"This season has had a lot of bad stuff happen to the Braves, and one specific type of bad stuff is "losing games they should have won." Last night's game, well, they had a lead, but they mostly just kinda BABIPed the Cubs to death here and there and the end result wasn't surprising. Tonight, amid a handful of Braves debuts, was the more surprising-slash-annoying type of loss, where the Braves outplayed their opposition but lost anyway."
"Joey Wentz pitched super-well in this game, but you'd probably miss it without looking at his peripherals because the Cubs managed a hilarious .600 BABIP against him and the Atlanta defense. Wentz had a stellar 8/1 K/BB ratio in his four innings of work, but ran into problems in the third, where his lone walk, a couple of weak bloops, and a couple of well-hit balls, along with a three-run dinger by Kyle Tucker, gave the Cubs a four-spot."
The Braves lost a one-run game despite generally outplaying the Cubs. Joey Wentz produced four effective innings with an 8/1 K/BB ratio but suffered from a .600 BABIP and runs allowed in the third. Defensive miscues factored, including a ball to Ha-Seong Kim that resulted in a run. Offense came alive in the fourth as Ronald Acuña Jr. barreled a pitch, Matt Olson tripled and scored on a wild pitch, and Ozzie Albies homered to cut the deficit. Marcell Ozuna singled but the inning stalled after a pickoff. Eli White hit a fifth-inning solo homer to extend the lead.
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