If there’s one thing other MLB teams have learned from watching the Atlanta Braves over the past few years, it’s that you never put dirt on them until the final strike is in the catcher’s mitt.
In a game where the Braves fell behind before most fans even took their seats inside Truist Park, the offense came alive in the ninth and 10th innings, scoring three runs over the final two frames to walk off the defending National League champion Arizona Diamondbacks in the first home game of the season.
The Braves offense was kept in check for most of the evening, scuffling across just three runs in the first eight innings. After an error by Diamondbacks second baseman Blaze Alexander got Austin Riley on base to start the ninth, Matt Olson drilled a double to left-center to make it a one-run game.
With one out and Olson standing on third, former Mariner Jarred Kelenic, who impressed last weekend in Philadelphia, got one of the weirdest RBIs of his career to tie the game, advancing to second base in the process.