PHOENIX – This was the type of win that can change a season, the kind you pinpoint as the start of a hot stretch.The Braves mounted a last-out comeback, then beat the Diamondbacks in 11 innings, 5-4, on Monday at Chase Field.They turned defeat into victory.Five observations:1. Down to his final strike, Eddie Rosario, playing in his first game with Atlanta this season, singled to keep the Braves alive. They still trailed by two when Sean Murphy walked up to the plate.And, in a moment that brought back memories of the previous two Braves seasons, Murphy blasted a game-tying home run off Arizona closer Paul Sewald. It marked Sewald’s third consecutive blown save.The home run, which traveled an estimated 431 feet, erased everything that came before it. All the missed opportunities. A poor sixth inning.This was a new ballgame. Over the last couple seasons, the Braves became accustomed to ripping victory from the jaws of defeat. If they weren’t clobbering opponents, they were stunning them with late-game heroics. It hasn’t happened much this year, but they recaptured the magic for the ninth inning.In the eight innings before the blast, the Braves blew multiple opportunities to extend what was once a one-run lead. It seemed they might once again let down their pitching – something that has become a theme this season. Then they shocked the D-backs and their fans.2. The ninth-inning rally gave Atlanta the momentum it took into extra innings.In the 10th inning, Jarred Kelenic hit a deep flyout that moved Zack Short – the runner who started extras at second base – to third. And on the ninth pitch of his own at-bat, Ozzie Albies hit a hard liner to right that was caught, but scored Short.Closer Raisel Iglesias, who pitched a scoreless ninth, came back out for the 10th. The D-backs executed a sacrifice bunt to move the tying run to third, then scored him on a sacrifice fly. This became Iglesias’ first two-inning outing since 2021, when he played for the Angels.Armed with a one-run lead in the bottom of the 11th, Joe Jiménez shut down the Dbacks to earn the save.3. The Braves might not have tied the game in the ninth if not for something Olson did in the sixth inning.The D-backs led by two runs and had runners at second and third against Holmes. They looked to add to their lead.Gabriel Moreno popped ...
