After Rain Delay, Braves Beat Phillies in Game 2 of NLDS

Atlanta’s defense added a handful of dazzling catches on Wednesday that helped Wright, whose pitching style is more prone to allowing balls in play, stump the Phillies.

“I don’t have a truly good swing-and-miss, four-seam fastball,” Wright said. Referring to the Atlanta defense, he added, “I try to rely on these guys a lot. They’ve been a huge piece of my success.”

Wright threw the game’s first pitch at 7:30 p.m., after a rain delay that lasted nearly three hours. With Game 3 planned for Friday afternoon, both teams were keen to play sometime on Wednesday, but only if the game could be finished.

“We’re not looking for delays,” Thomson said before the game. “I don’t think anybody is — the Braves, us, Major League Baseball. If there’s a window there, we’ll go.”

The window yielded a sobering result for Philadelphia: After Atlanta lost the first division series game by a run, it won, 3-0. The Braves took the same route last season against the Milwaukee Brewers — and then won the World Series.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/sports/baseball/braves-phillies-nlds-game-2.html