Braves vs. Padres final score: Bryce Elder’s tough night, no offense

The Braves were hoping that Bryce Elder could lead the way to even the four-game series and especially eat up some innings, with Monday’s doubleheader looming.

Things didn’t go as planned early in the first period, as Bryce Elder got the first two takedowns with no problem, but then ran into serious trouble. He walked the third batter, allowed a home run, then three straight singles before recording the final out of the inning, leaving the score at 3-0 Padres. He was a little unlucky on one of the singles in particular, but when you’re not hitting people (as is the case with Elder’s profile), you’re going to live and die by BABIP variance. Elder’s crime, as is often the case when he struggles, was calling the shots. It’s important to note that Elder also needed 41 pitches to complete the single inning, the first inning of 27 (at least) over 48 hours.

The Braves’ only base runner in the bottom of the frame came from Marcell Ozuna who squeaked a ball inside the third base line for a double. Elder got himself into trouble again in the second period, walking the first batter and allowing a classic single to Luis Arraez. He recorded two outs and walked Cronenworth before escaping with a groundout from Machado. Orlando Arcia gave the Braves another baserunner with a leadoff single that was just hooked by Machado, saving the double and setting up Harris’ next double play started by Machado, ending Atlanta’s only threat of the inning.

Elder had a clean start to the third, and a walk by Ronald Acuna with two outs was Atlanta’s only score of the home frame. Elder found himself on the wrong side of the BABIP gods in the top 4. Two leadoff singles were followed by a double by Tatis over the right field wall that took an awesome bounce, allowing two runners to score, well than on a close play at the plate on Olson’s throw that was initially picked off but was overturned on replay. . Another Profar double brought home Tatis, scoring the sixth run for the Padres and ending Elder’s night with 3.0 innings pitched with 7 earned runs, 3 walks and 2 strikeouts. Ray Kerr took over and struck out Cronenworth, saw a fly ball bounce off Acuna’s glove for an error, got a great running play on a Kelenic fly ball for the second out and struck out Merrill strikes out to end the inning.

After a quiet inning from the Braves’ offense, Kerr allowed a leadoff homer to Luis Campusano, but then sat at the top of the Padres’ order on two strikeouts and a weak pitch. Nothing of note happened until the bottom of the sixth, but Ray Kerr allowed another solo homer with one out in the seventh, finishing his night with a respectable 3.1 2-run innings with four strikeouts and no walks, as Jesse Chavez entered the game. . Jesse handled the rest of the seventh and after nothing more from the Braves offense, Dylan Lee took care of the eighth in a 1-2-3 fashion. Luke Williams was able to pitch the top of the ninth for Atlanta, putting the Padres in a 1-2-3 frame. The offense at least scored in the ninth, with a Chadwick Tromp double and an Ozzie Albies RBI single, but that ended the scoring of the night, as a double play ended the game. It was a continuation of Atlanta’s brutal offensive streak, marked by bad luck and injuries but dreadful production.

Join us tomorrow in a doubleheader, where I really hope the offense can put together something more enjoyable than this game tonight.