I am guessing the Braves got beat from the descriptions here. It is an average October for them. They always choke. RTR!
Atlanta choked big. It was ugly. Cardinals scored 10 runs in the first inning and coasted to a 13-1 win.
Weird things happen in sports. They could replay that game 1000 times, and the Cardinals would likely not score 10 runs in the first inning again. Folty actually wasn't getting hit HARD to start off the inning, and it was really a lot of bad luck. Swanson not being able to get a handle on Goldy's grounder to throw out the runner at 3rd. Ozuna getting a weak flair to the opposite field off a ball down and away that would normally not be hit, etc.
Things just spiraled out of control. If anyone choked, maybe it was Fried. After the 10 run first, there was just no energy left. It didn't help that the guy the Cardinals had on the mound had the 3rd lowest post-AS game ERA in the history of baseball.
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