After win, Braves marvel at Wright's resurgence

ATLANTA -- Atlanta Braves starter Kyle Wright has a portion of proposal for struggling pitchers.

"I deliberation that you're conscionable ne'er arsenic acold (away) arsenic you deliberation you are," Wright said earlier taking the mound for Game 2 of the NL Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies connected Wednesday night. "When I was struggling (and) I got to arsenic debased arsenic I did, I felt similar wherever I'm astatine present was everlastingly away. And truly it wasn't."

Where Wright is present is astatine the apical of his game.

The right-hander unopen down the Phillies implicit six innings portion giving up conscionable 2 hits and a locomotion successful a 3-0 triumph that helped Atlanta adjacent the best-of-five bid astatine 1. It was his 2nd vocation postseason commencement successful which helium threw six scoreless and allowed 3 oregon less hits, tied for the astir successful Braves postseason history. Neither John Smoltz nor Greg Maddux ever had specified a crippled successful his postseason career.

"That was beauteous awesome what helium did tonight," Braves manager Brian Snitker said. "He's been done a lot."

Wright dominated the Phillies, moving his curveball successful with a lively fastball, striking retired six.

"I went and looked astatine my numbers and recovered retired (the curve) was my champion pitch," helium said. "I knew it was my champion pitch, but I conscionable got distant from it. I started to bargain backmost into it past twelvemonth that this is my champion pitch, I request to usage it more."

Wright broke onto the large league country successful a large mode successful 2020, erstwhile helium unopen retired the Miami Marlins successful a postseason commencement aft compiling a lofty 5.21 ERA implicit 8 games during the shortened regular season. He spent astir of 2021 successful the minors earlier getting his chance, again, successful the playoffs, this clip erstwhile helium gave up conscionable a tally implicit 5.2 innings of alleviation during the World Series.

Then came a large measurement guardant successful 2022, arsenic helium won 21 games and earned the close to commencement Game 2 of the NLDS.

"I support talking astir it truthful overmuch it's similar I'm his 2nd dada now," shortstop Dansby Swanson said. "Just the maturation that I've seen implicit the past 7 years is beauteous remarkable.

"He's the epitome (of) it's not needfully becoming thing you aren't. It's ever getting backmost to who you genuinely are."

Added Wright: "I had occurrence successful the postseason past year, but to bash it arsenic a starter, that was beauteous chill to me. I deliberation I've worked connected a batch of things this year. Really conscionable goes backmost to confidence."

The result of the nighttime turned erstwhile Phillies starter Zack Wheeler deed Braves prima Ronald Acuna Jr. with a transportation successful the seventh inning. Atlanta went connected to people 3 runs successful the inning, allowing Wright to prime up the win.

"Where he's travel (from) and however he's allowed himself to bash that and what he's done and the adjustments he's made," Snitker said. "He's going to support getting better. And helium handled everything unbelievable."

Game 3 is Friday successful Philadelphia.