Deadspin | Braves tally six runs in sixth to outslug Guardians Apr 10, 2026; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson (28) celebrates with catcher Drake Baldwin (30) after a two-run home run against the Cleveland Guardians in the sixth inning at Truist Park. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images Ronald Acuna Jr., Matt Olson and Michael Harris II each hit home runs in the sixth inning as the Atlanta Braves picked up an 11-5 win over the visiting Cleveland Guardians on Friday. Atlanta sent 10 batters to the plate, pounded out seven hits and scored six runs in the decisive sixth inning. Acuna’s first home run of the season came on a hanging curve ball and tied the game at 2-2. Drake Baldwin singled to center before Olson launched a 3-0 pitch to right field for a two-run homer and the put the Braves up 4-2. Austin Riley singled to left field and scored on Dominic Smith’s RBI single for a 5-2 lead. Harris’ two-run shot scored Smith as the Braves opened up a 7-2 lead. Ozzie Albies and Smith notched two-out RBI singles in the bottom of the seventh and Atlanta led 9-2. The Guardians loaded the bases in the top of the eighth and a Rhys Hoskins’ RBI single scored Chase DeLauter. Angel Martinez’s RBI bloop single drove in Juan Brito and Hoskins as Cleveland cut its deficit to 9-5. An RBI double by Baldwin gave the Braves a 10-5 lead in the top of the ninth. He scored on an error two hitters later as Atlanta closed out the scoring. Cleveland starting pitcher Slade Cecconi (0-2) took the loss as he threw 5 1/3 innings, yielded seven hits, five runs (four earned), walked one and struck out three. Reliever Tyler Kinley (2-0) picked up the win in with a scoreless sixth inning. Starter Bryce Elder lasted 4 2/3 innings, allowing five hits, two runs, three walks, while recording three strikeouts. Acuna’s broken-bat RBI single up the middle snuck past a drawn-in infield and plated Smith as Atlanta seized a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning. Kyle Manzardo’s solo home run tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the fourth inning. In the top of the fifth, Martinez followed up an opposite field single with a steal of second base. Steven Kwan also lined an opposite field single to left and Martinez scored on an error by Braves left fielder Mike Yastrzemski as the Guardians took a 2-1 lead. Kwan and Martinez each went 2-for-4 for the visitors. Atlanta pounded out 15 hits, led by a 3-for-4 effort by Smith. He scored twice, drove in a pair and raised his batting average to .357. All nine Braves either scored or drove in at least one run. –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Braves #tally #runs #sixth #outslug #Guardians

There is a temptation, with innings like Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s 78 off 26 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), to reduce them to spectacle. Suryavanshi resists that simplification, even on a night that invites it.

In the penultimate over of the PowerPlay against RCB in Guwahati on Friday, he had just taken Bhuvneshwar Kumar for two successive sixes to bring up a half-century off 15 balls. And then came the fifth ball, quieter, almost incongruous.

A slower delivery, on a length, on middle and leg. Suryavanshi checked himself and played it back down the pitch. It was a small act of restraint. When the pace came off, so did his bat speed. It is not the absence of premeditation that stands out, but the ability to abandon it, mid-thought, mid-swing.

The next ball was short, and he created room to ramp it over short third man for four. But the previous delivery lingered, as such moments often do. This was not instinct alone operating at high speed, but perception keeping pace with it.

His eventual score, at a strike rate touching 300, powered Rajasthan Royals to 129 for two in 8.1 overs in a chase of 202. Eight fours and seven sixes told one version of the innings.

4⃣s × 8
6⃣s × 7
78 off just 26 balls. What a magnificent knock from Vaibhav Suryavanshi comes to an end. 🔥
The 15-year-old prodigy walks off to a standing ovation from the crowd and his teammates 👏
📸: Reuters #IPL2026 #RRvRCB pic.twitter.com/q0YYPYIahi
— Sportstar (@sportstarweb) April 10, 2026

The other lay in how early he has been imposing himself, and against whom, as if reputations were merely details to be worked around. The first time he faced Jasprit Bumrah, he hit him for six. Against Josh Hazlewood, it was four, then more fours, then a six.

Alongside him, Yashasvi Jaiswal ensures that Rajasthan Royals is rarely asked to build. Suryavanshi is enabled to accelerate rather than rebuild, to press where others might pause.

ALSO READ: Anil Kumble compares Suryavanshi to Tendulkar but urges caution amidst India call-up chatter

Across three innings this season, 52 off 17 against Chennai Super Kings, 39 off 14 against Mumbai Indians, and now 78 off 26, the consistency lies not just in scoring rate but in clarity. He arrives with a map of options, but one that remains provisional to what the ball demands, revised ball by ball.

The question is not whether he can dominate an over. It is whether this clarity survives when bowlers stop missing, when the game slows just enough to demand a different kind of patience.

For now, Suryavanshi is not merely overwhelming attacks. He is reading them, adjusting to them, and making even the most established names look, briefly, reactive.

