Yesterday was fun. The Braves won a game that Braxton Ashcraft started. Dom Smith hit a homer. Austin Riley chipped in with a double. Tyler Kinley pitched a scoreless eighth. And Mauricio Dubon stole home plate.
It’s one of those “steal by association” ones, but stealing home can be difficult without doing that. So do you remember the last Braves’ steal of home plate? I’ll show you anyway.
There is a lot going on here. Abraham Almonte was batting cleanup here (which I don’t have any memory of this
happening) and struck out. Yadier Molina, who had a career 374.0 run defense adjustment, throws this short hop to second. And Freddie Freeman races home for the first Braves run of the day. Chip Caray called the play, and it sounds weird already (thankfully?) that he’s calling this Cardinals game from a Braves point of view.
