Diamondbacks 9, Braves 6: Walker and the Offense save Ray and Marte

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY SportsBoth Robbie Ray and Max Fried of the Braves got off to good starts this evening. 1-2-3 innings in the first for each of them got things going quickly. Arizona got a couple of runners in the second inning, but nothing came of them. Same went for a couple of walks for Ronald Acuna and Dansby Swanson in the bottom of the inning. In the third, the Diamondbacks went down in order, and Ray worked around a one out single from Inciarte.

The Dbacks’ offense woke up a bit in the top of the fourth inning. Eduardo Escobar lead off with a single but was erased by a Peralta double play, so the Dbacks had to start over. Walker and Flores singled. Walker was then brought home…