The theme of the game Sunday night in Atlanta: starting pitching. As the Braves and Dodgers played the rubber game of their 3-game series on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball, both starting pitchers shoved for their respective teams.
For the Braves, rookie Spencer Strider continued his special season, tossing 6 shutouts innings, blowing 99-100 mph fastballs by Dodger hitters all night. Strider finished the night with 6 innings pitched, 5 hits, 0 earned runs, 7 strikeouts and 0 walks while generating 16 whiffs on 51 swings over 95 total pitches.
For the Dodgers, Tony Gonsolin built on his impressive season, with 5 plus innings of one run ball himself, lowering his season long ERA to a ridiculous 1.