Atlanta Braves Clippings Tuesday, April 21, 2020 Braves.com Watch these 10 fun Braves games right now By Mark Bowman @mlbbowman While the 2020 season is on hold, fans still have plenty of opportunities to satisfy their baseball cravings. Every single MLB game from the past two seasons is available, for free, on MLB.TV. That equates to more than 4,800 games, including regular season and postseason, from 2018 and ‘19. This dive into the archives is free to all users, on any supported device, with zero blackout restrictions. Simply visit MLB.TV for details or download the MLB App on your favorite device. There is no shortage of viewing options, whether you prefer to relive the ups and downs of your favorite team’s season or discover something you might have missed the first time around. There are fantastic individual performances, dramatic October classics, and much more. There's also a large collection of classic games available on YouTube. To help fans find a place to start amid those two seasons' worth of baseball, we’ve curated the top 10 games for each of the 30 teams. Here is a recommended viewing guide for the Braves. May 20, 2018: Braves 10, Marlins 9: A six-run ninth Facing a 9-4 deficit entering the bottom of the ninth, the Braves staged a six-run rally that Dansby Swanson capped with an RBI single after fouling a couple of 99-mph fastballs. July 29, 2018: Braves 4, Dodgers 1: A near no-no As Chipper Jones was being inducted in Cooperstown, Sean Newcomb was flirting with history in Atlanta. The lefty came within one strike of no- hitting the Dodgers during this masterpiece. Aug. 14, 2018: Braves 10, Marlins 6: Acuña Again Ronald Acuña Jr. began the first two-homer game of his career with a third straight leadoff homer. This marked the end of the stretch during which he homered eight times over eight games. Sept. 9, 2018: Braves 9, D-backs 5: Swanson’s save Swanson ended a key 10-inning thriller in Arizona by denying Nick Ahmed’s attempt to score from second base on a bouncer the Braves’ shortstop unexpectedly snared behind second base. April 20, 2019: Braves 8, Indians 7: Cleveland comeback Down 7-1 through six innings, the Braves drew up two more runs in the seventh before constructing a memorable five-run ninth at the end of a long, cold doubleheader in Cleveland. June 14, 2019: Braves 9, Phillies 8: McCann caps comeback The Braves tallied five runs over the final two innings, including three with two outs in the ninth. Brian McCann ended this thriller in celebratory fashion. June 1, 2018: Braves 4, Nationals 0: Folty’s gem Mike Foltynewicz produced a two-hit shutout and the Braves halted a pitchers' duel by erupting against Stephen Strasburg in the seventh. Sept. 5, 2019: Braves 4, Nationals 2: Max effort Given a 2-0 first-inning lead against Strasburg, Max Fried began a key four-game series by limiting the Nationals to one hit over seven innings June 12, 2019: Braves 8, Pirates 7: Riley’s big night Austin Riley tripled during a three-run first and hit a game-tying, ninth-inning homer that set the stage for Ozzie Albies' walk-off double in the 11th. May 29, 2018: Braves 7, Mets 6: Another walk-off One day after Charlie Culberson had doomed the Mets with a walk-off homer in the first game of a doubleheader, Johan Camargo delivered his own game-ending blast to complete a late three-run rally. And here are some other games from around the league you might like: Aug. 17, 2019: Brewers 15, Nationals 14 Christian Yelich homered -- No. 40 -- as part of a three-homer, four-run ninth inning for a 12-11 Brewers lead, only to see the Nationals come back to tie it up against Josh Hader. Yelich homered again in the 13th for a 13-12 lead, only to see the Nats come back again. Finally, in the 14th, the Brewers scored twice and this time held off another Nats surge. June 27, 2019: Dodgers 12, Rockies 8 The Dodgers overcame a shaky Coors Field start from Walker Buehler (seven runs) with a six-homer onslaught -- two by Max Muncy -- for their 12th consecutive win over Colorado. July 25, 2019: Orioles 10, Angels 8 The Orioles and Angels had been engaged in a marathon, 6-hour, 16-inning, back-and-forth affair when things went from simply weird to historic. That's because of who closed the game -- outfielder Stevie Wilkerson, who recorded a 1-2-3 bottom of the 16th throwing nothing but mid-50 mph floaters to record the first save by a position player in MLB history. July 12, 2019: Rangers 