Braves Briefing: Atlanta falls short, d’Arnaud likely heads to the IL

The Atlanta Braves dropped their second straight loss to the San Diego Padres after the offense had a quiet night reaching home plate.

Sam Hilliard was the lone Brave to score in the 4-1 loss to the Padres on Saturday. Matt Olson recorded three hits in the action.

Travis d’Arnaud is likely headind to the IL

According to Matt Bowman of MLB.com, Atlanta catcher and part-time DH Travis d’Arnaud is likely heading to the 7-day concussion IL. He added that Chadwick Tromp will probably replace him in the lineup.

Braves Today's Lindsay Crosby noted the following last night.

First, Jake Cronenworth slides in feet-first to try and get in ahead of a tag - with d'Arnaud on one knee to handle a tricky hop, Cronenworth's leg making contact with him is enough to knock him off balance and onto his back.
Wasn't that big of a deal, and just an unfortunate play.
But then came Rougned Odor two plays later - he chose not to even attempt a slide, and collided full-force with Travis d'Arnaud.

Here is the video of Odor missing the plate https://t.co/OlAgyjuWsB pic.twitter.com/FgP4NXgw0G
— Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) April 9, 2023

NL East Standings

Atlanta 6-3 (Plays vs San Diego today)
NYM 5-4 - 1.0 GB (Plays vs Miami today)
Philadelphia 3-5 - 2.5 GB (Plays vs Cincinnati today)
Miami 3-6 - 3.0 GB (Plays @ NYM)
Washington 3-6 - 3.0 GB (Plays @ Colorado)

History in the minors

If you follow baseball, you've probably seen this by now but the Rocket City Trash Pandas lost a game 7-5 despite pitching a no-hitter. The Chattanooga Lookouts had seven runs in the seventh inning thanks to some walks, pitchers hitting batters, and wild pitches.

This is the order of the action:

BB, BB, F4, BB, K, BB, E8, HBP, HBP, HBP, BB, HBP, K

Unreal.

The Chattanooga Lookouts were no hit by the Rocket City Trash Pandas tonight

They won 7-5 pic.twitter.com/tfuKKmO3V3
— Barstool Baseball (@StoolBaseball) April 8, 2023

We wrote it

The Braves honored Hank Aaron last night. Braves Today's Dan Strickland wrote the following in our takeaways posted after every game.

The Braves wore their new City Connect jerseys tonight for the first time this season. The jerseys are a throwback to the one worn by Henry “Hank” Aaron and the 1974 Braves. It was fitting that tonight was the first time to wear the new jerseys because today is the 49th anniversary of Hank Aaron hitting his 715th home run to break Babe Ruth’s home run record on April 8, 1974. Mr. Aaron’s widow, Billye Aaron, was in attendance tonight to watch the Braves battle the Padres.

What's next?

ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball rolls into town for the series finale, as Atlanta sends prospect lefty Dylan Dodd to the mound against righty Seth Lugo for the Padres. Game time is 7:10 PM ET, and the national broadcast is available on ESPN. The radio call with Ben Ingram is available locally on 680 AM/93.7 FM The Fan or outside the Atlanta market on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network or MLB.com.