The Atlanta Warriors regained their momentum with 11 strikeouts from Searle

The Warriors can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

After tying the season's longest losing streak of seven straight losses, they ended their run with a 7-1 win over the Brewers at American Family Field on Tuesday (Monday local time in Milwaukee). It was Atalanta's first win since entering June. After the game, the music in the dressing room was deafening and the atmosphere was high.

The win could be a huge confidence boost for teams that have struggled recently. "We desperately need this victory," Ozzie Albies Jr., who hit his 1,000th career hit in eight innings, succinctly. Starting pitcher Chris Sale stressed: "It's the kind of game that we think we can build momentum and maybe move us forward. With a good pitching and a good offense, it's a clean team win. Expect us to get motivated by this. "

The Warriors had lost 14 of their last 17 games heading into Monday, their worst 17-game range since 2016. They are at risk of losing eight in a row for the first time since 2016. Their win percentage is below 50 per cent to 10 games, the lowest since the end of the 2017 season.

But the team also had a 19-10 run (the best record in the National League at the time) between April 18 and May 18 and still hasn't lost the belief that they are still that team. They just need to start finding a way to turn things around.

Having Searle start the series opener helps. Before the game, Atlanta head coach Brian Snitker said the team felt great when Selden because as "one of the top shooters in the business," Searle usually creates winning opportunities for the Warriors.

This proved to be true once again – the defending National League Young Champion won the 7.0+ game and conceded just one point. Searle carded out five hits and sent out two reserves, but the strikeouts were 11 Brewers hitters, his highest strikeouts in a single game since Aug. 12, 2024.

This is just another example of his strong start-up phase. Searle started the first six games with a 5.40 ERA and didn't make five innings. According to Snitrk, Atlanta found problems with their pitching movements and arm angles, and Searle made adjustments in between shifts. The ERA of 1.13 and strikeouts of 72 strikeouts in the last eight starts (52.2 innings) has reduced its ERA to 2.79 for the season. During this period, all but one of the innings were at least six innings, four of which were seven innings.

"He wasn't happy with his state at the time," Snitke said, "but by working hard to fix the problem, he's pretty much back to last year." "
"He's amazing," said Ronald Acuña Jr., through translation Franco García, "he's a superstar, and he's been that way for years." He knew what he needed to do, and our job was to provide fire support. "

The Warriors do just that. In the fifth inning, Acuña equalized the score in the right field (the fifth hit in 16 games after returning from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee). After three hitters, Matt Olson's two-pointer from the outfield helped the Warriors take the lead. With Atalanta leading by two points in the eighth inning, Eli White added a two-point shot from the left midfield to extend the buffer space for the bullpen, and Marcell Ozuna added a two-point hit in the ninth inning. Raisel Iglesias and Dylan Lee sealed the win with one game each conceded a score.

Snitke called it a "full-body victory", and it feels wonderful to be back in the winners' ranks. But it's still just one game, and it happened at a time when the Warriors were closer to the bottom of the National League Eastern Conference than to the top. They need to replicate Monday's performance, and the team is convinced that this is coming.
'I'm not going to lose confidence in the team,' Acuña said, 'I know the level of talent in the squad, I know what we're capable of, and I believe the winning streak is about to begin. "