WATCH: Eddie Rosario RBI single chases Cleveland starter Shane Bieber from the game
Shane Bieber was cruising in this one.
Up 2-0 in the fifth inning, Bieber had escaped a bases loaded jam in the first without allowing any runs and then went into cruise control. He walked three more batters in the second through four innings, but allowed only one hit.
And then the Braves bats showed up in the fifth inning.
Ronald Acuña Jr had a one-hit single and was brought in by an Ozzie Albies longball. With a chance to reset and recover to finish the inning, Bieber instead gave up a base hit to Austin Riley, walked Matt Olson, and saw Travis d'Arnaud drive in Riley from 2nd to give Atlanta a 3-2 lead.
After Marcell Ozuna lined out to left, Bieber had a chance to escape the inning without further damage by getting former teammate Eddie Rosario to strike out or ground out.
He didn't do that.
Eddie Rosario turned on an outer-third fastball and sent it to left, scoring Olson from 2nd and allowing Travis d'Arnaud to go from 1st to 3rd on the base knock.
Here's the pitches Travis and Eddie were able to put "good wood" to:
Eli Morgan came in to relieve Bieber and got Orlando Arcia to strikeout to end the inning, but not before Atlanta took a 4-2 lead. They're in the bottom of the 5th, with LHP Kolby Allard still on the mound for the Braves.
Tonight's game broadcast, with Voice of the Braves Brandon Gaudin, is available inside Braves Country on Bally Sports South and is available on MLB.TV outside of the broadcast area. The radio call, with Ben Ingram, is available locally on 680 AM/93.7 FM The Fan or outside the Atlanta market on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network or MLB.com.
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