After an ugly loss on Friday and some suboptimal injury news about Acuna, the Braves took the field needing a win to even the series against the Padres with Charlie Morton on the mound.
Charlie started the game off nicely, striking out the first two batters in a 1-2-3 first. He was also getting a lot of whiffs early, which has been a problem for him when he’s struggled early this season. He was similarly dominant in the second inning as he again struck out the first two batters. Morton did finally give up his first hit on a line drive single that was absolutely smoked by Alfaro, but once again struck out two in a scoreless inning, reaching his season high for single-game strikeouts at six.