Coming into this game, the Braves were especially good at not limiting walks. The pitching staff as a whole had the eighth-lowest walk rate in MLB, while the bullpen was second to only the Tigers in not issuing free passes. But, the thing with baseball games is that you’ll always see something unexpected, and this time, the unexpected thing was that the Braves walked a bunch of people and pretty much imploded as a result.
Just like the series opener, this was a back-and-forth affair. Jared Shuster navigated around a leadoff single and a wild pitch by getting three flyouts, while Taijuan Walker allowed a two-out single and nothing more.