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Atlanta Braves @ Tampa Bay Rays

2018-05-08 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 15382 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:55

Atlanta Braves defeated Tampa Bay Rays 1–0. Atlanta Braves opened the scoring in the 3rd — Ronald Acuna homers (3) on a line drive to left center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Denard Span lines into a double play, second baseman Ozzie Albies to first baseman Freddie Freeman. Mallex Smith out at 1st — worth 29% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ATL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
TBA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

W: Sean Newcomb L: Blake Snell SV: Arodys Vizcaino

Umpires — HP: Phil Cuzzi · 1B: Adam Hamari · 2B: Chris Segal · 3B: Tom Hallion · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ozzie Albies	4	0	1	0	0	2
Ronald Acuna	4	1	1	1	0	1
Freddie Freeman	3	0	1	0	1	1
Nick Markakis	4	0	0	0	0	0
Kurt Suzuki	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jose Bautista	2	0	0	0	2	1
Ender Inciarte	4	0	0	0	0	2
Johan Camargo	4	0	0	0	0	1
Charlie Culberson	4	0	1	0	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Carlos Gomez	4	1	0	2
C. J. Cron	4	1	0	1
Matt Duffy	3	0	1	3
Wilson Ramos	3	1	1	0
Daniel Robertson	1	0	1	0
Adeiny Hechavarria	3	1	0	0
Jesus Sucre	4	0	0	0
Rob Refsnyder	2	0	0	1
Johnny Field	3	1	0	1
Denard Span	1	0	1	0
Joey Wendle	1	0	0	0
Brad Miller	0	0	1	0

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sean Newcomb	6.0	2	3	6
Shane Carle	1.0	0	1	0
A. J. Minter	0.2	1	0	1
Dan Winkler	0.1	1	0	1
Arodys Vizcaino	1.0	1	1	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Blake Snell	6.1	4	2	5
Ryne Stanek	1.2	0	2	4
Jonny Venters	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ozzie Albies: S8/L8RS+
Ronald Acuna: K+SB2
Freddie Freeman: K
Nick Markakis: 4/L4+

Bot 1

Carlos Gomez: K
C. J. Cron: 9/F89D
Matt Duffy: W
Wilson Ramos: 63/G6

Top 2

Kurt Suzuki: 53/G56
Jose Bautista: W
Ender Inciarte: K
Johan Camargo: 9/F9D

Bot 2

Daniel Robertson: W
Adeiny Hechavarria: S5/G5S-.1-2
Jesus Sucre: 64(1)3/GDP/G56.2-3
Rob Refsnyder: 3/G34

Top 3

Charlie Culberson: 9/F9LMF
Ozzie Albies: 5/L5+
Ronald Acuna: HR/F78D+
Freddie Freeman: S9/L34D+
Nick Markakis: 8/F8LD

Bot 3

Johnny Field: 63/G6
Carlos Gomez: K
C. J. Cron: 8/F8LXD+

Top 4

Kurt Suzuki: 5/L56+
Jose Bautista: W
Ender Inciarte: 7/L7M
Johan Camargo: 9/L9LS

Bot 4

Matt Duffy: K
Wilson Ramos: W
Daniel Robertson: 4/F34D-
Adeiny Hechavarria: 43/G4

Top 5

Charlie Culberson: T7/L8LS+
Ozzie Albies: K23
Ronald Acuna: 63/G6S
Freddie Freeman: 63/G4MS-

Bot 5

Jesus Sucre: 13/G15
Rob Refsnyder: K
Johnny Field: S9/L89S+
Carlos Gomez: 6/F6D-

Top 6

Nick Markakis: 7/F7S
Kurt Suzuki: 53/G56-
Jose Bautista: 9/F9S

Bot 6

C. J. Cron: K
Matt Duffy: K
Wilson Ramos: 7/F78M

Top 7

Ender Inciarte: K
Johan Camargo: K
Charlie Culberson: K+WP.B-1
Ozzie Albies: K

Bot 7

Denard Span: W
Adeiny Hechavarria: 46(1)3/GDP/G4S-
Jesus Sucre: 63/G6

Top 8

Ronald Acuna: 8/L8LXD+
Freddie Freeman: W
Nick Markakis: 7/F78S
Kurt Suzuki: W.1-2
Jose Bautista: K

Bot 8

Joey Wendle: 9/L9D+
Johnny Field: K
Carlos Gomez: S9/L89S
C. J. Cron: S4/G6MD+.1-2
Matt Duffy: K

Top 9

Ender Inciarte: 43/G4S-
Johan Camargo: 31/G4S
Charlie Culberson: 43/G4M

Bot 9

Wilson Ramos: S7/L7S
Denard Span: 4/DP.1X1(43)
Brad Miller: W
Jesus Sucre: 3/F3DF-

Notes & reviews

Fifth pitch to Acuna was foul ball off catwalk, but players were not sure it was foul; Hechavarria dove for ball, but missed it and ball bounced off his eye, forcing him from game

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