St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves

· Major League Baseball

St. Louis Cardinals

44-39, 21-18 Away

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Atlanta Braves

50-34, 25-15 Home

Ozzie Albies powers the Braves past the Cardinals 5-1 as López and the bullpen allow 2 hits

Mauricio Dubón reaches up to deny the home run

The win was just the fifth in 18 games for the Braves, who nevertheless have managed to hold onto first place in the NL East.

Reynaldo López (4-1) pitched five strong innings in his second start since returning to the rotation after losing his starting spot in April. He gave up one run on two hits with a walk and five strikeouts. The right-hander threw 68 pitches, 44 for strikes.

Atlanta's bullpen, which entered with a major league-best 2.76 ERA, tossed four perfect innings to secure the win. Dylan Dodd, Didier Fuentes and Dylan Lee set up closer Raisel Iglesias, who earned his 17th save.

Braves pitchers retired 20 batters in a row to end the game.

Albies' solo home run to right field in the third inning snapped a 1-all tie. He also had an RBI double in the first that knocked in Drake Baldwin from first base.

Atlanta tacked on three runs in the eighth. Michael Harris II and Austin Riley each had an RBI single. Mauricio Dubón drove in Albies with a sacrifice bunt.

Dubón took away a home run from Cardinals pinch-hitter José Fermín in the eighth to preserve a 2-1 lead.

St. Louis starter Michael McGreevy (3-7) gave up two runs and three hits in six innings. He hasn't won in his last nine starts even though he leads the team in ERA at 3.12 and has allowed two runs or fewer 12 times this season.

Up next RHP Dustin May (5-6, 4.30 ERA) will close out the three-game series for St. Louis on Thursday. RHP Hurston Waldrep (0-0, 0.00) starts for Atlanta.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Burleson flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Herrera struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Wetherholt grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Iglesias relieved Lee
	8th Inning	Yastrzemski struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Riley singled to left, Dubón scored, Smith to second.

Statistics

STL		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
5	Ground Balls	11
11	Strikeouts	5
1	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
2	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
29	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
4	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
13	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
121	Pitches	135
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
3	Total Bases	11
30	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
-1.0	Runs Created	3.8
.069	Batting Average	.226
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.103	Slugging Percentage	.355
.103	Secondary Average	.258
.100	On Base Percentage	.314
.203	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.669
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
-1.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.2
9.0	Batter Rating	32.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.03	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.86
.034	Isolated Power	.129
0.09	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.80
.033	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.114
.034	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.032
2.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.1	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.2
57.0	MLB Rating	80.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0