9, Astros 8 The Rangers scored five runs in the last three innings to erase the Astros' 8-4 lead. The Rangers hit five home runs in this game, including three off Astros starter Gerrit Cole. June 23, 2019: Pirates 11, Padres 10 Former manager Clint Hurdle called this “one of the best wins that I’ve watched in nine years here,” and it was a wild one. Down three in the ninth against a closer who hadn’t blown a save all season, the Pirates rallied to force extra innings. Down three again in the 11th, they battled back -- and then all of a sudden rookie shortstop Kevin Newman was at the plate, working a walk-off walk to cap the Bucs’ fourth straight win. Atlanta Journal-Constitution Braves’ ‘nuttiest’ night: A home run by Rick Camp and 4 a.m. fireworks By Tim Tucker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Editor’s note: At a time when sports are shut down, we are taking a look (in no particular order) at some of the bizarre moments from Georgia sports history. John Sterling, still wide awake in the Braves’ broadcast booth at 3:22 a.m., set the scene perfectly and prophetically. “Ernie, if he hits a home run to tie this game, this game will be certified as absolutely the nuttiest in the history of baseball,” Sterling said to his TBS partner Ernie Johnson Sr. as Braves relief pitcher Rick Camp batted in the bottom of the 18th inning in a legendary game 35 years ago. The Braves trailed the Mets, 11-10. The game had been twice delayed by rain. The calendar had turned from July 4, 1985, to July 5. Camp was batting with two out and no one on base because Braves manager Eddie Haas had run out of pinch-hitters. Mets catcher Gary Carter waved in his team’s outfielders, imploring them to play shallow against Camp, a career .060 hitter at the time. Long kidded by teammates about his helpless hitting, Camp fouled off the first pitch and took a called strike on the second. Then, on an 0-2 count, he inexplicably homered over the left-field fence at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, tying and prolonging the already wild game. It was the first and last home run of Camp’s nine-year big-league career, all spent with the Braves. “Holy cow, oh my goodness! I don’t believe it! I don’t believe it!” said Sterling, exuding the same enthusiasm that late night that he has shown for the past 31 years as a New York Yankees broadcaster. “Rick Camp! Rick Camp! I don’t believe it! “Remember what I just said: If he hits a home run, that certifies this game as the wackiest, wildest, most improbable game in history.” Consider it so certified. Consider its place secure in any compilation of bizarre moments in Atlanta sports history. Perhaps no single home run in Braves history – other than Hank Aaron’s 715th on April 8, 1974, and David Justice’s in Game 6 of the 1995 World Series – has been more talked-about or more cherished through the years. As soon as Camp’s homer left the bat, Mets third baseman Ray Knight threw up his hands in exasperation. As the ball cleared the fence, Mets left fielder Danny Heep put his hands on his head in disbelief. Center fielder Lenny Dykstra dropped to his knees. Up in the broadcast booth, Johnson said: “We’ve got to look at this (replay) another 50 times.” "The whole thing was incredible," said Dale Murphy, who played center field and went 1-for-8 with two walks that night. "I'll never forget it. “I’ll never forget that home run. I’ll never forget that game.” The Braves ultimately lost the game, 16-13, in 19 innings, one of their 96 losses in 1985. The Mets scored five runs against Camp in the top of the 19th. The Braves scored two runs in the bottom of the inning before Camp again came to the plate with two out. This time, he struck out with two runners on base to end the game. It was 3:55 a.m. And the long night at the ballpark still wasn’t over. The Braves had promised post-game fireworks, as they always do on the Fourth of July. So, four hours into the fifth of July, they decided not to disappoint the 8,000 or so folks who remained from the night’s original crowd of 44,947. The fireworks show began at 4:01 a.m., and phone calls immediately poured in to Atlanta police headquarters from stadium neighbors awakened and alarmed by the noise. The prevailing reaction, a police spokesman said at the time, was that fireworks at that hour were “inappropriate and ill-advised.” Some folks reported that, when awakened by the noise, they thought Atlanta was being bombed.