Royals vs. Braves Game Highlights (3-27-26) - MLB Highlights

Happy 60th anniversary Atlanta. We are proud to welcome home legends that represent the Atlanta Braves throughout the decades. A big thank you to everyone in Braves country for your loyal support over the past 60 years. Second opening day start is a brave and there's nobody else that you would want to have that baseball the number fifty one an absolute true ace in the game right. There are not too many of them no better arm than to have Chris Dale leading things off for the brace tonight. And it's all going to begin with the two thousand twenty six World Baseball Classic MVP Mikel Garcia out over the plate and Mikel Garcia begins two thousand twenty six on first base. Keep that positive energy going Mike. Of course we all saw this guy during the World Baseball Classic Bobby with Junior. He's incredible but he's bouncing into a six four three double play that was started by one of the new Braves Mauricio Dubon at short. No that a play and certainly not easy to do when you've got the great speed of Bobby with Junior but Chris Dale will take that all day long. And there it is frozen on the inside corner Thomas down looking ninety eight miles an hour an absolute pain lefty Cole Riggins is on the mound for his third opening day start last year and he just thirteen starts with big strikeout numbers Ozzie all these bats now switch hitter batting right handed. He hits this one to left Collins drifting batters in Ozzie Bobby's just inside that pole will change. So the change up to one right here and that's where Ozzie is so powerful. I don't think that pitch was where Cole Riggins hoped it would be. You throw him up there you usually get a new baseball Riggins after getting two outs on three pitches is now struggling here in the first brings up Eli White runners on first and second with two outs jammed in with a fastball. And now Michael on defense throws a run in time. So it's a twenty two pitch inning and the Royals have two men on with nobody out past Quintino takes his base and pushes Salvador Perez over to second chance to tie the game on opening day. No contact there told you Marte down looking beautiful backdoor right here you can see this is the one that's so tough you just give up on it. Jonathan India draws a four pitch walk that loads the bases with one out for Isaac Collins. A good time for Jonah Heim to go out there kind of settle Chris Dale down a little bit and try to get a ball on the ground. See if the Braves can turn it into two outs. Grounder could be two on his second for one. Six four three no damage done. Paul Reagans is back on the mound and he faces Mauricio DuBois change up down and in and he went around that strike three and Paul Reagans has his first strikeout of twenty twenty six. Good pitch. So Reagans after the walk strikes out Harris. That's a good pitch right there. You've got a weapon like that to get left hander hitters out. I love him back to the top of the lineup and Ronald Acuna Junior nothing fancy there. He just reaches back and throws it right by Acuna. So that's a three strikeout scoreless inning for Reagans and Carter Jensen leads off on his first opening day facing Chris Sale. Lefty lefty matchup. Everything's going well right there. The veteran takes care of the rookie. That is about picture perfect for Chris Sales. He picks up that punch out against the youngster struck about that second. Garcia is able to sneak in there stolen base to get into scoring position. And so Thomas draws a walk and puts runners on first and second with two outs for Salvador Perez Perez to left. White charges here. This is all anticipation right here. Eli Weitzenberg stops coming forward saves at least a run. Paul Reagans is back on the mound ready to face Drake Baldwin. You don't need meetings when you hit like he does just show up and write. Right. That's simple. This ball is hammered to right. Is it high left on left. Ninety three miles an hour. And that's exactly why having another catcher and giving him the opportunity right now to me is going to be a huge key for the Braves. How many lefties you think took Cole Reagans deep last year. I would have to go with probably not zero. And here's Drake Baldwin left on left going deep. Unbelievable. Reagan's delivers and Olsen swings and misses in a fastball strike three another strikeout now for Reagan's he's got four and he got him with a good change up. So again Eli White is an important out for Cole Reagans as the Braves add one more. And now there are two away. Brings up Jonathan India. Cold strike on the inside corner. So sale has struck out five second walk in the game for Jonaheim. That brings up Michael Harris the second Harris to right Martin back again Frenchie just on the full extension. He gets a slider inside the zone he can handle and he punishes it above the brick wall in right field. The Braves third home run of the game and the Royals have made their first pitching change of twenty twenty six and lefty Bailey Poulter is on the mound to face Matt Olsen. We got a challenge. First time the