Giants vs. Braves Game Highlights (7_21_25) _ MLB Highlights

And it's good to have Bryce Elder back on the mound. Not only did he throw so well against the Giants last time he was also really good in his last start against the St. Louis Cardinals so maybe finding something Bernie touched on it the key to that great sinker course the change up is very important slider as well we're looking forward to a good outing tonight for Bryce Elder. All right we're ready to go Jung who Lee stands in John who Lee though a charge into this with his center field Harris he has it just in front of that 400 side and Braves country can exhale Elliot Ramos the batter that is ball for Ramos draws the walk we didn't see a lot of walks in Toronto. So that is an encouraging sign as you start this series. So Raphael Devers stands in Devers on the ground into right field base it Ramos jumped right over top it. That's a good play. But again another hard hit one oh four off the bat. Just the pure hard loud contact is a great sign. Now Willie Adamas comes up this ball drilled out to left center who's going to get over there. It's going to be pro far tagging from second is Ramos. He gets to third. So the Giants now have runners at first and third with two outs for Matt Chapman hits out one hard and a fair ball knocked down at third by Nacho Alvarez and Chapman will be safe at first. The Giants get a run on the board. You're stream ski back to the mound. Giants strike first Ramos coming up the young right hander Hayden Birdsong first time he's been on a game mound in a long time. The Giants are just looking for consistency and he's looking for it as well. Get into the strike zone as you see the thirty three walks and sixty five and two thirds innings. Just trying to clean that up and attack because this stuff plays at this level. It'll be pro far Olsen and Acuna for the Braves here in the bottom of the first inning and a walk for pro far. So talking about Birdsong and some of those control issues he walked five the last time he faced the Braves on June 6 and he starts this game off with a walk runner at first. Matt Olson the batter that's off the mitt of Bailey as it went high into the backstop and down to second base now for jerks and pro far and he takes ball for back to back walks by Birdsong and all these walks lately for Birdsong he flew the coop with that one back to back walks and here comes Ronald Acuna in 15 days since his last start he returns here tonight and walks the first three batters they're going to get the bullpen going. Braves gave up one run in the top of the first inning but now they're looking to strike back here no one out here is Drake Baldwin Baldwin right center that's going to plug the gap all the way to the wall and they are circling the bases one in two and three to one fastball elevated all over with that beautiful level swing and off to the races go the Braves base runners as Drake Baldwin picks up three RBI is still no one out here is Ozzie all bees as some of these C.J. it almost looks like he's trying to guide that baseball in their four walks in a three RBI double so far nobody out whoa and now it's getting dangerous out there that one almost hit Murphy up around the ear hole yeah and you really wonder if they're thinking about potentially getting him out of the game right now did that catch Murphy Murphy says it did and right now for Bob Melvin he just wants to know if his reliever is ready and the answer to that question is yes and Matt Gage takes over with the bases loaded still nobody out Atlanta has got three runs in here in the first inning to pitch is swung on and miss rock him out with a slider perfect pitch right over the outside corner long last to get the first out of this bottom of the first inning Michael Harris the second Harris strikes out on the fastball went with the four seamer Matt Gage has struck out the first two hitters that he's faced in this game and he has back to back strikeouts of Alvarez and Harris but now it's up to Nick Allen grounder to the left side oh it gets past Chapman two more coming home five in the first for the Braves well that is a thing of beauty we know how good of a defender Matt Chapman is and it looked like he had feet on this baseball maybe a high hop he couldn't even get a glove on it we'll certainly take it as at least two more runs here but he was on it and back to the top of the order to Jerickson profile one to pitch he swings and pops it up back of first Flores out Schmidt angling out and Schmidt right along the foul line in fair territorial reach up to make the catch he's got a chance here with a runner in scoring position Flores it's second with nobody out and hits a fly ball shallow in the left center profile a long run coming in he dives and he's unable to make the catch he trapped it quickly profile picks it up Flores had to wait goes sprinting to third