Fried got Carlos Correa to strike out for the first out of the inning. The replay showed that Brantley also missed the base and stepped on Fried’s ankle.Īfter a quick check on Fried’s ankle, he went back to work with two on and nobody out. While covering first base, Fried missed the bag and Brantley was called safe. Then Michael Brantley got on with a soft hit ground ball to first that nearly ended in injury for Fried. Leadoff man Jorge Altuve reached on an infield hit. Garcia struck out the next two batters - Jorge Soler and Freddie Freeman - to close out the frame.Ītlanta starter Max Fried faced some trouble in the bottom of the inning. He got some help from right-fielder Kyle Tucker who made a nice diving snag on a sinking line drive by Atlanta’s leadoff man Eddie Rosario. Luis Garcia sat the Braves down 1-2-3 in the top half of the first.
ATLANTA BRAVES SCORE FROM LAST NIGHT SERIES
Soler, who launched three World Series home runs - all of which gave the Braves the lead - earned MVP honors, while outfielder Joc Pederson - who was with the world champion LA Dodgers a year ago - wins back-to-back World Series.įreddie Freeman of the Braves reacts after striking out during the first inning in Game 6 on November 2. Two frames later, Freeman put a stamp on what is likely a Hall of Fame resume, belting the Braves’ third homer of the game, and extending Atlanta’s lead to 7-0.Ī pair of Atlanta relief pitchers - in the form of Tyler Matzek and Will Smith - combined to work a scoreless final three frames, clinching the 7-0 victory and ending a title drought that stretched back more than a quarter-century. But Freeman stayed true to the team that chose him, and in Game 6 the Atlanta veteran chipped in with a 5th inning RBI double. And now Freeman’s long wait for a title is over.ĭrafted by the Braves in 2007, and called up in September of 2010, Freeman has spent more than a decade with the franchise, a run that included a handful of lean years. One man who the Braves were never without, however, is Freddie Freeman. And the odds further stacked up against the Braves when Game 1 starting pitcher Charlie Morton broke his leg in just the second inning, ending his World Series. Atlanta finished the regular season with only 88 wins, fewer than 11 other teams in baseball. went down with a season-ending knee injury. The World Series title is a surprising one for a team that lost its best position player on July 10 when All-Star outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. Fried’s outing marked the longest by a starter, for either team, in the 2021 World Series. Touched up by the Astros for six runs in a Game 2 start, the 27-year-old southpaw rebounded in dramatic fashion for Game 6, scattering four hits over six innings, striking out six Astros, and walking none while failing to allow a single run. Two frames later, shortstop Dansby Swanson followed with a 2-run shot of his own, staking Fried to a comfortable five-run cushion that he’d never relinquish. Paced by three home runs, and backed by six shutout innings from starter Max Fried, the Braves defeat the Houston Astros 7-0 in Game 6, in the process capturing the crown that had eluded them since 1995.ĭesignated hitter Jorge Soler, acquired from the Kansas City Royals on July 30, started the scoring off with a bang in the 3rd, launching a towering, 446-foot 3-run homer over the train tracks in left field. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)įor only the second time since the franchise relocated to Atlanta in 1966, the Braves are World Series champions. Soler is the fourth Brave to have three home runs in a single World Series, joining Hank Aaron (1957), Lonnie Smith (1991) and Ryan Klesko (1995).ĭansby Swanson, left, and Ozzie Albies, right, of the Braves celebrate the team's victory against the Astros in Game 6 to win the 2021 World Series. While Statcast measured that the distance of Soler’s homer was 446 feet, his moonshot sailed out of the ballpark, reminding baseball fans of when Albert Pujols launched a similar-looking home run off Astros closer Brad Lidge in the 2005 National League Championship Series in the same stadium. Soler turned heads when he blasted a three-run home run in the top of the third inning of the decisive Game 6 off Astros starter Luis Garcia to give the Braves the lead. His first home run of the series came in the first at-bat of Game 1 - the first time that a player has ever led off a World Series Game 1 with a homer. Soler delivered three go-ahead home runs for his team during the World Series. Marlins pitcher Livan Hernandez won the award in 1997. Soler becomes just the second Cuban to win the World Series MVP. (Bob Levey/Getty Images)Ītlanta Braves Jorge Soler was named the MVP of the World Series.
Jorge Soler of the Braves is named the MVP following the team's victory against the Astros in Game 6 to win the 2021 World Series on November 2 in Houston.
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