PHOENIX — It didn’t take Eddie Rosario lengthy to rekindle a number of the magic he created for the Braves all through the 2021 postseason or throughout components of final 12 months’s 20-homer marketing campaign.
Rosario’s two-out single within the ninth inning Monday gave Sean Murphy an opportunity to hit a game-tying two-run homer off a struggling Paul Sewald. That game-extending hit led the Braves to a 5-4, 11-inning win courtesy of Marcell Ozuna’s game-winning sacrifice fly.
The Braves signed Rosario to a Minor League deal after he was launched by the Nationals final week. That they had him spend the weekend enjoying the outfield for Triple-A Gwinnett after which known as him up Monday to start his second stint with the massive league membership.
Rosario was watching a possible 0-for-4 night time earlier than he went above the strike zone to line a 1-2 fastball to proper area with two outs within the ninth. Murphy adopted by drilling a Statcast-projected 431-foot homer over the right-center-field wall. The veteran catcher’s fifth homer handed Sewald his third straight blown save.
