The Atlanta Braves have found some success with their bats early on in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series. The first inning saw Los Angeles Dodgers’ starter Dustin May walk initial batters Ronald Acuña Jr. and Freddie Freeman on four pitches each, then surrender a RBI single to Marcell Ozuna. May got out of the first inning after Travis D’Arnaud grounded into a double play and Ozzie Albies struck out, but the Dodgers replaced him with Tony Gonsolin for the second inning anyways. And Gonsolin got off to a rather poor start, giving up a home run to Braves’ shortstop Dansby Swanson:
DANSBY!!
A solo shot to the 2nd deck to put the Braves up 2-0! pic.twitter.com/LcTiVHA9fR
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 19, 2020
That’s an impressive homer by Swanson, coming in at 434 feet, and standing as one of his longest home runs:
DANSBY SWANSON
434 ft HR in a winner-take-all game
Casual
Also the 2nd-longest HR of his career (incl. playoffs)
(also noted by @CespedesBBQ–dar, who ALSO saw that and wondered if it might be among his longest HR) pic.twitter.com/O7Tly4ZyWg
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) October 19, 2020
Swanson’s home run gave the Braves a 2-0 lead. We’ll see where it goes for them from there.
[MLB.com]
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Andrew Bucholtz has been covering sports media for Awful Announcing since 2012. He is also a staff writer for The Comeback. His previous work includes time at Yahoo! Sports Canada and Black Press.