Braves have challenged here tonight. What happened or did they not challenge not quick enough. Let's get another look at this. So there's something about your first movement has to be to the helmet and perhaps that little half that I know that little half like a half second. I know it. Come on Doug. Looking slider but right there with Matt Olsen it's a slider it's a fastball that you want to get on top of because it has so much life. So you're cheating to get ahead of it. All of a sudden Bailey does the slider right there. That's good pitching and two on here with one out in the fifth one down. Good time for a ground ball. Get out of this. And it's Mauricio Dubon. And again it was down at the bottom of the strike zone. Salvi is two for two Howard by T-Mobile. He is three for three. Here's the one to swung on and miss strike three. Balzer got him with a splitter. Two strikeouts for Bailey Balzer in this inning two outs now and Jonah Himes the batter Junior gets a nice big bounce. He's going to throw low and test Vinny who swipes it with a back hand who's got the sauce. We know who's got the sauce. It's Chris Sale tonight. He has been saucy so far. Five innings for him just a couple of hits allowed five punch outs here for the Braves ace from the left side doing some really nice work against the Kansas City Royals. The Royals are looking for their first run of the season trailing the Braves for nothing. We start and Bobby Witt Jr. has his first hit of the season brings up Lane Thomas who's over one with a strikeout and a walk tonight. That one is in there. Thomas is down looking at six K's for Chris Sale tonight and that brings up Salvador Perez Perez first pitch out into the Bermuda Triangle. Wow Acuna the shoestring grab that baseball was nearly on top of the blades of grass and Acuna just plucked it Chris Sale and he was expecting that one to get down and appreciates the work of Romano Acuna Junior Royals are still scoreless fastball stroke through the left side. Austin Reilly played over the shortstop position a couple of Superman right now to get in. And now Bailey Falter has two and a third scoreless innings which began with a strikeout against Matt Olsen sprayed down the left field line for two. That's good read good base running by Matt Olsen did not hit this hard but you know this Frenchy something like this off the bat you're thinking to you know you got one you've got to make that decision you've got to know your outfielder's arms and Collins has got a decent arm but not a great one. Those are the greatest hits are you get jammed you get blown up and you know it's going to be right on that line and it's going to stay fair right field Marte charges you'll have to take it on the bounce and they are at the corner. Bailey he's three for three three singles in a walk here on opening day. Chance for Eli White to get an RBI and Falter gets a big strikeout with a runner at third and less than two outs. And that's four for him in three innings. Great pitch for the strikeout needed to strike out falling off the table. Now your typical change up to God now with a seven and he faces Mauricio Duvall out to right center. We know this about Mauricio Duvall. He doesn't wait around. He is aggressive. He doesn't strike out but he doesn't walk either. He's looking to do damage early on. He gets a pitch and he can handle to the opposite field and then zero hesitation base running here. As soon as he saw that throw go home he kept going over to third base. Man how big for him. Oh for three to strike out your debut here at Truett's Park and to come up with that hit and pitch later or executes his pitch and gets a fly ball to left from behind but with two outs Mauricio Duvall gives the Braves a six nothing lead two outs to the top of the eighth inning brings up Bobby Wade Junior who is one for three with a single tonight that is base hit number two for Bobby Wade Junior and the third time he's hit the ball hard. Bobby Witt saw a cutter from Suarez right there that you I would guess he throws maybe one to two percent of the time. And when you're a one of one type of player like Bobby Wade Junior you're going to usually see pitches that pitchers do not typically throw. Here's a good looking swing and that's down in right center field and a six run game. Bobby will hold at second base. Thomas is on at first with his first hit as a royal the royals have their best chance to score since the third inning runners on first and second with two outs for Salvador Perez Suarez to Perez Ozzie Albies has it. But it's no damage done. It's still a shutout through seven and a half. So Cags comes off the bench for his first plate appearance of twenty twenty six. Yes sir. That's in there. Can't wait. I'm looking two away in the night. Jonathan India is the final hope on this Friday night for Kansas City in the air. This should do it. Olsen. Braves win. They start the season in style by Kansas City Royals. Now what a night it was. Chris Dale delivered the way that we expected and maybe something we didn't talk enough about how good the defense was tonight.