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ATLANTA (AP) — When Austin Riley connected with the pitch MLB Jerseys Wholesale From China , his father was watching from the concourse at SunTrust Park.Mike Riley knew it was good contact, but he couldn’t tell how far the ball went.Then he looked toward the outfield.“As soon as I saw the outfielders not move,” the elder Riley said, “I knew it was gone.”Austin Riley homered in his big league debut Wednesday night, leading Atlanta to a 4-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals and signaling the arrival of another top prospect for the Baby Braves.“He’s got lights-out power,” said Hall of Famer Chipper Jones, who played his entire career with the Braves and was at the game. “I think he’s a 40-homer guy before it’s all said and done in the big leagues.”Mike Soroka turned in another strong start with three-hit ball over seven scoreless innings, but this night belonged to the 22-year-old Riley. He was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett before the game after Ender Inciarte went on the injured list with a sore back.Riley, who started in left field and batted sixth, struck out swinging against Michael Wacha in the first at-bat of what the Braves hope will be a long major league career.Then, leading off the fourth, Riley showed why he was leading the International League with 15 homers and 39 RBIs.Riley launched a high fastball deep into the left-field seats, a 438-foot drive that gave the Braves a 2-0 lead and sent his parents and a group of about 40 family and friends — many of whom hastily made the drive from his native Mississippi — into a delirious celebration.“I’m speechless,” Riley said, struggling to find the words. “That second at-bat Cheap MLB Jerseys , I figured he was going to challenge me a little bit. I was able to put a good swing on it.”Riley hit another drive to the edge of the warning track his next time up, and handled a couple of chances without any problem in left. Normally a third baseman, he figures to mostly play left field at least during his initial stint in the big leagues. Josh Donaldson is locked in at third base for 2019 with a one-year, $23 million deal.After taking over as a defensive replacement for Riley, Charlie Culberson sealed the victory with a two-run homer in the eighth.It was quite a showing for Atlanta’s kids.Even younger than Riley, the 21-year-old Soroka (4-1) lowered his ERA to 0.98 in six starts. The right-hander has yet to allow more than one earned run in any of his appearances, and this was his best one yet.Soroka escaped a bases-loaded jam in the third, getting Paul Goldschmidt to ground into an inning-ending double play. He stared down another trouble spot in the sixth when the Cardinals put runners at second and third, fanning Jose Martinez to snuff out the threat.“What I like about this kid is he doesn’t panic. He just goes pitch to pitch,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “That’s a great trait for a young pitcher to have.”In the eighth, Dan Winkler walked the first two St. Louis hitters on eight pitches, but Luke Jackson worked out of the jam — this time, it was Paul DeJong hitting into a double play — and finished up for his fifth save in six chances.Wacha (3-1) surrendered only four hits and one earned run over five innings.“Anytime you’ve got somebody new coming in there, you don’t really have too much video on that guy,” Wacha said. “Obviously nba jerseys cheap , I didn’t want to make that pitch where he ended up hitting the homer, but he didn’t miss a mistake.”Atlanta also scored when the Cardinals pitcher threw one away at third base after appearing to pick off Ronald Acuna Jr., who was able to trot home when the ball skidded under the glove of Matt Carpenter.LUKE, YOU ARE OUR CLOSERJackson has been a godsend for Atlanta’s shaky bullpen.After giving up four runs in his first appearance of the season, he has surrendered just one over his past 19 innings and appears to be the closest thing the Braves have to a closer.TRAINER’S ROOMCardinals: RHP Carlos Martinez (shoulder) threw two innings for Double-A Springfield in an 8-2 loss to Arkansas on Wednesday. He allowed one run on four hits and could rejoin St. Louis for a weekend series in Texas.Braves: Inciarte went on the 10-day injured list with a lumbar strain. He left Tuesday night’s game after experiencing tightness in his lower back.UP NEXTIn the rubber game of the series, RHP Adam Wainwright (3-3, 4.15) goes for the Cardinals against Atlanta RHP Julio Teheran (2-4, 4.26). MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mitch Garver demonstrated his value to the Minnesota Twins again Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Angels. Now, Minnesota is hoping it hasn’t lost its surprisingly productive catcher for an extended period.Garver hit a two-run homer and tagged out Shohei Ohtani trying to score the tying run in the eighth inning before leaving with a left high ankle sprain during a 4-3 victory.Manager Rocco Baldelli said the team would know more about Garver’s prognosis following additional testing Wednesday.