D-backs vs. Braves Game Highlights (6/4/25) | MLB Highlights

Fortunately we're going to have some baseball this evening that's looking like about an hour and five minute rain delay right now line up cards being exchanged and the skies over the top of the ballpark still very gray but it looks like all the rain has moved out but hopefully glad tonight Chris sale is the stopper that the Braves need. Yeah right guy right time has been really good after Braves lost eight and two. So he's the guy Braves could not retire Marty at all yesterday three for three with two walks two homers as well starts with a walk here the slider stays outside to Marty. It's an awkward at bat for any left hander. Let's see how Carroll does had two homers against Strider last night. Softly tapped up the first baseline sale has got it in his glove spins and fires Olsen's there for the out nicely played by sale at Olsen down to second base for Marty and I've got a runner in scoring position with one out on the top of the first inning. Got to slow them down. Here's Lourdes Gurriel and he missed outside with a slider that was well off the plate and not very tempting for Gurriel and two walks in the inning for sale. Here's a Eugenio Suarez now the 0 2 from sale and he got him three sliders to get a Eugenio Suarez for a big second out. He said Suarez all tied up now the D.H. Randle Grichuk and he wiped him out. Ninety seven mile an hour fastball up and away he got a swing and a miss and he gets through the jam. Here is the right hander Merrill Kelly five and two with three seven eight earned run average Diamondbacks have lost Merrill's last two starts against St. Louis in Washington and Acuna gets first look swung on and miss struck him out and a good start for Kelly comes back with that change up just a beautiful one to strike three called the inning comes to an end. The Braves go down in order in the bottom of the first Chris sale thirty three pitches twenty two strikes. He has a couple of strikeouts walk two batters in the first inning and he gets a swing and miss it a slider for strike three third strikeout a game for sale Diamondbacks go down in order three balls two strikes two outs in the bottom of the second and the payoff pitch strike three called on the edge the inning comes to an end and Merrill Kelly has struck out three in a six up six down start rolling into the top of the third no score Braves and Diamondbacks just missed inside with a slider. Well that thing's dancing on him. Leadoff walk here in the third inning back to the top of the order to Cattell Marty a little number out there to first base on the grass Holtzman has it underhand flip to the bag and sale is there one down and they get the outers Corbin Carroll and he blew it by him. Express train fastball ninety eight miles an hour strikes out Carroll swinging Diamondbacks to looking for their first base hit. Steps in he walked his first time Lourdes going to drive in a run he drops it into right center Perdomo coming around Goriel with the RBI knock and it's one nothing Diamondbacks make it a 10 game hitting streak for Lourdes and an early lead for Merrill Kelly as Gino Suarez steps in. Now he breaks for second base. That is right on target from Sean Murphy Ozzie applies the tag and sends us to the bottom of the third six up six down for Merrill so far he's punched out three make it for the change up swing and a miss and Murphy goes down to start the third and he has that in the back pocket at any time swing and a bounce hit but Moreno holds up and that is the third straight strikeout for Kelly. He has struck out five of the first eight Atlanta batters tonight and here's the number nine man Michael Harris the second and it's swung on popped up out into shallow left Perdomo looking to be called off by Lourdes and the left fielder makes the catch. It's a one two three bottom of the third Kelly rocket and rolling here in Atlanta Suarez struck out swinging in the first inning Suarez thirty threes from Venezuela to two and got him looking a backdoor slider just snuck its way into the party there strikeout number five or Chris Sale has some really fancy glove work by Sean Murphy behind the plate have a seat slider perplexes Naylor he swings and misses and a strikeout for sale. He has six in the game that's a one two three top of the fourth Merrill with 40 pitches twenty seven strikes and he's got a CUNY and Merrill Kelly is dealing right now he's got six strikeouts through three and a third Braves did not have a base runner yet Merrill Kelly has six strikeouts Austin Reilly ground it out his first time swings hits a line drive right to Perdomo who makes the catch. That's the second one pitch out Reilly has made it and now there are two down and that brings up the first baseman Matt Olson Theo one from Kelly Swann on bounce to first fair ball glove by Naylor he'll go to the bag and that's a two pitch out for Olsen in a splendid six pitch one two three bottom of the fourth two balls and two strikes and Tawa is down on strikes for the second time tonight gives sale seven of those couple fast balls before and then the back foot slider tower right over the top the other way and Ozzie was shaded a little bit up the middle so Perdomo found the big hole over there for a soft line drive single Adios he swings and misses and a slider for strike three that's the eighth strikeout of the game for sale and with that strikeout