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Davidson shelled, offense can’t capitalize on opportunities in 7-3 loss

With Tucker Davidson on the mound vs the formidable Zack Wheeler, the Braves sought a win in their first game against the Phillies this season.

Things got hairy in the top of the first for Tucker, as he walked the leadoff batter and allowed a hard hit single to Bohm, but he got three consecutive groundouts to escape the inning scoreless, with some help from some nice defense from Matt Olson, which is a welcome sight after he made some suboptimal defensive players early this season. William Contreras hit a true bloop double with one out in the bottom of the first and was sent home on an Ozuna single, only to be thrown out on a pretty fantastic throw.