The Braves faced off against a division rival in Philadelphia, with a soft pitching matchup in Vince Velasquez on Saturday.
Joc Pederson started the game nicely for Atlanta, with a line drive single to center. Ozzie struck out on a pretty abysmal strike three call, but Freddie hit a homer anyway, to give the Braves an early 2-0 lead. Austin Riley and Dansby Swanson struck out to end the inning. Upt to this point the game pretty much fit the pregame scouting report on Velasquez, which was that he gets his strikeouts but gives up a good bit of runs and homers.