Braves vs. Cardinals Game Highlights (7/12/26) | MLB Highlights

Last game before the all-star break at Busch Stadium as the Cards going for the sweep as they host the Braves one Final time here this weekend in downtown St. Louis, and then it's off to the all-star break It'll be Dustin May going for the Cardinals making start number 18 He's trying to rebound from a rough start against Atlanta last time That was the start where he went two-thirds of an innings got hit with a line drive And ended up being taken out of the game as he drives a one-out walk Ozzie down at first base and Matt Olsen who is one for seven in the series climbing in versus made and that's bounced to first And Burleson has that go off his glove and to the catcher Jimmy Crooks about maybe 15 feet away from home plate Burleson was trying to scoop it step on first and maybe get a double play on all these as it turns out It goes as a base hit for Olsen So a walk and a single and here comes Michael Harris and a chance to give the Braves the lead here in the top of the first inning roller to the right side Burley's got that One and the throw to second all we get that will force Olsen Harris trades places at first now There are two outs and now it's in the hands of Mauricio Dubon who's responsible for the only run the Braves had yesterday He belted his tenth home run of the season popped up right side. Can Jordan get there? He's to the warning track and foul ground reaches Did he make the play Lost his hat his feet came out from under him as he was on top of the sidewall But he holds on for the out and they love that effort here in st Louis and for the Braves more heartache at the plate The Braves are going with an opener for game three and it's left-hander Danny young who will try to get through the nut bar portion of the line if we presume two outs bases empty Jordan Walker He's reached base Brad in 17 consecutive game ball for low and the Cardinals have a base runner with two outs Walker on base for the 18th Consecutive game the runner goes big jump swing and a miss the throw to second and that's way too late Walker with his 13th stolen base So a hit means a run for Burleson who has had his issues against left-handed pitching seemed to correct some of that earlier in this homestand Chip we had spent some time talking about the struggles for Alec Burleson left on left Some of those struggles seem to be figured out against the Brewers and they continue here So on a day when the Cardinals were hoping may would give him 90 pitches or so He's already got 32 walks in the inning and nobody out with a one-run lead gonna tie the game with a base hit now He bunched it up the third base line take it on two hops way for mean fires the first base gets the out and Jarvis Executes the pot to move the runners to second and third So now Brewer Hicklin coming up to the plate for the first time in his career as a brave They could use a strikeout swing and a miss and may got it Striking out Hicklin was second and third Braves one for ten with runners in scoring position this year So back to the top of the order in Baldwin low and outside ball for this will be challenged by Jimmy Crooks The verdict says ball for that'll load the bases for walks in the first two innings and the bases are loaded without Benefit of a hit as he one of those walks I was back in the first inning low and in it bounces away from the catcher darting for the plate Smith He scores and a tie game Everybody will pick up another 90 feet and the Braves have even this game at one without a base hit Wildness finally comes around to catch up with May now Is he trying to drive in two runs of the base in Braves looking for just their second hit this series with runners in scoring position Starts to walk off. Let's see Big break for the Cardinals they're just by a hair his command is spotty at best and With pitch number 70 Riley gets plunked and he'll take first with one out and Brewer Hicklin will back He had a big strikeout in the second inning and thought maybe Dustin May would get out of that inning without giving up a run Hicklin Knocks it through the left side and the Braves have two on his first hit as an Atlanta Braves swinging at the first First hit of the game for Atlanta back the top of the order for Drake Baldwin They've left 15 men on base so far here in St. Louis four of them today They're just one for twelve with runners in scoring position on the weekend and Baldwin sends a line drive to right Riling around Walker's got a can and the throw comes home Terrific throw the Braves say hold on a moment We want to look at that and Walt Weiss's club struggling to score runs took a chance It took a perfect play to make it close Cooks tag Riley on the numbers on the back The only question is did they hand hit the plate before the glove hit Riley in the numbers? He is safe that is overturned Braves take the lead on the base hit by Baldwin great slide by Riley And he knew it all along to one Braves at the top of the fourth inning runners at first and second now for Ozzie Obies he can extend the lead in the air right center field and moving over is Jordan Walker And he makes the catch that one hung up just enough thankfully And the Cardinals go to the bullpen Justin Brewer follows Dustin May Olsen cranks it to right field and a leadoff man on for Atlanta for the second time this afternoon It brings up Michael Harris a second double play ball. Maybe there's one It's amazing the number of double plays the Cardinals are able to turn on long throws because Mason wins Those two are gonna be a lot of fun to watch up the middle Hopefully for a very long time the JR Ritchie hasn't allowed a hit in relief He was number two behind Danny Young who is the opener JR heads to work his way around a few walks But he's retired six in a row now. Well Ritchie's had really good feel