drove in a run with a bases-loaded walk after Hudson hit Harris with a pitch. The Cardinals said X-rays were negative.Īfter scoring one run in the first when Olson's single drove in Swanson, the Braves sent nine batters to the plate in the second. Louis right-hander Johan Oviedo left the game after a line drive hit by Michael Harris II struck Oviedo's right hand in the sixth. Hudson allowed six runs on nine hits and three walks in four innings. Capel's homer to center field was the first of his career. The Cardinals fell three games behind division-leading Milwaukee in the NL Central.Ītlanta right-hander Jesse Chavez (2-1) gave up homers to rookies Juan Yepez and Conner Capel in the sixth. The Braves remained 3 1/2 games behind the first-place New York Mets in the NL East. There was a delay of 2 hours, 37 minutes, before the matchup of second-place teams resumed in the fifth inning at 11:29 p.m. Matt Olson had two RBI singles for Atlanta, driving in Swanson both times.
“We've come a long way from two months ago, obviously,” Snitker said. The Braves (47-34) went 21-6 in June after finishing May at 23-27.
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248 but set career highs with 27 homers and 88 RBIs while helping Atlanta win the World Series last season. The surge has come as Swanson is approaching possible free agency while being represented by the same Excel Sports Management, including agent Casey Close, used by former Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman.įreeman signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers after he was unable to reach agreement on a deal with Atlanta. “He deserves all his success and he's going to keep doing it just because of the way he works,” said Braves right-hander Kyle Wright, who allowed no earned runs in four innings. His 37 hits in June were the most by a Braves shortstop in a month since Omar Infante’s 43 in August 2010. Since then, he has the most hits in the majors while raising his batting average to.