Athletics at Atlanta Braves

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Athletics

1-5, 1-5 Away

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Atlanta Braves

4-2, 4-2 Home

Drake Baldwin, Chris Sale lead the Braves to a 5-1 win over the struggling Athletics

Baldwin had a two-run single off Athletics starter Luis Severino (0-1) in the second and added a two-run double in the fourth to give Sale (2-0) some breathing room after Shea Langeliers hit his fifth homer of the season — the lone base-runner allowed by the Atlanta left-hander.

Baldwin's two-bagger came after he fouled off four straight 3-2 pitches from Elvis Alvarado, prompting the organist to belt out “Stayin’ Alive.”

Finally, on the 11th pitch of the at-bat, the reigning NL rookie of the year lined a 97 mph fastball to the wall in right-center. Matt Olson followed with a seeing-eye single up the middle to bring home Baldwin.

Baldwin nearly had a homer in the seventh, but Denzel Clarke leaped above the wall to make a dazzling catch.

It was another strong outing for Sale, who threw six scoreless innings against Kansas City on opening night. Two days after his 37th birthday, he pushed the Braves to a 4-2 mark through the first week. A year ago, Atlanta lost its first seven games on the road and went on to miss the playoffs for the first time since 2017.

The Athletics can relate, having started the season with just one win through their first six games. Langeliers has been one of the few bright spots, grabbing the MLB home run lead with his towering, 355-foot drive that barely cleared the left-field wall.

Severino struggled with his control, walking five and throwing just 49 of his 91 pitches for strikes before he was lifted after 3 1/3 innings.

Up next Athletics: LH Jeffrey Springs (0-0, 3.38 ERA) takes the mound Friday night for the home opener against the Astros.

Braves: RH Reynaldo López (0-0, 1.50) gets his second start Thursday night at Arizona to begin a four-game series and Atlanta's first road trip of the season.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Langeliers popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	McNeil struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Wilson doubled to left.
	9th Inning	Butler grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Iglesias relieved Lee
	9th Inning	Butler hit for Clarke

Statistics

ATH		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	7
6	Strikeouts	10
1	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
4	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
117	Pitches	157
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
8	Total Bases	8
30	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
0.2	Runs Created	3.2
.133	Batting Average	.233
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.267	Slugging Percentage	.267
.133	Secondary Average	.200
.133	On Base Percentage	.343
.400	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.610
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
0.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.8
13.0	Batter Rating	29.0
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.90	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.49
.133	Isolated Power	.033
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.143
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.033
2.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.4
65.0	MLB Rating	77.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0