If this game was any indication, the Braves might be in for a fun second half. Tense, perhaps, but definitely fun. Freddie Freeman hit a go-ahead solo home run in the sixth inning, and after the Diamondbacks scored runs in consecutive innings to pull ahead, Freeman beat the shift to give Atlanta a lead it wouldn’t relinquish.
From the way the game started, you’d never have guessed that it had such a wild ending. R.A. Dickey walked the first batter he faced and gave up a single to Paul Goldschmidt, but escaped the first inning thanks to a double play.