Padres vs. Braves Game Highlights (7/23/26) | MLB Highlights

And there is the veteran Chris sale his 19th start of the season his 68 since putting on that Atlanta Braves uniform and he's actually been really good against the Padres in his career. Chris Salem day games absolutely crushing it this year one point to six year a at his second best in baseball and sales starts his day off with a strikeout and not surprising at all here the opportunity to get some chase with Fernando Tatis Jr. and that slider that is down one down for Luis Renfroe. Wow great start for sale. He got Tatis and Renfroe. He was way off balance there Machado batting here with two down as a base hit for Machado taking it the other way. So a two hour knock for Manny two down Machado at first base for Ty France struck him out. He strikes out all three rack him up in the truck sale strikes out the side and the top of the first we go to the bottom of the first inning on the mound to begin the game is Kyle Hart. He is open twice this being the second time a twenty sixth game 0 2 record depending on how he does he might go a second inning stay tuned depending on how well he pitches two down in the first both fly ball outs here Baldwin and all these takes us to Matt Olsen. The left handed hitter he went around he strikes him out in the first a good first inning for Hart. We go to the top of the second inning no score. But I had nobody on no score top of the second inning. Gavin sheets the batter no waiting around up the middle in the center field to base it for Gavin Sheets. What I want on Freddy Fermin and he hits one of the air to left field. The DuBois started back on now he's coming in not going to get there. He misread that ball badly and cannot recover. So a base hit for for me and on just a little fly ball to left. Hopefully the pirates can take advantage of that. Jace Bowen he skies it shallow right coming in just Trimsky going out all bees. This is Ozzie's ball. He's got it for the Al not the easiest day to look up and find a high pop up to down for Jake Cronenberg. And he hit him got him. Low the bases Jake will take that gets on continues. He any bases loaded now to Duffield shorter over and struck out in the first inning. One of three K's for sale that's ball for and he walks in a run Padres take a one nothing lead sheets from third bases reloaded with two down for Reddick Hefner and Leiter towards right center field that gets in for a base head one run is in here comes another in the Padres take a three nothing lead. He's run Hefner driving in a pair. That's huge. Chris Sale who is fired up and a chance here for Manny Machado who got a base hit off Chris Sale in the first inning but he striking out here to in the top of the second the Padres get three Griffin Canning takes over here in the second inning. Let's see if Griffin Canning can avoid the deep counts three ball deep counts and put hitters away here is the left handed and Mike Harris sends this deep and Griffin Canning. I need help. How are you not throwing heart one more batter. That's fair. And we're led to believe that that actually might happen today that Hart could potentially pitch more than one inning for that reason that is 10 home runs on the season against Griffin Canning nine by left handed Harris. Big strikeout to finish the last inning for Chris Sale. And of course you know now thinking about getting back on the track here and keeping this game where it is the Braves give him one run a zero right now would be very nice and he gets him elevated at ninety five. You're seeing a little bit of an angry Chris Sale right now you can tell. And I think he finally decided to let this one rip right here. Bases empty one down in the two to pitch round ball out the second Ozzie to his left vacuums it up throws over the first base and two down in the top of the third inning one to the sheets and a pop up just back of third that'll be caught by Austin Reilly and he makes the catch for out number three. So a one two three third composed by sale bounce back getting from one to three here in Atlanta Padres up three to one Mike Yastrzemski leads off to the Braves to to pitch swung on and tipped into for means that strike three second K for Canning one down in the third inning swing and a miss and Jarvis strikes out back to back case for Canning good change up from Griffin. He sells it like a fastball and you can see the depth there towards home plate picked out of the dirt by Freddie to down in the third for Drake Baldwin. And this is back to Canning to first for the out that ends the inning a one two three third. He's retired six in a row three one Padres for mean batting one sixty four three home runs this season one to Zapham swung on at a fastball tipped it in the bit of Baldwin other strikeout by sale. He has six in the game and one down here in the fourth inning to here to chase Bolling swinging to miss a sale. Now he's starting to get into a groove. He's already racked up seven strikeouts two down for Jake Cronenworth and a comeback or stabbed on one bounce by Chris underhands it to Olsen down they go in order in the top of the fourth inning. Good reflexes by Chris Sale. We go to the bottom of the fourth three one San Diego