{"id":269335,"date":"2021-06-03T02:58:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T02:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/juan-soto-nationals-attempt-to-take-series-against-braves\/"},"modified":"2021-06-03T15:07:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T15:07:58","slug":"juan-soto-nationals-attempt-to-take-series-against-braves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/juan-soto-nationals-attempt-to-take-series-against-braves\/","title":{"rendered":"Juan Soto, Nationals attempt to take series against Braves"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><b>Juan Soto Nationals Attempt to Take Series Against Braves. In the first three games of the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/mlb\/mlb-team-detail\/WSH\/home\"><b>Nationals<\/b><\/a><b>\u2019 nine-game road trip, Washington\u2019s <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/mlb\/player-details\/10006794\/J.Soto\"><b>Juan Soto<\/b><\/a><b> is starting to look like himself. The outfielder, who missed 11 games from April 20 to May 4 with a left shoulder strain, has come to life at the plate against the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/mlb\/mlb-team-detail\/ATL\/home\"><b>Atlanta Braves.<\/b><\/a><\/h1>\n<h2><b>Soto and the visiting Nationals will try to make it three straight wins when they complete a four-game series on Thursday afternoon in Atlanta.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.in\/mlb\/schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check schedules for MLB Games at ESPN<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soto was 1-for-3 with his sixth homer, a two-run shot, on Wednesday night. In the three games against the Braves, Soto is 5-for-9 with two homers, six RBIs, four walks and six runs scored.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves (6\/2\/21) | MLB Highlights\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pfhvuij766c?start=25&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe\u2019s starting to swing the ball well,\u201d Washington manager Dave Martinez said. \u201cHe\u2019s getting the ball in the air. He\u2019s staying consistent. \u2026 I\u2019m just watching where his contact point is, and it\u2019s right where it needs to be. I hope he stays that way. He\u2019s in a good spot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Soto is rounding into shape, the Braves continue to struggle to return to the form that produced three consecutive division titles. Manager Brian Snitker continues to preach patience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/mlb\/futures\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MLB Games Futures<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/mlb\/score\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MLB Games Score<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s never easy,\u201d Snitker said. \u201cI\u2019ve been through this many times and you\u2019ve got to hang in and handle it and it\u2019s not easy to do. We\u2019re a better club than what our results are.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The final game of the series will match Atlanta left-hander<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/mlb\/player-details\/10008662\/T.Davidson\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tucker Davidson <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(0-0, 4.50 ERA) against Washington lefty <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/mlb\/player-details\/10000007\/P.Corbin\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patrick Corbin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (3-4, 6.23). The Braves originally planned to start<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/mlb\/player-details\/10007010\/I.Anderson\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ian Anderson,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but opted to move all the starters back a day and recall Davidson from Triple-A Gwinnett to make the start. Anderson will now open the series against Los Angeles on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Davidson will make his second start. He pitched six solid innings on May 18 against the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/mlb\/mlb-team-detail\/NYM\/home\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Mets<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and allowed three runs on five hits. Davidson is 2-1 with a 0.90 in three starts for Triple-A Gwinnett. He has never faced the Nationals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Corbin will make his 11th start. He lost his most recent outing on May 29 against <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/mlb\/mlb-team-detail\/MIL\/home\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Milwaukee<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when he gave up four runs in five innings.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">*Dikembe Mutombo Finger Wag*<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DontRunOnYan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DontRunOnYan<\/a>\ud83d\udeb7 \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NATITUDE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NATITUDE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tjJuJ3lnRU\">pic.twitter.com\/tjJuJ3lnRU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Washington Nationals (@Nationals) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nationals\/status\/1400236321218703362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Corbin is 6-4 with a 2.45 ERA in 14 career appearances, 12 starts, against Atlanta. He is 1-3 with a 3.81 ERA in five starts against the Braves since joining the Nationals, giving up two or fewer earned runs in four of those games. He has not faced Atlanta this season. Juan Soto<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nationals placed Stephen Strasburg on the injured list with a strained neck and recalled reliever <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/mlb\/player-details\/10006413\/K.McGowin\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyle McGowin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who was traveling with the team as a member of the taxi squad. Martinez was not ready to speculate on how the move will affect the starting rotation or whether the team will accelerate the return of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/mlb\/player-details\/10005808\/E.Fedde\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erick Fedde<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who has been on the COVID injured list since May 19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI don\u2019t want to mess with Fedde,\u201d Martinez said. \u201cWe want him to get his innings in and wait and see what happens. We\u2019ll stick with the plan. We don\u2019t want him getting hurt.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/mlb-fantasy\/fantasy-projections\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MLB Games Fantasy projections<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/mlb\/stats\/players\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MLB\u00a0 Games stats Players<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/mlb\/player-props\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MLB Games Player props<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fedde has a rehab start scheduled for Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nationals outfielder <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/mlb\/player-details\/10002093\/K.Schwarber\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyle Schwarber<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> left Wednesday\u2019s game in the seventh inning when his left knee locked up while running down a double. Schwarber will be treated and evaluated. 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The outfielder, who missed 11 games from April 20 to May 4 with a left shoulder strain, has come to life at the plate against the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":269425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,54],"tags":[684,275,24,768],"class_list":["post-269335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atlanta-hawks","category-mlb","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-juan-soto","tag-mlb","tag-tucker-davidson"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}