Atlanta Braves: Foltynewicz looks to shut down Cards in decisive Game 5
What Happens in Game 5?
It’s hard to know what exactly is going to happen in the final game of this series. Baseball is one of the most unpredictable sports in the world.
What I do know is that this Atlanta Braves team is going to fight until the last out. They want to give these fans a win and they’re going to do their best to make sure it happens.
I think Mike Foltynewicz is going to give the Braves a good 6 innings of work before turning it over to the bullpen. With that in mind, the offense is going to have to step up and score runs early off of Jack Flaherty.
A guy like that will learn from his mistakes and make things tougher the second time around. The earlier we can get runs the better.
Folty’s task isn’t easy either as he has to repeat his success from Game 2. He has to do his best to keep Marcel Ozuna and Paul Goldschmidt from getting hits. Ozuna is batting .471 with 2 HR and 4 RBI while Goldschmidt has hit .438 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.
Keeping those two at bay is absolutely imperative for Atlanta to come out with a win in Game 5.
Look for Freddie Freeman to have a big hit on Wednesday because he isn’t the kind of player to stay down long. I know this has been one of the roughest stretches he’s experienced but he is too good to stay down forever.
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Fans are right to be disappointed in Freeman’s performance so far but don’t give up on him just yet. He wants this more than anyone else on the team.
He’s stuck with this team through the rebuild and has waited for the moment Atlanta returned to the postseason.
This is the perfect moment for Freeman to show up and put the Atlanta Braves in the NLCS where they belong.
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This will be a great game and I feel very confident in the team’s ability to take care of business in a win or go home scenario.
Game 5 begins at 5:02 PM EST and will be broadcasted on TBS.