The Warriors will pull up the Scorpion King Kimblel after a nine-game collapse to bury a six-point lead

The Warriors, who scored just five points in their first three games in June, finally broke out, scoring five points in five innings at Trust Park on Friday (Thursday local time in Atlanta) to take a 10-4 lead in nine innings.

But the Rattlesnake responded with a more ferocious seven-point offensive in the ninth inning, and the final game was 11-10. According to Elias Sports, this is the first time the Warriors have led by six points in nine innings since July 17, 1973, against the Metropolitans. The 766-game winning streak ended with a six-point lead in eight innings.

"A six-point lead in nine innings deserved a win," said Atlanta coach Brian Snitker, "and it was a miserable loss and five hours on the plane." Everyone deserves remorse – we didn't execute the tactics to finish the game. "

Sources informed MLB's official website Mark Feinsand shortly after the game that the Warriors would recall former finisher Craig Kimbrel from triple-A Gwinnet. The team did not confirm this move. Kimblel played 18 games against 2A Colombia and 3A Gwinnett, with 23 strikeouts in 18 innings, a 2.00 ERA and 3 successful rescues.

Kimblel played for the Warriors from 2010 to 2014 (traded to the Padres before the 2015 season), holding a franchise-record with 186 successful rescues. After a difficult 2024 Baltimore Oriole career, the 37-year-old right-hand shooter signed a minor league contract with the Warriors in March.

"We're going to put together the cowshed and give more opportunities," Snitke said of the struggling cowshed, "and we have to work together to solve the problem because it's the squad we have." "

Before the nine-inning collapse, the Warriors were on their way to an offensive victory. A five-point offensive run in five innings helped tie the season's single-game scoring record. Austin Riley, Matt Olson, Marcell Ozuna and Ozzie Albies hit back-to-back hits to give Atalanta a 6-0 lead.

After Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a home run above the brick wall in the right field after Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a home run with a full ball of curled balls, Drake Baldwin's next ball exploded the right fielder's "Split House" restaurant. In the fifth inning, Riley hit a 113.1-mph raid from Tommy Henry's scoreboard behind the bullshed. At this point, the first three sticks of the warriors each fired a spring cannon.

The nine-inning bullshed crash began when Lourdes Gurriel Jr.'s high-flying cannon fell into the left bullpen — Scott Blewett's shot — to make it 10-5. Bluyt sent on Tim Tawa before Alek Thomas blasted a two-point shot from the top of the right field stand (his third hit of the day).

After Bluyt's four bad balls were secured by Jose Herrera, Snitke used Raisel Iglesias, a finisher who had lost seven points in his last ten matches. Corbin Carroll hit a low post to create a second base hit in the right field wall, and Ketel Marte and Illdemaro Vargas hit a first-base hit.

"Honestly, Iglesias didn't shoot well in the late stages," said Baldwin, catcher, "and Carol Ann hit the low-angle position where the best handball was in the lane. It was a good blow, but some of the balls found holes in the defence. That's the case in baseball – if Maltena rolls the ball towards the infielder, the game ends by two points. Unfortunately, it backfired. "

Eugenio Suárez, who suffered a strikeout in the opening inning, made up for it with a second base hit from the left fieldfield and sent back to Malte and Vargas. The lead gave the Rattlesnake the lead for the first time, prompting boos from 33,902 spectators. Guriel was escorted and booed until Tawa's midfield flyball ended the half — one of the harrowing memories of Warriors fans in recent years.

"The beauty of baseball is that it can be bounced back tomorrow," said backup Aaron Bummer, who defused the Rattlesnake offense in four innings and didn't concede a point in five innings. It can be difficult at times, but it is the only right way to do it—to forget about today and win tomorrow. "