Braves vs. Phillies Game Highlights (8/29/24) | MLB Highlights

All in Braves country know this is a huge series if the Braves want to win their seventh consecutive in L A title. I think they probably need three of four. A sweep obviously would be fantastic coming in hot winners of nine of 11. Let's see if they can keep that moving in the right direction. 26 start of the year for Sanchez 9 to 9 in the area of 3.51. His numbers here at home are really good. In fact, the downright dominant. So Whitfield signed with the Phillies in the off season and he's back in the leadoff spot here tonight. The changeup was working the, there's the great changeup. There is the first strikeout of the game for it was so who got the engine fired up with the bats in last night's victory in Minnesota. He had a first inning home run sharply right at the second baseman Bryson. He's got plenty of time. So eight pitches, he gets the second out and here comes Marcelo Zuna the other way and that on base streak now at 22 games, a two out single for Marcelo Zuna. So the first baserunner is Ozuna and now here is Matt Olson off the hands back to sanchez a little underhand toss. The inning is over. No runs, one hit, one man left. We'll go to the bottom of the first Charlie Morton ready to make his 25th start of the season. Even though there have been ups and downs this year for him. CJ last three starts have been solid. Schwarber lifetime is six of 20 with two home runs against Charlie Horton. There's a walk on four pitches for that. That's 93 walks now, four pitches to put a man on for Trey Turner one pitch to fly ball to left field loo looking up in the Phillies out underneath it makes the catch one away. I do have a feeling that this man might just go off this series. It's been since the ninth of August, the last time he homer goes again and ball four second walk of the inning. Phillies have 1st and 2nd with one out is coming up one fouled off. The facing of the second deck looked like he hurt himself there. He dropped the bat right away and he was shaking out his hands. I'm not sure what happened there but he dropped the bat right away and stumbled forward into the left hand batter's box in bouncer. To me, the only play that he will get is at first base two down and two in scoring position. Walking over to him too. Christian is going to follow him down the stairs. Phillies with R at 2nd and 3rd, right center so has a beat on it. He will take it and Charlie Morton gets out of it with no damage done. Scoreless game. We go to the top of the second Alec Bones grabbing his glove and going back out there to play. Darna was banged up when the Phillies faced the Braves last week. Next pitch swing and a miss struck him out, a breaking ball , got some, he feathers it away to a right. Sometimes it drops like a split finger swing and a miss back to strikeouts. That's three total. Now for Christopher Sanchez, eight homers 30 driven in for Michael Harris this year, of course, those numbers would be a lot higher if not for that 60 day il stint broken bat that went flying. That is a fair ball and Harris will get a single out of it. But that if anybody was asleep over the Phillies dugout, they're awake. Now the raves have a couple of two out singles in the ball. Here's Orlando Orlando hits this out to center Marsh won't get to it all the way out to that. 409 marker Harris is around third and the Braves are going to grab a one to nothing lead in the top of the second Philly fans learning the hard way. You never ever Boo Orlando Arc as he steps up big here and jumping on a first pitch, fastball and he smoked this thing 16 off the bat for Orlando. One pitch swung on it lined to third, caught by or was it? Now they say it's an out, he'll throw it to first anyways got tired of waiting on an umpire to make a call. So he just threw it to first three walks and a hit batter Morton very wild here early on doesn't do a whole lot of good to get all these base runners. We're not going to drive him in. It'll be Kyle Swar the DH coming up now. Two down, 22 from Morton. Yes, he got it. Froze him with a change up. A walk ahead batter. No runs for the Phillies. Mary field dancing at first two down. It's up to Matt Olson. What Olson? And he strikes one hard, deep center field, a boat off the bat of Matt Olson over the batter's eye. Look out deep center field, a two run home run by Olson and it's three nothing. I think they were tracking that one at the Philadelphia airport that was crushed. Holy cow, 450 ft. They're telling us that's the very first left handed home run , left handed, hitting home run. Sanchez has given up this season leading off for Atlanta, 12 pitch to Liano swing and a miss , he got him six strikeouts. He's gotten garneau and loo twice tonight. Another change up by Michael Harris the second swing and a miss, he got him for a seven strikeout of the night. That's no, I don't think it would be the pitch swinging a ground ball sharply hit to short good backhand pick by Turner, quick release on the throw and Harper has to come off the back and Arcia goes out of the baseline, Harper, I don't think ever even tagged it. They just called him out of the baseline and called him out and for the Braves here in the fifth inning, it will be Williams Mary field. And so 11 pitch clubbed out to the left side of base hit just out of the reach of Trey Turner. Luke Williams is gone. Fire here on this road trip, double play depth is with Mefi Bats. There's the pitch and he bunts good one third base side, Sosa bare hand pick throws on the run. Harper digs it out. They got it an amazing play. And so, and Bryce Harper on both ends as they get with me. So there with a run at second 12 pitch, softly tapped out to first Harper glove steps on the bag two ways. Williams advances to third base. The boos come for Orlando Arcia and bouncer over to shortstop. Nice hot for Trey Turner. He's got it over the first time they work as that. Luke Williams single in will go to work against Matt home. His last time up first home run this year allowed by Sanchez to a left handed batter that Olson right center field. Is that going to go? You bet it is another one for the Braves first baseman. He has dominated the left hander here tonight. He hit one back in the third inning that I think his ancestors felt. And this one rattles around in the Phillies bullpen Casto flat out to right. He's grounded out to shortstop looper out to left that will be in for base hit. Here we go. That's it. Charlie Morton still in this game. Only 86 pitches. Scott has walked twice tonight. He has stolen two bases 3 to 2 now and he got him changeup and a good changeup at that. A big strikeout there to get Bryson Stock J T and Brandon Marsh back to back 7 to 8 in the order. They've gone 0 to 4 with four strikeouts, line drive base hit to left field. The Phillies have two hits in an inning. They put runners on 1st and 2nd with one out a seven pitch at bat for Jt Phillies. Zero for six with runners in scoring position. Brandon Marsh coming up, fly ball, center field pretty well hit Harris going out to the wall and it is gone opposite field home runs and it's a ball game again as the Phillies are down to run. It's four to three. That ball got up in the air. The wind was blowing pretty good out to left. I didn't think it had a chance to stay in the park and it didn't. Nick has a base hit tonight. Started the rally that led to the home run by Marsh. The only hit the Phillies have with a runner in scoring position tonight. Fly ball, center field pretty well hit Harris going back back to the wall and into the, the Phillies have taken the lead on a center field home run by Nick Castellanos. I just said he had a pitch to hit. He had a better pitch to hit that time and he blasted it 54. Philly Marshall pull it to second base with a leadoff double somehow. Some way. Brandon Marsh has to be on third base when this has got. It is going to third Olsen throw to third. Terrible, terrible at bat. Not very good baserunner. That situation just can't happen. Now, Holmes has Schwarber at 1 to 2 and he gets him to swing and miss at the curveball. All right, one run game on to the ninth. He is an out away from their 79th win of the year and the only man to stand in the way right now is the former Philly with his back ground ball toward third charging Sousa. He's got it throws on the run in the ball game is over. The Phillies have extended their lead in the National league east to six games. They come from behind, they erase a four run deficit and they win it tonight. 5 to 4.