Griffin Canning ready to deal to Ozzie Albies as he's open one with a fly to center field. How far is this one going to go to Wiley off the bat of Ozzie. Sixteenth of the year to make it a three to Bogey our job for Chris Sale is to keep it right there and give this offense time that will craft back over the plate. He wanted it just off as he almost hit it to Wiley one down for Michael Harris hard hit ball to the right side just socked a curveball in the right. He's now two for two that got a piece of the glove. That's catcher's interference on Freddie for mean that'll send DuPont down to first base on catcher's interference by Freddie for mean now first and second one down for Austin Reilly and a strike three gets him looking. He knew it takes with him the fourth strikeout for Canning needed that two down. See what Dom Smith can do. Hasn't played much in this series had the hit yesterday up the bench drove in a run that he grounded out the second today. Tom Smith a reservation for three at the job house for Mr. Smith. I've got to play as much with the matchups and what it's gone. But this is exactly why he's in that lineup today even with the lefty start in the game. They knew this couple of times would present itself. So from down three to nothing the Braves now lead it five to three one away in the top of the fifth inning and Hefo and the two run single in the second that gave the Padres a three nothing lead left side of by the dive of Reilly at third baseman Hefo's got another base hit a one out knock this time. He's a Manny Machado son to get the time run at the plate here for the Padres take a hike just wiped him out with a slider strikeout number eight for sale two down in the fifth inning all eight strikeouts have seen the batters go down swinging down when Hefo at first and Ty France Ozzie diving stop from his knees side retired hit the homer Siege. Now he's doing it with a glove. Yeah work to do with the Braves up five to three and Chris Sale on the mound. This would be strikeout number nine for sale. There it is. And not surprising on that slider back foot right down perfectly located to get the swing over the top Gavin Sheets singled and scored in the second inning one two on the way and he wipes out Sheets with a slider loan away double digit strikeouts for the third time this season for Chris Sale. Right now it's Freddy Fermin if sale strikes him out he will equal his season high sale struck out eleven May 2nd in Colorado. He swept the leg. He struck him on the perfect eleven strikeouts tying his season high back to back singles runners at first and second and one down for Dominic Smith. He's on the line at first fair ball. France will throw the second base and they get the middleman bottle take third Riley's out at second base Houston third with two down like the Strasburg swinging three Oh hits a fly ball to center Bowen. Moving back we'll make the catch and it's the inning they strand a pair. We're through six five three Atlanta. Here's Drake Baldwin. No runs in this game since that four run fourth for the Braves to put him on top five three. He calls that thing to right right field. A pitching wedge to the Chophouse for Drake Baldwin. I mean he Gator on this guy. I don't think he's going to be in a strike. Look where this pitch ends up. Mowley it's as good as any big leaguer I've seen on using his legs to generate power. That was unbelievable. Out of the eighth inning for Manny left side and through into left field a base hit second hit of the day two for four showing for Machado today. One on four tie France tie looking for his first hit of the afternoon 0 4 3 struck out his first two times against sale and France swings hits it in the air deep to left field Dubon backing up this one over his head going to go into the Padre bullpen. Ty France delivers again a two run shot here in the eighth inning and we've got ourselves a one run game it's six to five Iglesias coming on thirty fifth time this year twenty saves and twenty one opportunities hoping to make it twenty one and twenty two today. So we're going to see a couple of pinch hitters here first it's going to be song and then on deck is Jackson Merrill and he strikes out. It is the change up with this kind of swing to it's pretty hard to get to the change up from right. So Iglesias where he's kind of opening up a little bit I'm trying to pull that baseball and that's exactly what he wants you to do one down and now Jackson Merrill in the air Dubon sprinting over stopping and taking it to down Jake Cronenworth as the Padres are down to their last out line to the left and incoming Dubon will not get there in time plays it on a hop and the Padres are still alive. Fernando a chance now Fernando with two outs in the ninth inning will shoot it into right field a base hit opposite field up to second goes Cronenworth back to back base hits with two down in the ninth inning for San Diego not going quietly here in the ninth inning or the Padres two on two down Luis Ranjito to hit day to day he struck him out Braves win at that spot right there so well done by Ricella Glacier Soudal has two hundred and eighty one strikeouts as a reliever for the Braves passing John Smoltz for 11th all time. Congratulations.