Starters: Washington’s hitters, at least according to what the announcers doing Atlanta’s radio broadcast saw, had a tough time figuring out Braves’ starter Max Fried’s curve.
Fried tossed five scoreless against the Nationals, working around five hits (all singles), a walk, and an error.
Aníbal Sánchez, who pitched for the Braves in 2018, before signing a 2-year/$19M deal with the Nationals this winter, tossed two scoreless before the home team got on the board this afternoon in Lake Buena Vista, FL’s Champion Stadium.
Austin Riley hit a one-out double off Sánchez in the home-half of the third, and scored on a two-out RBI single by Ender Inciarte, 1-0, then homered off Sánchez with two out in the fifth, putting the Braves up 2-0 with his first home run of the Spring, and the first home run off of the Nationals’ No.