WATCH: Ozzie Albies' 2nd homerun of the game ties it up late against the Guardians
He did it again.
Just innings after squeezing one in the fair pole to get Atlanta on the board in the 5th inning, Ozzie Albies came up in the ninth against Cleveland's excellent closer, Emmanuel Clase.
Batting lefty, he took a 97.5 mph cutter on the outer third and pulled it, getting it out to right field for a 373 ft homerun to tie the game at three. Clase entered tonight having allowed just one homer in 153 at-bats this year, but Ozzie went deep for the 12th time in his last 98 left-handed at-bats.
Ozzie, whose homerun is his 22nd of the season, has been absolutely on fire recently - he's batting .262 on the season, and this is his fourth homerun of the last seven games and 12th of the last 30 games. Since being moved to the #2 spot in the batting order, seventeen games ago, Ozzie's hit seven homeruns, collected seventeen RBIs, and score thirteen runs.
Atlanta's back in this one late and has Nick Anderson on the mound for the bottom of the 9th, tied at 5. Closer Raisel Iglesias is unavailable, as he's pitched each of the last two nights.
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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