Philadelphia – As he was passing the post-game handshake line, Kyle Wright A request from Braves manager Brian Snitker.
“I want him to endorse my personal scorecard because I want him to sign it for me,” Snicker said. “Thinking about where he was a year ago and even now is pretty cool.”
Wright, 26, became the first winner in 20 major tournament games this season, as Atlanta beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 on Saturday to end a three-game losing streak.
“I don’t know if I realized how great it was until my teammates and coaches congratulated me very quickly afterwards,” Wright said. “It’s a statistic for the team, and I wouldn’t have done it without them scoring runs and playing defense.”
William Contreras upward Michael Harris II Each provided three strokes for the Braves (94-58) associated with the playoffs, who moved within 1½ games of the first-place Mets in the NL East. New York lost 10-4 in Oakland.
The Mets and Braves play three games in Atlanta next weekend.
“We still have to get one step ahead of the other,” Wright said. “It feels like we’re in postseason baseball now. We snatched our place, but hopefully we can keep winning and hopefully we can get through that first round.”
Bryce Harper Homer hit two runs in Philadelphia’s sixth inning (83-68), which started the day with a half game against San Diego for the NL’s second wild card and 2½ games against Milwaukee in last place.
“We got off to a slow start,” said Rob Thompson, interim manager of the Phillies.
Wright, who came into the season with two wins in 21 games, went by five rounds and became the first brave bowler to win 20 games since Ross Ortiz won 21 games in 2003. Wright is the Braves’ seventh 20 game winner since their move. To Atlanta in 1966, he also joined Denny Nigel and four Hall of Famers: John Smoltz, Greg Maddox, Phil Negro, and Tom Glavin.
“The experience he got last year is the biggest thing that ever happened to him,” Snicker said. “He was knocked out of the world championships when he won that big match [Game 4, a 3-2 win over Houston] For us he knew it was very good. He came to train a different person in the spring and carried him to now. I hope he gets a couple more.”
Wright (20-5) ran a high score from the field but didn’t even allow a hit Reese Hoskins Multiply by one by the sixth. Harper followed him with his Eighteenth Homer, ending the attempt to close and chased Wright.
“I’ve learned to have confidence and can keep myself in control better than I did before,” Wright said. “I trust myself and I trust the defence. I throw a lot of ground balls and I’ve learned to trust the defence.”
Philadelphia scored an unearned game in the seventh inning and had a potential hookup at the board with two naysayers when AJMinter Hoskins hit the fastball 3-2. Kenley Jansen He got his thirty-seventh stop in the ninth game, clean.
Atlanta spawned its attack early, taking advantage of Billy WalterNot being able to keep the ball off the center of the board. The Braves had six runs and 10 hits in 3 runs against Walther (5-4), giving the left-handed his first loss since July 24.
“Billy threw some bad pitches he normally does,” Thompson said. “I was happy with our race. They kept us in the game and we got a tie on the board.”
Contreras hit his 20th home in the third. Harris added a two-stage engine, his 19th, on the fourth. von Grissom And the Travis Darno Both got two hits for Atlanta.
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