Over the first pair of games in this series, the Atlanta Braves have punched runs across in the first inning, only to see them fail to either hold or to build on those early leads.
Today – the third contest of this 4-bagger series – was different.
It didn’t necessarily feel like that would be the case, though. During today’s 2-run first inning, there was still that nagging feeling of leaving fruit on the vine as Tyler Flowers and Dansby Swanson both made outs to leave the bases loaded after seeing 5 straight Braves reach base.