WATCH: Travis d'Arnaud shows that catchers are athletes too, making an acrobatic slide at home to give Atlanta the lead in San Francisco

Atlanta's "backup" catcher was responsible for all three of Atlanta's runs in the 5th inning as the Braves look for a series sweep

Look up "athlete" in the dictionary and what you should see is Travis d'Arnaud. 

The Braves "backup" catcher, rotating in for tonight's series finale in San Francisco, already tied the game with a 2-RBI single to right field. 

But he wasn't done. 

Standing on 2nd after an Orlando Arcia single, d'Arnaud rounded third and raced for home on a Nicky Lopez groundball to left field, running through the stop sign from 3rd base coach Ron Washington. 

Wash had the stop sign for d'Arnaud because the throw was going to beat d'Arnaud there, and it did, easily.

Travis does not care. 

The athlete made an acrobatic slide, reaching out to swipe the bag with his left hand and avoiding the tag from catcher Patrick Bailey to give Atlanta the lead. 

For the lead!#ForTheA pic.twitter.com/zu2aUfqs4W

— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) August 28, 2023

Atlanta's holding a slim 3-2 lead after Orlando Arcia was ruled out at the plate on review when he tried to score on a single, as well. Jared Shuster's back out for the 5th inning, trying to position the Braves for the win to secure the series sweep.

How to Watch the Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giants on Sunday, August 27th

The Braves have another date with the folks over at Sunday Night Baseball, with tonight's 7:10 ET first pitch being a national broadcast on ESPN. The radio call is available in the Atlanta metro area on 680 The Fan, across the Southeast on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network, and nationally on MLB.tv.

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