The Atlanta Braves battled back from being down 3-0 after the first inning but it still wasn’t enough to pull off the win. The game eventually was decided in extra innings and a wild pitch is what ended up handing a 5-4 win to the Giants in this one.
I can’t imagine that anybody in Braves Country was enthused about the way this game started. Matt Olson was the only baserunner to get on against Hayden Birdsong in the first inning and then the Giants essentially ambushed Spencer Schwellenbach right out of the gate. The first three batters for San Francisco all reached safely and they all eventually made it around to score. Heliot Ramos scored on an RBI single from Wilmer Flores, Jung Hoo Lee made it home thanks to a sacrifice fly from Dominic Smith and then Spencer Schwellenbach’s wild pi