Braves vs. Angels Game Highlights (8/16/24) | MLB Highlights

Got Jose Soriano on the bump. He throws that sinker gets a lot of ground balls. You got a Braves team that hits a lot of home runs. Strength versus strength who wins this Soriano 59.9% ground ball rate. That's the second highest in all of baseball that power sinker 94 to 100 miles an hour ground ball at the ground ball. When you face this Atlanta team , they don't hit the ball on the ground a whole lot 911 ground ball that the fourth fewest so far this season. Soriano's 22 coming, ain't gonna miss a good start. He got on 100 miles per hour with some sink to it. Beautiful in there. Got him back to back K's knuckle curve. The out pitch in this first inning great matchup here, Soriano Auna 22 ground ball. Neto and a great start for going to the bottom of the first inning. And Spencer Swen Bach is on the mound facing Taylor Ward zack Netto and Nolan Shao in the bottom of a scoreless first inning Orlando Arcia didn't even have to move. So one away two struck him out one down with a power slider and he has his first strikeout of the evening. Two down, waits the 31 here it comes and a ground ball out to second routine play with Mary scoops it up off the infield dirt throws over to first base and down go the angels 123. So he's hit a batter, he's walked a batter. And before Orlando RC climbs in , there's a ground ball going to go the short way and get the out at third, gets the force and there's one away. Kelk was already walking to first base. He thought he had a walk to load him up, but that's not the case. It's a full count. 32 swing and a miss. He got him 99 mile an hour sinker because of that pitch and he got the check swing on it. He got him to expand his zone. He got a strikeout, a big strikeout here he is, Ramon Loo Angels have seen a lot of hits. Orano is 32. Well, chopper ground ball coming in Rendon and he's got it throws across wide. He got him at first big stretch from sea. Well, looks like they're not going to question it. What a stretch by Sean. He did some yoga work on his off day. This is the moment for Cava, the moment he's dreamed of his entire life making his big league debut right here. D hing for the Angels first pitch. Swinging out to left field wasn't wasting any time. He flies out three, two pitch. The 24 year old pitcher gets the 24 year old catcher two away scores behind him and he catches red on the right arm. I'm happy about it. He's going to go down to first base 12 to moniak hit hard out towards right center beeld raising that way, Michael Harris to run it down out in right center. He was running wide open towards the gap and right center field that saves a run and it ends the bottom of the second inning. Michael Harris has multiple bats. He has multiple cleats for this weekend that is representation of woody from toy story. So he has woody and Buzz light year, each one of those on each of his cleats and he has a woody bat. He has a buzz Lightyear bat. So we might see both as well ground ball shot. Well, he's going to, to second netto back to first Soriano covering. Is he there? He is what a play that was. That's a good firm throw back to the pitcher for Zack Netto. Nice job by Soriano getting to the bag right hander against right hander. Here's the next one on Riley chase and a miss and he is a strikeout victim and the inning is over Taylor Ward batting first tonight and he'll be using a number two pencil tonight that is hammered out to right field that's going to get down for a base hit. Taylor Ward gets the Angels first hit of the game. Schwellenbach first hit of the game period so far against these two young, very good pitchers weekly to third Riley has it little trouble getting it out of his glove, but no problem, no scoring in the top of the fourth inning. See if the Braves can break through. It'll be Ozuna Olson and Murphy coming up here in the top of the fourth inning getting a second look at jose Soriano and he swings and it's a high fly ball to shallow. Right. Moniak coming in going out is Stefanik and neither can get there. He dunks that into no man's land down the right field line in between moniak the right and Stefani the second baseman. So a single and a walk in there at 1st and 2nd with no one out. So in other words, if it's high , let it fly and if it's low, let it go. 21 pitch that's roped in the left field down for a base hit. They're going to send Ozuna, he hits the bag at third, he will come home and score and sean Murphy makes it one, nothing brave Contreras early because everyone innings outside of the first inning has been a battle that doesn't necessarily mean you're looking at 67 pitches, all very, very difficult. 32 pitch, big chopper left side going to be a tough player and don't, can't come up with it. He tried to scoop it off the glove and he ran by, had to be an infield single by Kelk Olson scores and it's two brave and that's going to do it for. So we think he's coming out 76 pitches tough outing for Soriano 12 ground ball to third and has this one, he'll take it to the bag and get the force out and that will in the top of the fourth inning, but the Braves have a very successful top of the fourth Nolan leading it off for the Angels. He's over one of the ground out to second. Here's the next pitch is popped in the air down the left field side tight to the line and that is a fair ball and good stop in foul territory by the left fielder. Knick is throw to second, not in time and the Braves quickly check that, but they are not going to challenge this. Knick gets to, this runs into the wall braces itself and throws a one hop strike to second base. What a slide by Shana. Well, the Angel newcomer Nikko Covais Tol out in his first big league at bat check down and he went so a strikeout and Kadis is zero for two. So Logan coming up, he's looking to hit the baseball hard slump right now. Zero for 29 center field hit. Well, crowd thinks it's gone soda and he breaks out of his slump with a two run home run to tie up this game. A sigh of relief right there. That home run over 400 ft for Hopi. It's a game tire at two and his 17th of the season looks like Washington is going to go to Burt and he's going to be making his Angels debut in a big spot. 32 for Burke missed outside bases loaded here for the Braves all of a sudden. Now the next half inning, the Braves have them everywhere on base and one out that's got him right back to the fastball. And that is a huge out for Brockberg picking up his first out as an Angel and a strikeout or a first pitch swinging to center Joe Adell drifting over plenty of time. Brockberg comes in, gets out of trouble. No surprise that Spencer's only , he's got zero walks. Something he refuses to do is let these guys get on two pitch. Perfect sinker on the inside corner goes down looking two on the way and he gets a swing and a miss there with the fastball back to back strikeouts here in the fifth inning for Ellen 12 bites the dust. He swings and misses over the top of a splitter and spencer Schwellenbach strikes out the side great for spencer Toni is coming out that will do it for Spencer Schwellenbach. Angels have runners at 1st and 2nd. New pitchers right hander Pierce Johnson and he's facing Logan. Oh, and at this point, he's the only source of offense for the Angels, 11 from Johnson line drive out to arc. He's got it snow cone catch and the runners hold at first in. So a snow cone grab by Arcia and the flavor was vanilla out there just back of the bag at second one out away from getting out of this thing. Definitely a big moment in this game, Johnson's next pitch is in the air well out in the right center field, it's out by the wall and that ball is in play, a run will score and the Angels have runners at 2nd and 3rd on the RB I double by moniak. It's 32 Angels and he brings it ground ball out to third diving stop by Riley long down the line. If you go straight through the bag there over to the bag and Riley just saved the day. If that gets through, it means at least one run, he will have a pitching change and the Angels could be hoping for five outs here. Ben Joyce tonight. He will be coming in with one away in the eighth. There's a little ground ball, Drury to second Stefanik to first get that work done. Top of the charts. Got to love it, timely two run home run, Mickey Moniak with that RB I double. The bullpen has been great to be able to hold on and win his first game of a three game series against this very good Atlanta team 13. Serious Cheddar. That's a good four seed fastball upstairs still has that nasty splink. And now the Braves are down to their final out first pitch. He hits one on the right side, stopped by shot, flips the Joyce gets to the bag and the ball game is over Angels with a comeback win tonight here at the big A as they beat the Braves by the final of 3 to 2 and you can put a halo over this one.