for that that curveball has been good He's been able to drop it in when he's ahead and when he's behind Doing a nice job of keeping the Cardinals hitters off their rhythm three up three down again for the Cardinals Two down here at the top of the sixth inning batting hands of Jim Jarvis Jarvis It's one well to deep right field Walker gonna go back and goes to the wall. That's off the base of the wall Jarvis digging for second feet first slide and he pops up in the second with a double Braves have an opportunity again This is with two outs of Brewer Hicklin up at the plate in his first game as a brave in his tenth game in the Big League and he's never driven in a run in the big league to a pitch smoked in the left center field a base hit That'll score a run indeed. It goes all the way to the wall RBI double by Brewer Hicklin his first RBI as a big leaguer and it's 3-1 Braves in the top of the six So the former college wide receiver has a hot route to left center and Atlanta was single runs in the second fourth and sixth Now leads by two. What about JR Ritchie out of the bullpen? So you count what he has done here today make it four games 13 and two-thirds innings and how about the numbers here for JR Ritchie a little bulk outings that he has had now have been very very successful There's a smash right back at Ritchie on through in the center field a base hit It'll be the end of the line for JR Ritchie Once he went into the first inning didn't give up a hit until that leadoff single here in the sixth inning by Walker It's been a nice run for Dylan Dodd the lefty seven straight scoreless appearances for him one out recorded by Dylan Dodd And then a walk in a single 31st game for Didier Fuentes out of Columbia He is 4-0 this year and he is Brad the third pitcher in the inning for Atlanta It's Brian Torres batting for Blaise Jordan left-handed batter right-handed pitcher The bases are loaded one out. The Cardinals are down by two. Torres in a slump this one for his last 16 and late at 96 Two down huge strikeout for Didier Fuentes Certainly is now contact doesn't hurt you if you can get a contact out here that didn't work out Let's see if for me and can rescue us with the bases loaded in two outs For me and his old for his last nine four out of his last 23 Best to strike hitter is Jose for mean and he does it again Kept his hands back drove it over the second baseman's head into the gap the Cardinals with their first Offensive life since the first inning and maybe just maybe the Cardinals aren't done yet This thing as they have Jimmy Crooks at the plate and Crooks with a swing and a miss at 99 That'll get the Braves off the field But not before the Cardinals show some life or mean drives in a pair and we're tied at three Eli White with a leadoff single here in the eight Exactly what you needed here from Eli White to get that speed on the bases right now in this tie game late only two stolen bases Against Danic this year is 40 games But Crooks again has not thrown out a runner yet this year one down now you bring Jim Jarvis to the plate And you have to love the way that he's been swinging it here lately count has run full on the 25 year old rookie So will white take off? He's not Strike three called outside corner. No challenge Big second out a perfect pitch for that circumstance now with white at first base the bad man's a brewer Hicklin this time he's gonna ground is short and Mason will flip to first time and Static works around a leadoff single in the eighth and now Ozzie Ozzie has been great late He has an OPS of 1210 in the night Ozzie creams it down a left field line. That's a fair ball Had one off the wall in the corner now bounces away from the left fielder Torres in the second base as he all bees It's a one-out double Braves relying on their all-stars here in the top of the ninth inning to produce a run Double for the all-star second baseman as he all bees. Here's the all-star first baseman Matt Olsen squibber tough play Mason's gonna make it slow runner and Olsen runner to third and two outs He brings Michael Harris up with the go ahead and run 90 feet away up and in almost to the backstop And that hit him Michael's gonna say that it got him. He's gonna be given first base So you go from an 0-2 situation to a hit by pitch now Ali Marmo is coming out of the dugout He's wearing a white sleeve on that right arm, and I thought I saw the fabric slightly move You cannot let a hitter make the call for you Oh, he's gonna get tossed here in the moment And it'll be the second time this season has been tossed by back and I don't blame him for being mad about this So instead of a 1-2 count You start with a fresh hitter and now first and third for the Braves and Dubon is the batter Who's been terrific with two outs and runners in scoring position round ball to the left side win hasn't it short Throws up at a first base, and it's a terrible throw all the way to the dugout Braves Take the lead for three Atlanta in the ninth inning on the bad throw by win Deja Dubon So many times late in games has given the Braves the moment that they needed That time put the pressure on when he was flying down the line Nick and forced that poor throw It was take the lead. Thanks to a double a hit batter and Aaron a walk for three Braves I sell a place he's on to try to secure his 19th save at 20 opportunities the Braves have the 4-3 lead And he just taps it back to the mound Iglesias has it throws a dart the first one down Big high chopper off the plate right back to Russell Brown ball one hopper to short Jarvis has it gathers and fires an accurate throw and the Braves are not away from getting out of st. Louis with a victory And another changeup swung on a miss By selling Iglesias nails down the save and the Braves salvage a win here in st. Louis to close the first half with a four to three victory