“Probably not in as much pain as I was expecting,” Baldelli said. “But anything beyond that is speculation.”Garver homered in the third to give Minnesota a three-run lead behind Kyle Gibson (4-1). It was Garver’s ninth homer and traveled to the second deck in left field. Byron Buxton added an RBI double the next inning, and five relievers combined for 3 1/3 scoreless innings, with Blake Parker getting his seventh save in seven chances.Ohtani had three hits, including an RBI single as part of a three-run sixth, but he was thrown out at third base in the sixth and at home in the eighth after Brian Goodwin’s single to center.Garver, a breakout performer this season with a .329 average Cheap MLB Baseball Jerseys , took in Buxton’s throw and applied the tag on Ohtani, then had to be helped off the field without putting weight on his left leg. Garver’s foot twisted awkwardly as Ohtani slid into his leg. He was replaced the next inning by Jason Castro.“Just the perfect throw to Garv was, I mean, obviously saved the game,” Gibson said. “We’re definitely worried about Garv. He’s been one of our better players all year, and really consistent behind the plate, and hopefully everything comes back negative and he’s fine.”The Twins lead the majors with 16 home runs and 38 RBIs from the catching position, also getting strong contributions from Castro and Willians Astudillo.“You can’t fake what he is doing,” Baldelli said of Garver. “He sees the ball. He makes great decisions on a pitch-to-pitch basis. He has tremendous at-bats. When you have at-bats like that and have a good, short stroke, it’s a good combination and that’s what he’s working with.”Ohtani is batting .321 in seven games after missing the start of the season recovering from Tommy John surgery.“I had to take that gamble,” Ohtani said through an interpreter about the play at the plate. “I felt like I had a decent chance, but the results weren’t the way I wanted.”Cam Bedrosian (1-2) took the loss for Los Angeles, serving as the opener for primary pitcher Felix Peña. Bedrosian gave up one run and two hits in one inning.Gibson cruised through five innings before running into trouble in the sixth. He allowed three runs, six hits and two walks in 5 2/3 innings.BOUR OPTIONEDFirst baseman Justin Bour was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake after the game. He struck out in a pinch-hitting appearance Tuesday and is hitting .163 with four homers and 14 RBIs in 30 games.“I can’t really say it’s come as any kind of surprise cheapmlbjerseyshop.com ,” said Bour, who’s hit at least 20 home runs in three of the past four seasons and owns a .255 career average. “Obviously, the beginning of the season hasn’t clicked for me like I know I’m capable of doing. But it’s one of those things where you have two ways of looking at it, and I’m looking at it as an opportunity to go down, figure some stuff out and get back as soon as possible.”BAT ON THE BALLGibson struck out Andrelton Simmons in the second inning, snapping Simmons’ streak of 61 plate appearances without a strikeout, which was the longest active streak in baseball.Astudillo struck out in the eighth after going 44 plate appearances without a strikeout. It was just the second strikeout for Astudillo this season in 64 plate appearances.TRAINER’S ROOMAngels: Manager Brad Ausmus said he expects OF Kole Calhoun to return Friday. Calhoun was placed on the paternity list before the game and IF Luis Rengifo was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake. … RHP JC Ramirez threw a 45-point intrasquad game in Arizona on Tuesday as he works his way back from Tommy John surgery. … LHP Andrew Heaney (elbow) will make a start in extended spring training tomorrow.Twins: Nelson Cruz was out of the lineup for the second straight day as he deals with a sore left wrist. … 2B Jonathan Schoop was back in the starting lineup for the first time since Saturday due to a sore left shoulder.UP NEXTJake Odorizzi (5-2, 2.32 ERA) will try to extend his scoreless innings streak as he start’s Wednesday’s series finale. Trevor Cahill (2-3, 6.35) starts for Los Angeles. Odorizzi hasn’t allowed a run since the sixth inning on April 22 at Houston, a stretch covering three starts. He surrendered just one hit in seven innings in his last start. Cahill beat Baltimore in his last start, giving up two runs on four hits in six innings.