On a sunny, windy afternoon at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Bryse Wilson cruised through two frames as most of his teammates didn’t do much of note. Wilson went six up, six down after giving up a leadoff single to Kevin Newman. While the Pirates made some strong contact off him in the first, he struck out both Gregory Polanco and Todd Frazier in the second, blowing a 93-94 four-seamer in the heart of the plate past both.
The other pitchers in this game for Atlanta didn’t quite make the same impression. Tyler Matzek dominated his first two hitters, but a bloop single by Newman and a deep drive to right off the bat of Ke’Bryan Hayes (aided by a strong wind to right, and Phillip Ervin not dealing with the wind and wall particularly well) plated a run.