"A while ago, I noted that Matt Olson was going through what looked like an adjustment period, shying away from his earlier walks-over-homers schema towards something that resembled trying to hit bombs... just without the bombs, or the hitting, for the time being. Well, suffice to say, the adjustment has... adjusted. Olson homered for a fourth straight game in the first contest of Tuesday's doubleheader. Combined with unexpectedly delightful pitching from Jose Suarez, the Braves easily rolled over the Nationals, 6-3."
"Very early on, the Braves looked bamboozled by Irvin, who struck out five of the first nine he faced. Meanwhile, Jose Suarez was looking the part of random late-season doubleheader fill-in for a non-contending team, as he had just a 2/1 K/BB ratio through two innings, was bailed out on a barrel by Eli White's amazing leaping catch at the right-field wall,"
"The Braves got a couple of one-out singles in the fourth, and a White groundout made it a 2-1 game. Vidal Brujan then blooped a ball of his own in front of Jacob Young's errant dive, tying the game and giving Brujan a "double." That brought up the third time through for Irvin, and, well, he didn't really survive it. Jurickson Profar golfed a curveball below the zone for a two-run homer to right,"
Matt Olson ended an adjustment period by homering for a fourth straight game, providing a major offensive boost. Jose Suarez delivered unexpectedly effective pitching despite an early 2-0 hole and a modest 2/1 K/BB through two innings. The Nationals' starter Jake Irvin struggled, striking out five of his first nine batters and unraveling the third time through the order. A game-changing fourth inning featured one-out singles, a White groundout, Vidal Brujan's bloop resulting in a double, Jurickson Profar's two-run homer, and Olson's gargantuan follow-up, turning a 2-0 deficit into a 5-2 lead.
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