Atlanta Braves at Tampa Bay Rays

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Atlanta Braves

4-10, 1-8 Away

Final
5 - 4

Tampa Bay Rays

6-8, 6-5 Home

Harris' 2-run homer in the ninth lifts Braves over Rays 5-4 for their first road win

Junior Caminero goes deep for a home run

Sean Murphy homered twice — a solo shot in the seventh and then back-to-back with Ozzie Albies in the eighth — as the Braves snapped a franchise record-tying 0-8 start away from home. They matched the 1980 Braves for the longest road losing streak to open a season.

Harris’ blast, his second of the season, off Cole Sulser (0-1) was the Braves' fourth home run in the final three innings after they trailed 2-0 and then 3-1. Atlanta was 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position until Harris drove in Nick Allen, who hit a leadoff double, with the go-ahead homer.

Jonathan Aranda homered off Braves closer Raisel Iglesias with two outs in the ninth before Christopher Morel flied out to end the game. Dylan Lee (1-1) pitched the eighth for the win.

The loss spoiled a strong start from Rays right-hander Drew Rasmussen, who allowed four hits and struck out seven over five scoreless innings.

Junior Caminero homered off Braves starter AJ Smith-Shawver in the first. Smith-Shawver issued a bases-loaded walk in the third and allowed a two-out RBI single to Aranda in the seventh.

Key moment Rays center fielder Kameron Misner made a tremendous diving attempt on Allen’s leadoff flyball at the wall, but dropped it to set up the Braves’ ninth-inning rally.

Key stat Jose Caballero ran into three costly outs on the bases for the Rays. He was caught stealing twice, including trying to take third base in the eighth, and he was also picked off.

Up next The Braves will send veteran LHP Chris Sale (0–1, 6.75 ERA) to the mound against Rays RHP Shane Baz (1–0, 1.38 ERA) in the series finale Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Morel flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Aranda homered to right (379 feet).
	9th Inning	Mangum lined out to right.
	9th Inning	B. Lowe lined out to first.
	9th Inning	Iglesias relieved Lee
	9th Inning	White in left field.

Statistics

ATL		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	8
11	Strikeouts	9
5	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
15	Hits	12
3	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	4
4	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	36
4	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
22	Runners Left On Base	22
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
16	Fly Balls	19
0	Caught Stealing	2
165	Pitches	185
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
28	Total Bases	19
42	Plate Appearances	41
648.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
5	Extra Base Hits	3
10.2	Runs Created	7.3
.395	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.737	Slugging Percentage	.528
.526	Secondary Average	.306
.452	On Base Percentage	.415
1.189	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.942
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
10.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.5
52.0	Batter Rating	37.0
9.5	At Bats Per Home Run	18.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.33
3.93	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.51
.342	Isolated Power	.194
0.36	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.56
.095	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.122
.132	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.028
10.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.8	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.4
105.3	MLB Rating	90.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0