If you like pitcher’s duels, this was the game for you. If you like big, game-defining homers, this was the game for you. If you like Atlanta Braves pitchers whose surnames start with “So” and end in “a” doing well, this was the game for you. And most importantly, if you like the Braves sweeping the Padres in San Diego for the first time since 2006 (also in the first post-All-Star Break series by these two teams that year), this was definitely, indubitably, the game for you.
The first seven innings of this afternoon contest were a vintage pitcher’s duel between two rookies.