Major League Baseball

FINAL Friday, April 26, 2024
Cleveland Guardians 2
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Atlanta Braves 6
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Match Report

Sale, Ozuna lead Braves past Guardians 6-2 in matchup of MLB's two best teams

— Chris Sale shook off a homer on the seventh pitch of the game and Marcell Ozuna kept up his torrid start with two more RBI, leading the Atlanta Braves past the Cleveland Guardians 6-2 Friday night in the opener of a series matching MLB's two best...

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Top Performers

CLE

  • Steven Kwan H-AB 1-4 · AB 4 · R 1
  • Josh Naylor H-AB 0-3 · AB 3 · R 0
  • David Fry H-AB 1-4 · AB 4 · R 0
  • Estevan Florial H-AB 0-1 · AB 1 · R 0

ATL

  • Marcell Ozuna H-AB 1-3 · AB 3 · R 1
  • Travis d'Arnaud H-AB 0-3 · AB 3 · R 0
  • Ozzie Albies H-AB 2-4 · AB 4 · R 1
  • Michael Harris II H-AB 1-4 · AB 4 · R 0

Recent Plays

  1. · 9th Inning
  2. · 9th Inning Arias grounded out to third.
  3. · 9th Inning Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
  4. · 9th Inning Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
  5. · 9th Inning A.J. Minter pitches to Gabriel Arias
  6. · 9th Inning
  7. · 9th Inning Laureano struck out looking.
  8. · 9th Inning Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Looking

Head to Head

ATL wins series 2-1

Injuries

Atlanta Braves

  • Spencer Strider 60-Day-IL
  • Joe Jimenez 60-Day-IL
  • Jurickson Profar suspension
  • Joey Wentz 60-Day-IL
  • Spencer Schwellenbach 60-Day-IL

Cleveland Guardians

  • Kahlil Watson Out
  • Colin Holderman 15-Day-IL
  • Andrew Walters Out

Lineups

ATL

  1. 13Ronald Acuna Jr.RF
  2. 1Ozzie Albies2B
  3. 27Austin Riley3B
  4. 28Matt Olson1B
  5. 24Marcell OzunaDH
  6. 25Travis d'ArnaudC
  7. 23Michael Harris IICF
  8. 11Orlando ArciaSS
  9. 14Adam DuvallLF

CLE

  1. 38Steven KwanLF
  2. 2Tyler Freeman2B
  3. 11Jose Ramirez3B
  4. 12Josh NaylorDH
  5. 6David FryC
  6. 5Ramon LaureanoCF
  7. 43Gabriel Arias1B
  8. 27Austin HedgesC
  9. 4Brayan RocchioSS

Substitutes

  1. 90Estevan FlorialRF

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