The Atlanta Braves suffered an embarrassing doubleheader sweep Sunday to the Arizona Diamondbacks dropping their record on the season to 9-12. Bryse Wilson and Drew Smyly certainly weren’t at their best Sunday as they combined to allow 10 hits and nine runs over eight innings, Atlanta’s offensive struggles were arguably worse.
The Braves became the first team to ever record just one hit in a doubleheader eclipsing the previous low of two hits set by Cleveland back in 1992. Granted Sunday’s twin bill was a pair of seven-inning games, but watching it didn’t give you any confidence that the outcome would have been different if they had played nine innings or more.