Published on Apr 11, 2026

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Method behind the mayhem — What makes Vaibhav Suryavanshi so dangerous in IPL 2026? There is a temptation, with innings like Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s 78 off 26 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), to reduce them to spectacle. Suryavanshi resists that simplification, even on a night that invites it.In the penultimate over of the PowerPlay against RCB in Guwahati on Friday, he had just taken Bhuvneshwar Kumar for two successive sixes to bring up a half-century off 15 balls. And then came the fifth ball, quieter, almost incongruous.A slower delivery, on a length, on middle and leg. Suryavanshi checked himself and played it back down the pitch. It was a small act of restraint. When the pace came off, so did his bat speed. It is not the absence of premeditation that stands out, but the ability to abandon it, mid-thought, mid-swing.The next ball was short, and he created room to ramp it over short third man for four. But the previous delivery lingered, as such moments often do. This was not instinct alone operating at high speed, but perception keeping pace with it.His eventual score, at a strike rate touching 300, powered Rajasthan Royals to 129 for two in 8.1 overs in a chase of 202. Eight fours and seven sixes told one version of the innings.4⃣s × 86⃣s × 778 off just 26 balls. What a magnificent knock from Vaibhav Suryavanshi comes to an end. 🔥The 15-year-old prodigy walks off to a standing ovation from the crowd and his teammates 👏📸: Reuters #IPL2026#RRvRCBpic.twitter.com/q0YYPYIahi— Sportstar (@sportstarweb) April 10, 2026The other lay in how early he has been imposing himself, and against whom, as if reputations were merely details to be worked around. The first time he faced Jasprit Bumrah, he hit him for six. Against Josh Hazlewood, it was four, then more fours, then a six.Alongside him, Yashasvi Jaiswal ensures that Rajasthan Royals is rarely asked to build. Suryavanshi is enabled to accelerate rather than rebuild, to press where others might pause.ALSO READ: Anil Kumble compares Suryavanshi to Tendulkar but urges caution amidst India call-up chatterAcross three innings this season, 52 off 17 against Chennai Super Kings, 39 off 14 against Mumbai Indians, and now 78 off 26, the consistency lies not just in scoring rate but in clarity. He arrives with a map of options, but one that remains provisional to what the ball demands, revised ball by ball.The question is not whether he can dominate an over. It is whether this clarity survives when bowlers stop missing, when the game slows just enough to demand a different kind of patience.For now, Suryavanshi is not merely overwhelming attacks. He is reading them, adjusting to them, and making even the most established names look, briefly, reactive.Published on Apr 11, 2026 #Method #mayhem #Vaibhav #Suryavanshi #dangerous #IPL

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There is a temptation, with innings like Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s 78 off 26 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), to reduce them to spectacle. Suryavanshi resists that simplification, even on a night that invites it.
In the penultimate over of the PowerPlay against RCB in Guwahati on Friday, he had just taken Bhuvneshwar Kumar for two successive sixes to bring up a half-century off 15 balls. And then came the fifth ball, quieter, almost incongruous.
A slower delivery, on a length, on middle and leg. Suryavanshi checked himself and played it back down the pitch. It was a small act of restraint. When the pace came off, so did his bat speed. It is not the absence of premeditation that stands out, but the ability to abandon it, mid-thought, mid-swing.
The next ball was short, and he created room to ramp it over short third man for four. But the previous delivery lingered, as such moments often do. This was not instinct alone operating at high speed, but perception keeping pace with it.
His eventual score, at a strike rate touching 300, powered Rajasthan Royals to 129 for two in 8.1 overs in a chase of 202. Eight fours and seven sixes told one version of the innings.
4⃣s × 8
6⃣s × 7
78 off just 26 balls. What a magnificent knock from Vaibhav Suryavanshi comes to an end. 🔥
The 15-year-old prodigy walks off to a standing ovation from the crowd and his teammates 👏
📸: Reuters #IPL2026 #RRvRCB pic.twitter.com/q0YYPYIahi
— Sportstar (@sportstarweb) April 10, 2026
The other lay in how early he has been imposing himself, and against whom, as if reputations were merely details to be worked around. The first time he faced Jasprit Bumrah, he hit him for six. Against Josh Hazlewood, it was four, then more fours, then a six.
Alongside him, Yashasvi Jaiswal ensures that Rajasthan Royals is rarely asked to build. Suryavanshi is enabled to accelerate rather than rebuild, to press where others might pause.
ALSO READ: Anil Kumble compares Suryavanshi to Tendulkar but urges caution amidst India call-up chatter
Across three innings this season, 52 off 17 against Chennai Super Kings, 39 off 14 against Mumbai Indians, and now 78 off 26, the consistency lies not just in scoring rate but in clarity. He arrives with a map of options, but one that remains provisional to what the ball demands, revised ball by ball.
The question is not whether he can dominate an over. It is whether this clarity survives when bowlers stop missing, when the game slows just enough to demand a different kind of patience.
For now, Suryavanshi is not merely overwhelming attacks. He is reading them, adjusting to them, and making even the most established names look, briefly, reactive.
Published on Apr 11, 2026

#Method #mayhem #Vaibhav #Suryavanshi #dangerous #IPL">Method behind the mayhem — What makes Vaibhav Suryavanshi so dangerous in IPL 2026?

His eventual score, at a strike rate touching 300, powered Rajasthan Royals to 129 for two in 8.1 overs in a chase of 202. Eight fours and seven sixes told one version of the innings.

4⃣s × 8
6⃣s × 7
78 off just 26 balls. What a magnificent knock from Vaibhav Suryavanshi comes to an end. 🔥
The 15-year-old prodigy walks off to a standing ovation from the crowd and his teammates 👏
📸: Reuters #IPL2026 #RRvRCB pic.twitter.com/q0YYPYIahi
— Sportstar (@sportstarweb) April 10, 2026

Alongside him, Yashasvi Jaiswal ensures that Rajasthan Royals is rarely asked to build. Suryavanshi is enabled to accelerate rather than rebuild, to press where others might pause.

ALSO READ: Anil Kumble compares Suryavanshi to Tendulkar but urges caution amidst India call-up chatter

The question is not whether he can dominate an over. It is whether this clarity survives when bowlers stop missing, when the game slows just enough to demand a different kind of patience.

For now, Suryavanshi is not merely overwhelming attacks. He is reading them, adjusting to them, and making even the most established names look, briefly, reactive.

Published on Apr 11, 2026

#Method #mayhem #Vaibhav #Suryavanshi #dangerous #IPL

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