Sometimes, trusting your guy just doesn’t work. Braves manager Brian Snitker, who has worked in baseball for over 40 years, knows that. Still, it hurts when the plan doesn’t go your way.
The Phillies on Thursday night were on the other side of another team’s misfortune in a 5-4 comeback win against the Atlanta Braves that will go down as one of the most satisfying victories of the season.
With two runners on and one out, Brandon Marsh stepped up to the plate. He came into the at-bat 0-for-2 on the night with two strikeouts. Acting Braves pitching coach Erick Abreu went to the mound to visit starting pitcher Charlie Morton, with Snitker sitting still in his dugout chair.