he has just passed Christy Mathewson for thirty ninth all time in major league history that's a big name to pass that sure is that you're on the way to Carol and he plucked him with a slider got him in the back pocket look like that'll load him up now for Lourdes Gurriel he swings and it's a fly ball to right field that should not be a problem at all for a Kuhn camps out makes a two handed catch and the Diamondbacks leave him loaded. Merrill Kelly perfect through four with six strikeouts on only forty four pitches and Ozuna leading the league has another base on balls and he walks to start the fifth Arizona Albies he popped up on the first pitch that he saw in the second Wenger to miss it's back to old faithful the change up his strikeout number seven Albies pulls off of that pitch every single time you're going to look at this swing and he's swinging like it's a fastball he's going to try and hit into the Chophouse and nowhere near that change. Here's your rollover Marte one Perdomo can't quite turn to just a little too long to develop at that time but they do cut down the lead man swung on and a fly ball to shallow left field. Here comes Lourdes and now slows reaches up makes the catch the inning is over and Kelly with five shutout innings. There's a three to a defense Suarez for the third time fastball ninety six strikeout number nine for sale take a high swing and a miss and a slider for strike three ten strikeouts for Chris Sale again the one to swung on to the fly ball to deep center field. Harris tracking still tracking backpedaling squares up to it makes a two and catch right on the edge of the warning track. That is the top of the sixth. Another good job by Chris Sale six innings just one run allowed and ten strikeouts. Carol Kelly through five innings he has yet to give up a base hit. He's walked one he struck out seven swung on and a fly ball to center Tala when it now moves back towards the gap in right center and he makes the catch and it's going to be out. Number one. Now the one pitch and Harris swings and hits a ground ball up the middle it's cut off by Perdomo and a beautiful throw to first in time for the out. And now there are two down and now the top of the order Ronald Acuna Junior Acuna has the first brave hit tonight. He got the sinker he didn't miss it. You see Merrill shaking his head right there. Seventy five pitches for Merrill a two out base runner for the Braves. Here's Austin Riley over to this one swung on that's charged out to left Burrell battling a bank of lights he makes the catch and that's going to do it for Atlanta here in the six no runs a hit no airs a man left. We played six at Truist and now the two to swing and a miss. He got him anyways. He struck him out and that's number eight for Kelly tonight. Signature changeup of his has been so effective tonight and it just moves off the plate away also really with no chance swung on popped up on the infield. It is Suarez in between second and third he makes the catch and Merrill Kelly with seven shutout innings just one hit allowed he has dominated this Braves offense thus far tonight. Counted two and two bearded right hander comes set to pitch low and end with a slider and he's run it full. Now as he all these requests time he's going to go to the mound so as Sean Murphy something must be bothering Days Bell Hernandez he's showing discomfort. So George Poulos athletic trainer comes out to the mound and George Poulos just made the sign no take him out. Is that that one hundred one mile per hour. Pitch was his fastest the season but clearly some discomfort and a sight that has become all too familiar for the Atlanta Braves pitcher exiting with an injury bomber ready to come plate word ground ball Matt Olsen has it on one bounce. Bummer gets the job done. It remains one to nothing. And they're going to put a Cuneo on thought that that was coming with first base open a brave at every base two outs. And here comes Austin Reilly Austin make him regret that decision swing and a miss. He struck him out out. He kicked the ball. He made contact with it. But the inning comes to an end. Oh how do the Braves not score. Martinez saves the day chance here for it could tell Marte and got a big insurance run 90 feet away with two outs. Marte over three walked his first time up against Cursill. Marte big to not knock Towers home and it's to nothing. Catell Marte with an enormous Panerai nice swing by Catell picking up all the other way screaming line drive brings it to that's a big run. Martinez has been erratic in this sitting. Well the good news is we see J.J. Martin do some of his best work with the bases loaded. The bad news is he's created this all on his own with a couple of walks to hit by pitch. It's certainly unstable when you watch him pitch the velocity the movement. And here is the rookie Baldwin payoff pitch outside a runner scores it's two to one and now a base hit can win the game. They will stick with J.J. Martin at thirty three pitches Harris is the hitter he's over three swing and a miss. Justin Martinez walk three and hit a batter in the inning but somehow survives and the Diamondbacks have taken the first two games in Atlanta. And again it comes down to Atlanta just struggling to score runs they could get never get a hit in the D-Box game. So many opportunities those last two innings to come up with a big hit with runners in scoring position could never do it.