Braves News: Anemic Game 1 loss, Kyle Wright, more

Well, the Braves lost Game 1, which really hurts, especially since it was a very favorable matchup with Spencer Strider on the mound against Ranger Suarez. Strider did his job, despite being responsible for two runs (one due to a throwing error), as he covered seven innings and largely kept the Phillies’ offense down. The Braves offense simply suffered from some bad BABIP luck, some bad sequencing, and a power outage. It was pretty demoralizing to see the Braves’ biggest strength, a historically good offense, get entirely neutralized by the Phillies’ third starter and bullpen. No, I don’t think it can reasonably be attributed to the change in the lineup and no, the pitching was not a disaster, the offense just couldn’t get it going at the worst time.