ATL 12, TB 9 | Feb 29, 2024 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, February 29, 2024•Charlotte Sports Park•80°F, Partly Cloudy

ATL

Braves

Rays

Final

WIN

Dylan Dodd

LOSS

Zach Eflin

The Braves defeated the Rays 12-9.

★David Fletcher3-for-4, 1 RBI

★Forrest Wall2 HR, 6 RBI

★Marcell Ozuna3-for-3, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Austin Shenton singles on a line drive to shortstop Ambioris Tavarez, deflected by right fielder Robert Gonzalez. Carson Williams scores. Greg Jones scores. Kenny Piper to 3rd.

Weather: 80°F, Partly CloudyWind: 5 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 6:05 PM UTCT: 2:49Att: 2,077Venue: Charlotte Sports Park

Win Probability

TB WinATL Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ATL	0	4	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	15	1
TB	0	0	2	0	0	1	3

Game 748175 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Atlanta Braves

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Ethan WorkingerLF	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.333/.000
Justin DeanCF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.200/.000
Ryan Casteel1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.200/.000
Drake BaldwinC	2	0	0	0	0	1	.143/.143/.143
Cal Conley2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500/.500/.500
Kade KernDH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000
Ambioris TavarezSS	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000/1.000/.000
Robert GonzalezRF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000
Cade Bunnell3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000
Bench
Forrest WallLF	4	2	2	6	0	0	.556/.600/1.556
Jarred KelenicCF	4	1	1	0	0	1	.083/.083/.083
Marcell Ozuna1B
Totals	41	12	15	11	2	10	-

HR:Wall (2nd off Eflin, 2 on, 2 out); Wall (3rd off Uwasawa, 2 on, 2 out); Ozuna (4th off Uwasawa, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Fletcher; Evans

TB:26

RBI:Fletcher; Wall 6; Ozuna; Waddell; Evans 2

SB:Fletcher; Liberato

GIDP:Fletcher

Team LOB:5

Tampa Bay Rays

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Austin Shenton1B	3	0	2	4	0	0	.385/.385/.462
Curtis Mead2B	2	2

Pitching

Atlanta Braves

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
Dylan DoddW	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	10-10	0.00
Ray Kerr	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	9-9	9.00
Jake Walsh	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	7-3	3.00
Charlie Culberson	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	4-4	0.00
Grant Holmes	1.0	3	4	4	2	2	19-10	22.50
Patrick Halligan	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	7-7	0.00
Brooks Wilson	1.0	1	2	0	1	1	10-6	0.00
Drew Parrish	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	10-6	9.00
Totals	9.0	11	9	7	5	9	76-55	-

WP:Holmes

Inherited runners-scored:Halligan 3-3

Pitches-strikes:Dodd 10-10; Kerr 9-9; Walsh 7-3; Culberson 4-4; Holmes 19-10; Halligan 7-7; Wilson 10-6; Parrish 10-6

Groundouts-flyouts:Dodd 3-1; Kerr 0-0; Walsh 2-1; Culberson 2-1; Holmes 1-0; Halligan 1-1; Wilson 2-0; Parrish 0-2

Tampa Bay Rays

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Zach EflinL	1.2	4	4	4	1	3	1	22-16	21.60

Top 2 • ATL

4-0

Forrest Wall homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. Luis Liberato scores. Luke Waddell scores.

1-0

Luke Waddell walks.

Top 3 • ATL

10-0

Forrest Wall homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. Andrew Velazquez scores. Luke Waddell scores.

7-0

Luke Waddell singles on a line drive to left fielder Richie Palacios. Phillip Evans scores. Andrew Velazquez to 2nd.

6-0

Phillip Evans doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Harold Ramírez. Marcell Ozuna scores. David Fletcher scores.

Bot 3 • TB

10-2

Yandy Díaz singles on a line drive to right fielder Luis Liberato. José Caballero scores. Jonny DeLuca scores.

Top 4 • ATL

11-2

Marcell Ozuna homers (1) on a line drive to left center field.

Top 6 • ATL

12-2

David Fletcher singles on a line drive to left fielder Richie Palacios. Jarred Kelenic scores.

Bot 6 • TB

12-3

Junior Caminero singles on a line drive to right fielder Robert Gonzalez. Curtis Mead scores.

Bot 7 • TB

12-5

Austin Shenton singles on a line drive to shortstop Ambioris Tavarez, deflected by right fielder Robert Gonzalez. Carson Williams scores. Greg Jones scores. Kenny Piper to 3rd.

12-6

Curtis Mead grounds into a force out, third baseman Cade Bunnell to second baseman Cal Conley. Kenny Piper scores. Austin Shenton out at 2nd. Curtis Mead to 1st.

Bot 8 • TB

12-8

Austin Shenton singles on a line drive to shortstop Ambioris Tavarez, deflected by right fielder Robert Gonzalez. Jake Mangum scores. Carson Williams scores. Austin Shenton out at 2nd, catcher Drake Baldwin to shortstop Ambioris Tavarez.

Bot 9 • TB

12-9

Tanner Murray out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Robert Gonzalez. Curtis Mead scores.

HBP:Velazquez (by Uwasawa)

Pitches-strikes:Eflin 22-16; Vernon 1-1; Uwasawa 17-16; Uceta 5-5; Smith 8-8; Sterner 7-7; Record 4-4; Askew 9-5

Groundouts-flyouts:Eflin 0-2; Vernon 0-1; Uwasawa 1-3; Uceta 1-1; Smith 2-0; Sterner 0-1; Record 1-1; Askew 1-1

Bench
Yandy Díaz1B	2	0	1	2	0	0	.167/.167/.167
Brandon Lowe2B	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000
Randy ArozarenaDH	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000/.000/.000
Harold RamírezRF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333/.333/.500
Junior Caminero3B	2	0	1	1	1	0	.429/.500/1.000
Richie PalaciosLF	3	0	0	0	0	2	.111/.200/.111
José CaballeroSS	2	1	1	0	0	0	.333/.429/.667
Jonny DeLucaCF	2	1	1	0	0	0	.286/.286/.286
René PintoC	2	0	1	0	0	1	.500/.500/.667
Zach EflinP							.000/.000/.000
Austin VernonP							.000/.000/.000
Naoyuki UwasawaP							.000/.000/.000
Edwin UcetaP							.000/.000/.000
Burch SmithP							.000/.000/.000
Justin SternerP							.000/.000/.000
Joe RecordP							.000/.000/.000
Keyshawn AskewP							.000/.000/.000

Win Probability

Batting

Atlanta Braves

Tampa Bay Rays

Pitching

Atlanta Braves

Tampa Bay Rays

Game Notes