Sean Murphy Homer twice, Braves gets their first late return and the first road victory

TAMPA, Fla. – It was only a game, but it seemed something more for a team of Atlanta Braves who was seriously aggravated at the beginning of the season.

A couple of inning and some rides at home can have a galvanizing effect on a team, or at least rejuvenate the atmosphere of the Club House. He did on Saturday when the Braves exceeded a 3-1 deficit after seven inning to beat the Rays 5-4 by Tampa Bay, a return fueled by two solo men by Ozzie Albies and Sean Murphy in the eighth inning and Homer with two shots by Michael Harris II in the ninth.

The Braves (4-10) had not won a game this season when he moved after seven inning and had not won a journey on a journey, a period. They concluded both ignominious companies on Saturday to George M. Steinbrenner Field, a minor League park with dimensions suitable for Hitter.

“One day like this can change everything, you know?” Albies said. “Bring more positivity and more positive energy for us to return tomorrow and go for another victory.”

It was the second Homer of the day for Murphy, whose lead Homer in the seventh inning cut the advantage of the rays at 2-1. The Catcher veteran has three homers in four games after starting the season on the list of wounded for a fractured rib.

Murphy hit a Homer of three shots on Tuesday off the coast of Philadelphia Phillies Ace Zack Wheeler in his first plate appearance after being activated by IL. Now this.

“It was nice to see Murph a bit like his old man again,” said Brian Snitker, Brian Snitker, who also made a point to praise Harris for his decisive humerus after twice Nick Allen in the ninth, the only blow by Atlanta in 11 AT-BAT with the runners in the marking position.

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Resp and other situational shots have afflicted the Braves during the first 2 and a half weeks of the season.

“It is a good piece of hitting from Michael, trying to get something that he could turn on to move the runner,” said Snitker of the pulled shot that was unfolded on the fence of the right field. “Many times you play in the way it should be played, you are rewarded for this.”

Murphy said: “We still have to hit with the runners in a score position. The solo men are fantastic, but it is difficult to win a game only on solo murders”.

Murphy and Harris also made great contributions in defense. Murphy launched José Caballero trying to steal the second base in the second Inning and helped to guarantee the Aj Smith-Shawver rookie launcher in some narrow points. Harris has made a spectacular capture in front of the wall of the central field for the third of the first inning, preventing a second race from scoring in the inening.

Harris said Murphy got back: “It was enormous, because the bat has swing, captures the ball, can throw the runners away. It does everything you need to do and its presence is distinguished.”

A loss would have given Atlanta the worst start since the 1990 team lost 12 of his first 14 games.

“It seemed well,” Harris said. “The launchers kept us involved and gave us the opportunity to do it. I am happy that the bats have arrived.”

The rays led the 2-0 with the possibility of opening things in the sixth inning after loading the bases without anyone against the newcomer Braves Rafael Montero on two walks and one single. But Montero came out of the inducement by gluing Caballero, putting a bunt on the field and launching himself to Murphy for a strength and inducing an inning land.

“Yes, this only took everyone,” said Murphy of Vittoria. “Look Montero. Big Sesto Inning. Load the bases and then he comes out.

It was the first victory of the Braves road in nine games, linked with the 1980 team for 0-8 for the longest opening skid of the franchise season in the modern baseball era since 1900.

“The return victories are the best,” said Albies, who started the event with his Homer from two outside in the eighth of Hunter Bigge, who also gave up the second Homer of Murphy of the first day joke. “You are down and continue to fight, do not give up and come back and win the game – that’s all.”

The mental side of the baseball is a crucial and often disconcerting component for the young launchers, and the Braves do not pretend to know exactly what caused Smith-Shawver to fight so much in certain situations and impress to such an extent in others.

Two situations have been the main problem this season for Smith-Shawver, a pitcher that Braves needs to play a significant role.

When the Junior Caminero made him home with two in the first inning, on a 0-1 suspended cursor, he made his opponents a stunning 8-per-6 with two doubles, two homers and six walks against Smith-Shawver in two situations this season.

“Everyone is aware of everything that happens,” Snitker said before the game, referring to the opponents knowing how Smith-Shawver fought in those points. “This is part of the mental process and the growth that the boys must overcome.”

He could have been worse in that first inning. The two -out Homer was followed by a single by Jonathan Aranda and a Moscow ball destroyed the Mazza of Christopher Morel that Harris brought with a capture that jumped and borne in front of the central field wall.

“Holy Cum, I have no idea how Snitker said it,” said Snitker.

Harris described the comedy, the last of a series of exciting catches made by the native of Atlanta in his relatively short career.

“I knew it was hit hard, that I should have returned to the wall,” he said. “He crossed the sun, so I lost it for a second, and then when I found it, the wind had pushed him back on the other side, so I had to adapt very quickly. But good thing I practiced those in MVP (baseball video game), so I was able to do it enough naturally.”

When asked if the golden heats they wore on Saturday were a reminder of the gold glove that hopes to win, Harris smiled and said: “Yeaaaah”, in an exaggerated tone. “I mean, whatever I have to do to get it. I’m just trying to go out there and play games for our pitcher. But I want to say, if that type of thought has put the thought in the minds of the voters, then I imagine that I will continue to do it.”

Smith-Shawver usually begins with a moment or two when its undeniable talent is completely exposed and on Saturday it was no exception. The typical maximums and lows of Texan of Texan were condensed in a duration of four small ones in the third inning, when Caminero walked to load the bases and walked Aranda to bring a race for an advantage of 2-0, but hit Morel looking at a bad curve ball and hit Kameron Monner who made the taste to leave the load of bases.

This started a stretch in which Smith-Shawver withdrew seven of the last eight beats he faced, five on the Strikeouts. His final line was solid: 5 inning, 6 shots, 2 races, 2 walks, 7 strikeouts.

“You could see him right there, he didn’t give up at all,” said Albies from Smith-Shawver. “He continued to push for himself, he continued to make dishes and returned and pulled those two boys out.”

Snitker said: “It will only be an experience of learning and growth. He was a professional for what, four years old, and going to his fifth year? He has not yet accumulated a lot of inning, so he is still learning. But it is good when he can get in trouble and fight him. I want to say. I say, this says something about his character, his trick and all this, which is really good.”

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