Robbie Ray was Robbie Ray, but the offense seemed to be having a throw-back to 2004, rather than 2007.
Robbie Ray worked five innings, and struck out his usual high numbers, fanning seven. But, equally as usual, he needed too many pitches to get there, though wasn’t receiving much help from the home-plate umpire. He walked four and took 108 pitches for his five innings. The Braves scored two off Ray in the third inning and that was all he allowed. Atlanta then added an unearned run following a Chris Owings error in the sixth, but this was a better outing for the bullpen.