After a satisfying win on Monday in what felt like a playoff game, the Braves were searching for their second straight win against the Giants on Tuesday behind Spencer Strider.
Each team managed one baserunner, but no runs in the first inning but the Giants put together the first real danger of the game in the second, as a broken bat bloop single, a line drive single, a 0-2 hit batsman, a sac fly, and a homer scored four runs before Strider was able to end the inning. Travis d’Arnaud sparked some Atlanta danger with a broken bat single of his own, and Marcell Ozuna followed him up with a moonshot two-run homer to cut the deficit in half.