For much of the Atlanta Braves contest against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night, things weren't going according to plan. Their ace Spencer Strider got tagged for five runs over four innings, and the Braves lineup was struggling to get create runs. But then Matt Olson led a rally in the ninth inning to force extra innings, where Travis d'Arnaud ended up delivering a walk-off RBI single.
d'Arnaud obviously helped the Braves close this game out, but he may have inadvertently helped them extend it too. After the game, the veteran catcher revealed that he was poking fun at Olson in the dugout ahead of his huge RBI double in the bottom of the ninth, and he believes that fired him up to go out and deliver a big hit for Atlanta when they needed it the most.