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Enjoying Braves tenure, Kemp comes through
- Updated: August 24, 2016
PHOENIX — Matt Kemp might never again be the MVP-caliber player he was just a few years ago with the Dodgers, but as he continues to acquaint himself to a new environment, the veteran outfielder has allowed the Braves to remain confident they were wise to gamble on his remaining capabilities.
After the Braves stranded runners at a frustratingly alarming pace through the first seven innings at Chase Field on Tuesday night, Kemp delivered the decisive bases-clearing double with two outs in the eighth in a 7-4 win over the D-backs.
“Those are the situations you want to be in,” Kemp said. “I’d rather hit with runners on base than with no runners on base. To get in those situations, they don’t always work out the way you want, but that’s one of the reasons we play baseball, that challenge to get those big hits and put your team on top.”
On the way to winning for just the third time in their past 13 games, the Braves stranded eight runners through three innings and 10 through seven innings. Kemp had just four hits in …
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