too many left on left homers two down for Nick Castellanos Castellanos out to left center field that's well struck that one is going to be off the wall Harris plays it well Castellanos hustling and he's in the second standing with his second double of the night. I'd say four and five are seeing it OK tonight. Sure six for six. You know he's upset after not getting that call earlier was able to block back in to the strikeout of Bohm and then gives up the long home run to Schwerber the double by Castellanos. And that's the end of the night for Chris. All right. So the Braves have something brewing here with two outs five to three Philadelphia. The Braves have him at the corners two down and a one to pitch coming. Eighty first pitch of the night for Wheeler Swig and a miss. He got him six strikeouts for Zach Wheeler. He leaves two here in the bottom of the fifth inning. A little frustration for Matt Olsen. No runs two hits. Wheeler has allowed five hits through five innings so two on with one out. And now you've got Wheeler creeping up there. He's in ninety three pitches Strom is throwing for the Phillies in their bullpen. Sean Murphy who hit the homer off of Wheeler back in the second inning will step up now. Murphy Granger. Sosa fires. Sean Murphy has driven in all four in his season debut. So the tying run at second Orlando Arsena now for two to nine three to a walk would load them and bring up Harris Wheeler fires. And Wheeler with a two run lead here to start this inning got the first man but then four straight Braves have reached base and Wheeler headed off Strom coming on a pitching change in Atlanta. Big opportunity in front of Michael Harris and the Braves. They're loaded and one out first pitch from Strom. He does put it in the air out to left field Sosa his first game out there. Remember that doesn't have a big there won't even be a play. We are tied to such a great piece of hitting by Michael looking for something early that he can do something with as I mentioned to get in the air and mission accomplished there for Michael Brandenburg game at the bottom of the six. Here's Ozzie Albies each team with five runs Albies with runners at first and second the go ahead runs at second swing and a miss. Strom got him. He does allow an inherited runner to the score but a nice job getting the two hitters that he faced to finish up this sixth inning Braves five Phillies five bottom of the seven. The Braves are the golden opportunity right here. Runner at second. Matt will now be in the hands of Austin Riley. It's one one in the air deep right center field heading to the gap and that's down all the way to the base of the wall. Ozuna cutting bags around third he will score it's an RBI double and it's six five Braves in the seven game off his bat at one oh one as he blistered one in the right center. And he had an exuberant high five for first base coach Tom Goodwin the happiest guy in the house right now is standing on second base there at first and third with one down. You know if you could hand select one man in the order to come to the plate in an RBI situation this would be your pick right here. Marcelo Ozuna. That brings a tying run to the plate with two down at the top of the ninth in Philly seven and two the Braves trying to chip away and get their second win of the season and a fly ball shallow left Riley calling off everyone in shallow left field. He has got it. And the Braves take game one over the Phillies. Well any win is a big win throughout the course of the season. It's not easy to win a major league baseball game. But this was a terrific ball game.