*Photo from the West Central Tribune*
Braves win series 3-1
Counting down the days before he hits free agency, Freddie Freeman turned in a vintage Freddie Freeman moment. And it was the biggest hit of the season. Eddie Rosario drove in two runs, Freeman hit the game winning homer, and the Atlanta Braves defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 on Tuesday afternoon.
Braves manager Brian Snitker said "He hit it and I watched the ball. It was like, ‘My God, he got it.’ I was distracted almost, just thinking about other things. I find myself, when I sit there and I focus on, ‘Boy, it would be nice if he hits one,’ it never happens. I try never to even go there."
Freeman himself said simply that "I had a lot of cool moments in my career, but I think that's going to top them all right there. Hopefully, that's not the last cool one."
The Brewers gained a 2-0 lead in the top of the 4th, on RBI singles from Omar Narvaez and Lorenzo Cain. In the bottom of the 4th, Rosario tied it 2-2 with a two run single to center field, plating Travis D'Arnaud and Austin Riley.
In the 5th inning, Rowdy Tellez gave Milwaukee a 4-2 lead on a two run home run to center field. In the bottom half, Ozzie Albies scored on a Joc Pederson fielders choice, and Riley scored on an RBI single from D'Arnaud, and just like that the game was retied 4-4. That set the stage in the 8th inning for Freeman, who belted the game winning solo home run to center field.
Tyler Matzek got the win for the Braves with a shutout 8th inning of work, moving to 1-0 this postseason. Charlie Morton got the start, getting a no decision after allowing two runs on 4 hits and one walk, while striking out 5 hitters in 3 1/3 innings. Huascar Ynoa gave up the other two Milwaukee runs in his relief appearance. Jesse Chavez, AJ Minter, and Luke Jackson had scoreless outings, and Will Smith nailed it down in the 9th for the save.
Josh Hader took the loss for the Brewers, giving up the solo home run to Freeman in the 8th inning to end Milwaukee's season. Eric Lauer, much like Morton, didn't last long in his start, allowing two runs on 4 hits and two walks in 3 2/3 innings. Aaron Ashby was responsible for the other two runs in 1 2/3 innings. Hunter Strickland and Brandon Woodruff also pitched in relief.
Woodruff said of the season ending that "We knew that it was going to be a challenge coming into the series, just with the way that they can swing the bat and pitch the ball, and their defense is really good. But it just felt like it's a tough way to end the year. We felt we would be a special group. It's going to hurt for a while, but we'll get over it and move on to next year."
The Brewers will head home for the winter as they look to regroup before reporting to Arizona for spring training in February. The Braves play game one of the NLCS on Saturday, with Max Fried looking like the game one starter.
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