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Finally, Travis d'Arnaud singled on a ground ball up the middle to bring Olson home with the third and final run of the game. Austin Riley kept with the theme, as he singled on a soft dribbler to Wheeler down the third-base line that scored Swanson. Dansby Swanson then walked, and Matt Olson singled and plated Acuña on a pull-side grounder that first baseman Rhys Hoskins couldn't quite secure. reached when a pitch from Wheeler drilled him on his right elbow. Wheeler retired the first two batters of the frame, but then Ronald Acuña Jr. Five straight runners reached base with two outs, which is something the Braves managed to do just five times during the 162-game regular season. Speaking of which, the Braves may have salvaged the series with that bottom of the sixth. The Braves put together an unlikely big inning in the sixth Even in the sixth, when the Braves put those three runs on the board, they never squared him up and instead did their damage with well-placed grounders that eluded the Philly infield defense. He pitched in a similar vein on Wednesday in Game 2, as he struck out five and walked one with four hits allowed in six innings of work. Wheeler was dominant in his Wild Card Series start against the Cardinals, and during the regular season he racked up 25 strikeouts against only one walk in his three starts against Atlanta. Just twice during the regular season did he exceed that figure, and those two starts came against the Pirates and Marlins – two lineups that can't compare to Philly's. In terms of Game Score, which is a quick-and-dirty Bill James metric that measures a pitcher's dominance or lack thereof in a given start (50 is average and anything 90 or higher is an absolute gem), Wright put up a 73.

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That was essential, since Wright's four-seamer in Game 2 was down about a full mph relative to his regular-season average fastball velocity.

In suffocating the Phillies, Wright leaned heavily on his fastball and curve, and he also mixed in his sinker. Wright twirled six scoreless innings against the Phillies, and along the way he allowed two hits, struck out six, and walked only one. Kyle Wright pitched a gemĪfter Max Fried's shaky outing in Game 1, the Braves needed a good outing from Game 2 starter Kyle Wright. The winner of this series will advance to the NLCS to face either the Dodgers or Padres. The series now shifts to Philly for Game 3 on Friday. That win evens the best-of-five National League Division Series at a game apiece.

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The Atlanta Braves broke through against Philadelphia Philles ace Zack Wheeler with a two-out rally in the sixth inning, and that plus the excellent pitching of Kyle Wright allowed them to take Game 2 by a score of 3-0.