{"id":629855,"date":"2023-04-16T05:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T10:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/16\/sean-murphy-hits-home-run-two-doubles-in-win-vs-royals-mlb-com\/"},"modified":"2023-04-16T05:01:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T10:01:00","slug":"sean-murphy-hits-home-run-two-doubles-in-win-vs-royals-mlb-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/16\/sean-murphy-hits-home-run-two-doubles-in-win-vs-royals-mlb-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Murphy hits home run, two doubles in win vs. Royals – MLB.com"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KANSAS CITY — Having made the adjustment to Atlanta a year ago, Matt Olson<\/a> knew it was just a matter of time before Sean Murphy<\/a> settled in and showed why the Braves were so thrilled to trade for him this past winter<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhether you realize it or not, you might put a little extra pressure on yourself to get off to a hot start with a new team,\u201d Olson said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know it at the time, but I realized it last year. I think [Murphy] had just a little bit of that early on. It\u2019s natural.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It\u2019s seemingly a short-term affliction for some like Murphy, who recorded three more extra-base hits to help the Braves earn a 9-3 win over the Royals<\/a> on Saturday at Kauffman Stadium. The veteran catcher tallied two doubles and homered for the second time in five days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHe\u2019s on a nice roll here,\u201d Braves manager Brian Snitker said. \u201cHe\u2019s a strong man.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Murphy, Olson (2022) and Austin Riley (’22) are the only other Braves to record at least two doubles and at least one homer twice in a game within the same season since 2010. The only other Atlanta players to do it twice during any season since 2000 are Brian McCann (’09) Marcus Giles (’03) and Chipper Jones (’01 and ’03).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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McCann (July 26 and 30, 2009) and Murphy are the only members of this group to have accomplished the feat within a span of just one week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This early success has helped Murphy find comfort with the club that acquired him from the A\u2019s this past winter. The deal reunited him with Olson, who the Braves gained via a March 2022 trade with Oakland<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cGetting hot is always good, but doing it early shows the rest of the guys that you belong with them and can help,” Murphy said. “I\u2019m doing well right now. I just want to try to stay consistent.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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To say Murphy has been red-hot might be an understatement. He has gone 9-for-19 with six doubles and three home runs going back to Monday. His production has helped the Braves win five straight games and compensate for the absence of their other veteran catcher, Travis d’Arnaud<\/a>, who hasn\u2019t played since suffering a concussion on April 8<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Murphy\u2019s hot stretch hasn\u2019t been a fluke. Seven of the 11 balls he has put in play since Monday have had an exit velocity of 100 mph or higher. This includes each of Saturday\u2019s three hits. His first-inning RBI double came off the bat at 106.9 mph, and his two-run double in the third was clocked at 111.3 mph. The fifth-inning homer he hit off Royals starter Kris Bubic cut through a strong wind at 105.8 mph. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201c[Murphy] is one of the better guys I\u2019ve ever met,\u201d Braves starting pitcher Bryce Elder<\/a> said. \u201cHe\u2019s just real straightforward. You know what you\u2019re going to get from him every day. To see him start to swing it, we knew it was coming, but to see it this way, it\u2019s awesome to watch.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Murphy\u2019s contributions in Saturday\u2019s win included helping Elder navigate through 5 1\/3 innings, and now Elder has an impressive 1.53 ERA through three starts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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While the recent flurry of extra-base hits have drawn the most attention, Murphy has also lived up to his reputation as an elite defensive catcher. His 16.3 defensive fWAR (Fangraphs\u2019 Wins Above Replacement Model) ranks second among all MLB catchers since the start of 2022, trailing only the Phillies\u2019 J.T. Realmuto (18.8). \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Though Murphy came to Atlanta as a 2021 Gold Glove Award winner<\/a> who was widely regarded as one of the game\u2019s best defensive catchers, some Braves fans didn\u2019t approve of their team acquiring him in a three-team trade that sent bat-first catcher William Contreras to the Brewers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Some of those same fans made noise when Murphy went 3-for-20 in his first seven games with Atlanta. But the critics have been pretty quiet since Monday, when the 28-year-old catcher tallied two doubles and smacked a walk-off homer to cap a 10-inning win over the Reds<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cTo me, that was kind of his coming-out-to-the-Braves party,\u201d Olson said. \u201cI think he\u2019s going to be taking off here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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