Takeaways from Atlanta's series-clinching victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks

Atlanta got four runs in the 9th to come back and beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 8-5, and win the road series. Here's your takeaways from Sunday's action:

Eddie Rosario was Money out in the desert

Sometimes, a player is just feeling it against a specific opponent.

Chipper Jones wore out the Mets so much - career batting average of .309 w/ 49 home runs in 245 games - that he named his son "Shea", after Shea Stadium.

Just this season, Marcell Ozuna went absolutely nuclear during Atlanta's three games in Miami (6-13, 3 HRs, 6 RBIs), jumpstarting his bat and kicking off "Marcell May".

Maybe Eddie Rosario is that way against the Arizona Diamondbacks?

For the series, Rosario went 6-12 with seven RBIs, hitting two solo shots on Friday, a triple on Saturday night, and adding a 9th inning grand slam on Sunday to take Atlanta from a 5-4 deficit to a 8-5 margin of victory.

It was only Atlanta's 2nd grand slam of the year - the first one was from Marcell Ozuna, during that same Miami series.

Michael Soroka threw a couple he'd like to have back

Soroka struggled in this one, being knocked out of the game in the 4th inning with two outs. He actually got the first two outs fairly quickly, but a Pavin Smith walk and a Ketel Marte homer to right quickly made it 5-3 Snakes. After a Corbin Carroll double and a walk of Christian Walker threatened to add to the lead, manager Brian Snitker made the change to Collin McHugh, who got the strikeout of Emmanuel Rivera to end the inning.

Soroka's never had "blow you away" type-stuff, but only two swinging strikes and a 23% CSW is lower than expected from the veteran,who is still working his way back from two Achilles tears that took almost three seasons away from him.

Soroka's final line: 3.2 IP, 7H, 5R, 4BB, 2Ks on 80 pitches (46 strikes)

The bullpen came through in the clutch

After Soroka's early exit, Atlanta was facing the prospect of extra work for a bullpen that's already been used rather heavily to open the season.

But everything worked out just fine. Four Atlanta relievers linked up to cover the last five innings, allowing a combined one hit and no runs, walking two and striking out five.

The highlight was definitely #1 prospect AJ Smith-Shawver seeing his first action since being called up, going 2.1 innings with no hits, one walk, and three strikeouts.

AJ Minter, who cleaned up for Smith-Shawver after a one-out walk to Corbin Carroll in the 8th knocked the rookie from the game, got the win and Raisel Iglesias got his second save in as many days.

Ozzie Albies heard y'all talking

There's been some frustration in Braves Country about Ozzie's struggles at the plate this season.

He heard you.

Held hitless in the first two games (albeit getting on base twice, via walks), Ozzie went 4-5 with a three-run homerun, scoring two runs and stealing a base in the contest.

A hot Ozzie Albies opens a new dimension for this Braves offense, and the hopes are that this starts the motor running for the rest of the season.

Other Braves notables include Ronald Acuña Jr (3-5, 2 R, 2 SBs), Matt Olson (2-5, 1 RBI), and Austin Riley (2-4, 1 RBI).

Marcell Ozuna got pulled from the game

Hitting in the top of the 4th, the Braves DH launched a ball to deep center at 107.2 off the bat, sending it 415 feet.

He ended up at first base, with a single.

This is a great sport because sometimes you can see someone mash a ball 415 feet (a HR in 26 of the 30 parks) and still only end up with a single out of it. pic.twitter.com/P4H8QtPNHR
— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) June 4, 2023

Arizona's centerfield wall is 25 feet high, and so that's a single.

Brian Snitker pulled Ozuna from the game before his next at-bat, with Sean Murphy taking his place. In his defense, that should have been gone in any normal stadium, but a tied ball game in the 4th inning is not the time to stand and watch from the batter's box.

What's next for the Atlanta Braves?

Your Atlanta Braves are off tomorrow before opening a three game set at home with the New York Mets. First pitch on Tuesday is at 7:20 PM ET, and we'll have all of your coverage right here on Braves Today.

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