Atlanta Braves at Milwaukee Brewers

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Atlanta Braves

75-54, 33-31 Away

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Milwaukee Brewers

80-49, 44-23 Home

Misiorowski outduels Sale and Contreras has big game in Brewers 2-1 victory over Braves

Ronald Acuna Jr. throws a laser to second base for a Braves out

Misiorowski (13-5) struck out six while allowing four hits and two walks to win this matchup of Cy Young Award contenders from first-place teams. Misiorowski threw 96 pitches and hit at least 100 mph on 32 of them — including a top velocity of 103.1 — but also mixed in more sliders than usual.

He lowered his ERA to 1.68 and increased his strikeout total to 216. The right-hander leads the major leagues in both categories.

Atlanta left the bases loaded in the eighth and stranded the potential tying run at second in the ninth when Trevor Megill struck out Ronald Acuña Jr. to earn his 24th save in 26 opportunities.

Sale, one of the pitchers Misiorowski has said he admired most while growing up, scattered eight hits and walked none while striking out six in six innings. The 2024 Cy Young Award winner has allowed three runs or fewer in an MLB-leading 20 consecutive starts.

Milwaukee got both its runs off Sale (12-9) in the third inning.

After Luis Lara and Jackson Chourio started the inning with consecutive singles to put runners on the corners, Contreras drove in Lara with a base hit up the middle. Andrew Vaughn then hit into a fielder’s choice that scored Chourio.

Lara went 2 for 3 and made a leaping catch at the center-field wall to rob Matt Olson of a hit in the sixth inning.

Atlanta cut Milwaukee's lead to 2-1 on Michael Harris II's two-out RBI single in the eighth. Antonio Senzatela then walked Ozzie Albies to load the bases before retiring Mauricio Dubón on a fly to right.

Mike Yastrzemski hit a two-out single in the ninth and pinch runner Lane Thomas stole second before Acuña struck out.

Up next Martín Pérez (8-7, 3.15 ERA) starts for Atlanta and Logan Henderson (7-2, 2.70) pitches for Milwaukee on Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Acuña Jr. struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Thomas stole second.
	9th Inning	Thomas ran for Yastrzemski
	9th Inning	Yastrzemski singled to right.
	9th Inning	Riley flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Smith grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

ATL		MIL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	13
8	Strikeouts	9
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
13	Fly Balls	9
1	Caught Stealing	0
137	Pitches	126
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	9
37	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	0
3.1	Runs Created	2.8
.242	Batting Average	.290
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.273	Slugging Percentage	.290
.152	Secondary Average	.065
.324	On Base Percentage	.333
.597	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.624
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.4
3.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.3
15.0	Batter Rating	17.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.70	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.82
.030	Isolated Power	.000
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.22
.108	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.061
-.091	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.226
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
70.8	MLB Rating	73.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0