Braves give Nats the lead on 5 pitches and 0 hits, a breakdown
What Happened
In a surprising turn of events, the Washington Nationals take the lead against the Atlanta Braves after just five pitches and without recording a single hit. The Braves' pitcher, who can be seen talking to himself on the mound, starts the inning by throwing a first-pitch curveball for a strike to Nationals batter Alcides Escobar. Catcher Travis d'Arnaud signals for a fastball, but the pitcher shakes him off and decides to go with a slider. Escobar lays down a bunt, which the umpire initially calls out. However, Nationals manager Dave Martinez comes out to argue, and after conferring with his crew, the call is changed to a foul ball. On the next pitch, the pitcher goes back to his curveball and hits Escobar, putting him on first base. With one out, a wild pitch or passed ball allows Escobar to advance to second base. Escobar then steals third base, putting himself in scoring position. With the fifth pitch of the inning, Nationals pinch-hitter Andrew Stevenson hits a fly ball that scores Escobar, giving the Nationals a 1-0 lead. Braves manager Brian Snitker comes out to talk to the umpire, seemingly frustrated by the turn of events. This unexpected sequence of events, where the Braves handed the Nationals the lead without recording a hit, highlights the unpredictable nature of baseball. The Braves' pitcher struggled with his command and decision-making, while the Nationals capitalized on the opportunities presented to them. The Nationals now hold a slim lead, and the Braves will look to respond in the remainder of the game.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentthere are a lot of different ways of
scoring baseball a lot of different ways
you can get on first and then even more
ways you can circle the bases and score
shout out to foolish baseball for
posting this video on twitter interested
me i said five pitches let me take a
look that bailey guy knows his stuff and
this pitcher is to speak to himself
talks to himself on the mound he figures
out what he wants to do he tells it to
himself he says first pitch curveball
for strike catcher says fastball he says
no dude he says slider no dude curveball
first pitch first strike can't you read
my mind i even talked about it a little
bit bunt in play ump says yes they say
out
runner para didn't even run because he's
like that was a foul ball dave martinez
is going to come out he's going to start
yelling umpire's like okay i'll check
i'll check don't get so mad at me so
quick take my hat off i'll be a
respectable gentleman i'll ask my buddy
he said hey as a foul says yeah okay
foul ball i talked to my friend he's
smarter than me and he knows it was a
foul ball it's a good call so that's the
first pitch of the inning a foul ball
goes for a strike in the book first
pitch curveball four strike he got it
second pitch curveball back to back
hits him so par gets what he wants he
just wanted to get the first base
now there's one out the pitcher is up
behind him so he thinks he's got to get
around the bases and that's gonna help
him out that's a pass ball wild pitch i
don't know what they ruled it probably a
wild pitch seemed like he yanked it now
par is on second base after three
pitches he's taken off going to third
and he gets in there so three pitches a
strike
now we're at four pitches now a strike
on the bunt then hit by pitch then a
pass ball or wild pitch now a stolen
base the catcher is going to turn to the
ump and i'm guessing he's gonna ask him
something like that wasn't a strike he
says uh yeah i'm pretty sure and catch
goes
okay if you say so fifth pitch of the
inning in the air the pitcher just
throws the bat at it puts it in play
that's gonna score the run five pitches
and there goes the lead
not good not good at all but a fun way
to get a run in snitcher comes out and
says hey man it was a great game up
until all of that but we appreciate it
nonetheless this one was brought to you
by foolish baseball