D’Arnaud’s ‘old-school hack’ helps Braves complete sweep
Associated PressAfter playing for three teams in 2019, Travis d’Arnaud felt sure he’d found a home when he signed with the Atlanta Braves last offseason. “He just put an old-school hack on that thing.” Asked how he stayed on top of the high pitch, d’Arnaud said “I’m still wondering, too. I got rewarded with a double that scored two runs.” With d’Arnaud behind the plate, Kyle Wright led the Braves staff to its fourth shutout of the postseason. “He’s just been unbelievable for us with the big hits, and the hits overshadow the big job he did for us with those pitchers.” It would have been difficult to predict d’Arnaud hitting cleanup in the 2020 postseason when he was cut by the New York Mets early in 2019 and then sold by the Dodgers for $100,000 to the Tampa Bay Rays. “It made me feel like I was doing something right, something was right in my mindset,” d’Arnaud said.
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