The Atlanta Braves watched a chance at the NL East all but vanish, and their grip on a playoff spot has become slippery.
Worse, the Mets won again, and lead the Braves have for the final Wild Card slot has shrunk to just-one game.“Honestly I felt like we could have walked out of here with three out of four,” manager Brian Snitker. “We didn’t execute enough. Tonight we had bases loaded and one out in the ninth, didn’t put a ball in play. We didn’t do little things, and you have to against a good team."
The Braves had the bases loaded in the top of the ninth with one out. Arcia popped out and the Luke Williams flew out to end the inning.“I’d like him to hit a sac fly or get a base hit,” Snitker. “Hitting’s hard. In those situations...you want a better result, but he’s up there trying. He wants to get a hit and drive the run in more than any of us do. So I’m not going to fault him."
While he’s hit well against the Phillies this season - batting .364 - he doesn’t hit well against righties or off the bench. He’s batting .145 against righties and .130 off the bench. For those wanting more advanced stats, he has a 14 OPS+ against righties and a 57 OPS+ off the bench.“He’s been struggling, hasn’t had a lot of at-bats, he’s working his tail of,” SnitkerAnother strong outing by the starting pitcher went to waste as well.
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