The Braves came into Monday night’s game in a must-win situation. They couldn’t go down 0-2 in the series with the next 2 games being in Philadelphia. That would almost certainly be the end of their season. Zack Wheeler had other plans. He shoved, while Max Fried struggled coming back from a long layoff. But the Braves mounted a furious rally, scoring 5 runs in their last three innings at the plate, stunning the Phillies 5-4, and head back to Philadelphia with a much more manageable 1-1 series tie.
Right from the start, you could tell Max Fried wasn’t himself, constantly falling behind in the count and leaving pitches over the middle of the plate.