Michael Soroka kept his composure as he was consistently in tough situations against the Cleveland Guardians this evening. He pitched into the fifth inning and kept Cleveland off the scoreboard, which helped contribute to a comfortable 8-1 victory and yet another series win for the Atlanta Braves.
For Michael Soroka, the story of this game was the fact that he bent but he definitely didn’t break while he was out there. Soroka started five innings tonight and in each of those innings, he had at least two baserunners to deal with. Soroka gave up five hits and three walks while also hitting two batters tonight, so the Guardians definitely had their chances to cash in and make this a very rough night for Atlanta’s starting pitcher.