After retiring Ronald Acuna Jr. on a pop-out to start the game, Taijuan Walker ran into all sorts of struggles—first physically, seeming to cramp or possibly hurt himself on a botched pitch to Matt Olson—before struggling with results, as the Braves struck for four runs, with the big blow a one-handed Eddie Rosario home run.
Brandon Nimmo led off the bottom of the first with a double. With two outs, Pete Alonso made a bid to cut the lead in half with a laser the other way, but Acuna made a jumping catch at the wall, possibly robbing Alonso of a two-run home run.