Braves vs. Nationals Game Highlights (9/11/24) | MLB Highlights

For a two game sweep of the Washington Nationals. And Atlanta needs to keep winning because the Mets won earlier today, come from behind victory over Toronto. So they are a half game up right now over the Atlanta Braves. Jake Kervin is on the mound for the Nationals. He makes his fourth start of the year against the Braves and his 30th start of the season. Overall starts have been some somewhat rough of ladies given up 13 runs in his last two starts, Harris a swing and a mess at a fastball up and away. That's how this game gets started for Jake Irvin in 32 games with the Braves has hit only 190 swings and it's one of the ground right side as way wide has it. He'll make an underhanded flip to Jake Ervin coming over to cover well to short, but CJ Abrams is right there. Shuffles into a throw and jake Irvin a 123 first max Fried in this ballpark. He hasn't lost in this ballpark since 2019. In fact, the Braves have won his last seven starts in this ballpark, so he's going to be confident no matter where he's pitching, but especially here it'll tap one out the first glove by Matt Olson. Big Matt takes it to the one pitch and one down for his last 10 officially with a sack fly in there gets the barrel to it and a line drive single out to left the one out, single to left center to his ho for now, the batter is and ground ball left side glove by she at the second. They get one to first and they get to max those balls on the ground. This time he gets it for two outs. Bring Orlando RC to the plate. He homered in last night's win swinging a chopping ground ball at the third base line. Vargas charging in back bare hands and throws in time to ye for the out really nice play by Vargas charging in from third. He was back and that was kind of a swinging bunt. He makes the barehanded pickup play by out here in the second inning that will bring up. That is a rocket to left field down for a base hit going all the way to the wall and two ops of the wall up with it out there. Ramon Liano fires it in close play at second and they've got their man ramon Liano with a bullet from deep left and they cut down juan attempting to go into second base feet first. What a throw one right to be and he put the tag right on the right toe of Juanz three hits in a row by the nationals. Couple hit really well. They have runners on 2nd and 3rd with two out and Vargas coming up one and two as free tries to wiggle his way out of the second inning. He got him good sweeper takes care of Vargas three hits for the Nats but nothing to show for retired seven in a row. Now, Kevin Bigio for his first at bat with the that's inside corner painting with the fastball at 94 and that's strike three called third strikeout for Irvin. What a perfect pitch that was swinging a foul tip held by Ruiz Irvin strikes him out. So jake has retired nine straight to begin his outing and he has four strikeouts. So he hits young an infield single for a, there's been some of this bad luck. The batting average on balls in play is the number that we talk about a lot of times with max against lefties. It's over 400. Does that mean he's got some really bad luck league average is usually under three, two on nobody out. And now here's Dylan Cruz, a line drive right side that's going to be down for a base hit coming around third is young, he's going to head home, he will score. So throws it in to second as Abrams is over to third nationals lead one nothing Dylan Cruz and RB I single to right. He's two for two in this game. What a great swing right here by Cruz staying inside it for Seamer and just drives it to right field. The fact that it's the other way on this situation and one down here in the third James Wood, he's over one with a ground out chopper back toward the mound free has to go off his glove and he'll have no play Abrams will score as the Nationals lead two to nothing. He tried to pick up an in between hop on a chopper and fanned on it. That's a huge break. As freed, a two time gold glove winner couldn't come up with it. Now, here's off the end of the bat freed. Can't get to that one either and Then it's bobbled by Biggio Deja Vu all over again and the bases are loaded. Max, no doubt, very frustrated right now with some of the luck that is not going his way. Tana had a good night last night. He had a couple of base hits. Both hits were doubles last night swing and a miss 12 sweeper gets Tana two away and now the eighth batter of the inning and Ruiz will to the plate and he struck him out elevating a fastball. Nice job by Max getting the back to back strikeouts of Tana and Ruiz after the bases were loaded , a two run score for the Nationals and there is the Braves first baserunner. A walk to Jorge Soler and now things turn over here to Marcelo Zuna. A ground ball to short should be two Abrams underhand for one all day to first to get the jogging Ozuna for a double play. So Irvin's first baserunner, a walk is a race from double play. These are those innings. Look this the third inning, the amount of pitches that a guy throws, keep the pressure on him , keep the pressure on him a blast to straight away center and deep Harris. Forget about it. This one into orbit and it hits the bullpen cart beyond the center field wall. Oh my. What a blast for Abrams. Three nothing nationals. Number 20 on the season, there was never ever a doubt about that one. Abrams knew at the moment it left his bat. You can see the frustration of Max Fried's, uh face here. He said he's used to pitching the contact but not, not given up this many hits any time you're out there on the mound and you see balls flying all over the place. It's just kind of disconcerting a ground ball toward the hole. It's fielded by the shortstop to second for one. The relay to first is in time but on the play, Chaparro comes in from third to score. It's now Washington for Atlanta Braves still without a hit here , a walk and an air. But that only two base runners, jake Irvin drives one to right field. Dylan Cruz can't get there that splits the gap and up the alley all the way to the wall, Michael Harris to second base and the Braves finally have a base hit. So the no, no is gone for, I see if the Braves can get something across. Jorge Soler is coming to the plate with two outs and he will hit one hard to deep center field young going to go back that is over his head all the way to the wall. It back to back doubles by Harrison and the Braves finally on the board, it's now a 41 game. That ball was shredded by Jorge got the barrel right on it. You know, you've hit it hard when you get it over Jacob Young in center field here is Ozuna twice grounded out to short swing and a miss, he struck him out with a high fastball gets a huge strikeout, no hitter in the shutout bid gone, but I limit the damage to one run on two hits. The Braves in business here in the seventh inning at 2nd and 3rd. Good at bat by loo. Now base hit here can make it a one run game. A big opportunity here for Murphy swing and a miss and Murphy lunging at a pitch in the other batter's box. A big punch out for out number two, a big spot here for the man playing his first game in a uniform. Kevin shallow left out goes Abrams comes Wood James is going to get there. Wood makes the catch. Braves can't get anything across , it remains four to one. Now, the Braves have something brewing runners at 1st and 2nd 1 out in the second time in back to back innings in which the Atlanta Braves are going to bring the potential time run to the plate that was down the right line Cruz to the side wall and he has it in foul territory. Lead runner tagging and moving to third is Harris the second and there's two down and now you will get that lefty, lefty matchup between Ferrer and Olson fastball chopped back to the mound. Ferrer has it jogging to first, the underhanded flip to Yez and the inning is over. So the seventh inning in the eighth inning, two very frustrating frames for the Braves as they stran him in in scoring position. Both innings close play. It's Jose Tana with a head first line for the stolen base and he's in the scoring position with two outs swinging a line drive to right center field coming on to so he won't get there. Drops in for a head. Rounding third coming home to score is Tana running on contact with two out on a bloop single in the right center for Ruiz his 50th run of the year gives the nationals an insurance run here in the bottom of the eighth inning. And so now it's Washington five and Atlanta one tough luck there for Hernandez and the Braves despite the fact it's not a safe situation anymore. Kyle Finnigan is in Murphy is the last hope for the Braves here in the bottom of the ninth inning ground ball. The third Vargas scoops it and the Nationals wrap up a 51 win. It was all Braves last night winning 12, nothing but the Nationals get their revenge. They had already won the season series versus the Braves and they win tonight in the final meeting against the Braves.