”He’s a polished hitter and hats off to him because I think he’s gotten to the point where he’s been a really good player and there’s a reason why fans are chanting MVP for him.” He can beat you in so many ways now, and he always had that power, but now he’s putting together such good at-bats,” Dodgers infielder Trea Turner said. Even last year, I think that he didn’t have all these tools. ”He’s come a long way in a short time, I feel like. The third baseman set career highs across the board for NL East champion Atlanta this year in his third major league season, batting. I started yelling, screaming all the way to home plate.” ”I knew (Riley) was going to do the job,” Albies said. he would be taking off to steal second so he could get in scoring position. ”You dream of that as a little kid,” Riley said.Īlbies told first-base coach Eric Young Sr. The 24-year-old slugger spread his arms in celebration as he rounded first base before getting mobbed by teammates in a happy swarm that carried into shallow center field. ”That was my mindset – put something in play and see what happens,” Riley said after delivering the first walk-off hit of his career. Albies stole second and Riley followed with his line drive into the left-field corner. Riley homered and drove in the winning run with a single in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Atlanta a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 on Saturday night.īlake Treinen struck out Freddie Freeman to open the ninth before giving up Ozzie Albies’ bloop single to center field. ATLANTA (AP)A couple of clutch swings from breakout slugger Austin Riley got the underdog Atlanta Braves off to a fast start in the NL Championship Series.
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