Matt Joyce and Dansby Swanson run from 2nd to home and score in tandem, a breakdown
What Happened
In the bottom of the ninth inning, the game is tight as the New York Mets lead the Atlanta Braves by a single run. Braves catcher Tyler Flowers steps up to the plate with the bases loaded, facing a crucial at-bat that could turn the tide of the game. Flowers lays off a few off-speed pitches, showing discipline and waiting for the right pitch to drive. When a fastball comes into the zone, Flowers unleashes and absolutely tattoos the ball into center field. Mets center fielder Teoscar Hernandez gives chase, but the ball sails over his head for a base-clearing double. Braves baserunners Matt Joyce and Dansby Swanson race around the bases, tagging up and taking an aggressive approach. As the ball bounces away from the Mets outfield, the two Braves players synchronize their slides into home plate, crossing the dish in tandem. "It's like, 'Were you behind me the whole time? Damn, that's cool!'" Joyce says, describing the thrilling moment. The pair round the bases in unison, with Swanson tagging up cautiously in case the ball is caught, before breaking into a full sprint for home. "We're dancing," Joyce exclaims, as the two Braves players score the go-ahead runs in dramatic fashion. The crowd in Atlanta erupts, relishing the excitement of the two players scoring in sync. "What a movie, what a time," the announcer says, drawing parallels to the classic baseball film "Little Big League." Braves fans are elated and the team's social media manager is equally enthused, likely preparing to share the highlight on the Braves' channels. This crucial late-inning rally has turned the game in the Braves' favor, as they now hold a slim one-run lead over their division rivals the Mets. With the game hanging in the balance, the stage is set for an exciting finish as the two teams battle it out to the final out.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentwe had some good innocent fun in Atlanta
Tyler Flowers is up with the bases
loaded just trust your defense get him
the swing and he's probably wants to
swing get him chasing no he doesn't this
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the sports letter doesn't chase that
off-speed lets that fastball just come
by him not what he's looking for another
off-speed he was geared up but it wasn't
there and this one's gonna be in the
zone and he tattoos into Center and
Tasker Hernandez kind of just doesn't
get there come on juice balls you gotta
put a little more effort in there
Hernandez keep up they fly and that's
the fun part the tandem slide it's like
were you behind me that whole time damn
that's cool we're dancing and here's
what happens we run around first base
he's gonna get a good lead and then he's
gonna pause because I go if he catches
it I got a run back and they're running
around second he's tagging up cuz if he
catches it then I'm gonna go to third
good baserunning by both both guys he
doesn't catch it like we know and now
they're just running in tandem rounding
third together gonna score safety in
numbers better to run at night with a
partner and bam flashbacks of
rowengartner are
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what a movie what a time it's eerily
similar I love it
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