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1 day agoBraves Minor League Recap: Owen Murphy strikes out eight for Gwinnett
Owen Murphy delivered a strong Triple-A start as Gwinnett built an early lead and held off Nashville for a win.
He fell behind a bit too often in counts, but was fortunately getting the Sounds to swing over his sinkers and hit them for ground balls, and the Sounds laid off plenty of well-placed fastballs on the edge of the strike zone that went for called strikes. Four of Ritchie's seven strikeouts in this game were called strike threes, two of those on painted fastballs, but Nashville's third time through the order they stayed more aggressive on pitches in the strike zone.