profile maybe a little banged up perhaps got the wind knocked out of him it's a blue pit for Casey Schmidt and the Giants have runners at first and third with nobody out as Patrick Bailey now to center field Harris is there that's going to be deep enough to score Wilmer from third he'll tag Schmidt just bluffing from first so the sacrifice fly for Patrick Bailey and the Giants get one of those runs back it's five to two so a walk and a single have him at first and second five two Braves here's Matt Chapman Chapman drove in a run with a single in the first inning first pitch to Chapman bouncer to short Allen has got it to second they get one as he triggers the first double play that's the ground ball that he wanted and a very valuable double play behind Elder as that goes six four three to eliminate Chapman and Adamas Devers over to third base but that was a best case scenario right there as Mike Yastrzemski bats pro far back he's got it good job by Elder to get out of it no damage done Giants already on their third pitcher of the game trying to add on to this five to lead here in the fourth and there's the man who made it happen for the Braves back in the first inning one two to Baldwin bouncer up the middle out of the reach of the diving Casey Smith Olsen around third base and he'll come across and score a Cooney wants to try as well darts to the plate he dives he's in there right at Acuna running as fast as he could around third like a mad dash to the plate and the hustle drives in a couple of runs at seven to Braves Ozzie down in the left hand batter's box Baldwin at second and Ozzie with a single to center and now Baldwin's going to come home eight runs already for Atlanta we're only in the fourth the at bats have certainly been quality tonight from Rafi Devers one out single here in the fifth so one on one out now Adamas Adamas out to left center pro far didn't see it it gets by him and it goes to the wall Devers had to hesitate but now they're going to send him home Allen will not make the relay at Devils Devers he'll score Adamas into second pro far lost it in the lights some good fortune for the Giants there here's Ronald and he swings and drives one to deep right center he wasn't bothered and that baby is off the bricks Ronald's on his way to second base to throw in not in time stand up double Ronald La Cunha didn't care where he threw it from Drake Baldwin here he is with another RBI chance man he's driven in five tonight and he sends a fly ball to left center field fairly deep but Lee is there oh and he misjudged it and dropped it Ronald's going to score and down to second goes Baldwin what in the world happened out there to Jumeau Lee that's wild I mean you don't see that in the big leagues nine to three Atlanta Rafael Montero will be the third pitcher of the night for the Braves nine three Braves lead it's been going the Braves way tonight here's Willie Adamas hits that one deep to left field and it is gone Willie Adamas a nice game gets even nicer nine to four and put a real good swing on that one one oh one point five off the bat 15th home run for Willie Adamas so it's a lead off walk here in the seventh inning a lot of walks tonight that is the seventh walk to add a swing and a miss over as he was late that entire at bat on the Walker fastball right by one out talk to us today liner to Chapman and got him double play wow what an arm one ten off the bat probably a hundred miles an hour across the diamond fantastic play to the top of the ninth inning and still in your Delos Santos on the mound for the Braves he has a nine four lead he'll be facing two three and four the Giants order here in the ninth. Not Joe Alvarez diving stop Olsen on the other end takes it off the bounce tremendous effort and is a dazzling play at third by the rookie not Joe Alvarez and day by day he continues to impress more and more with the leather. He has played himself some third base over there in the absence of Austin. He has been picking it over there at the hot corner. Hacking a miss by Devers swinging over the top of the changeup Willie Adamas the batter Thomas down the left field line toward the corner and that's going to hit off the wall and it takes kind of a funky care but just go just keep running he'll settle for his fourth hit and third extra base in two down for Matt Chapman he pulls that one down the left field line that's a base hit and it's going to go to the wall. That's a good sign. He'll replace Adamas at second as Adamas scores he'll double double back to back two out doubles from Adamas and Chapman proving that the twenty seventh out is always the toughest one to get regardless of the score. So now it's just trim ski's turn. I don't think we're going to have to worry about that right side of the infield. Paulson's got it Braves when they use a five run first to catapult their way to a nine five five victory.