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The Braves extended baseball's best record to 30-13 and made it
two in a row over the Cubs, who arrived in Atlanta with the NL's
second-best mark but now have lost a season-high four in a row.
Shota Imanaga (4-3) was the hard-luck loser for Chicago. He
pitched into the eighth, surrendering a homer to Drake Baldwin
but left with the score tied at 1 after giving up an infield
single to Michael Harris II leading off the decisive inning.
Ha-Seong Kim followed with his first hit of the season, a single
to left against Phil Maton. Pinch-hitter Dominic Smith struck
out, but manager Walt Weiss got the hit he needed when he sent
up Yastrzemski to bat for José Azócar.
Robert Suarez (4-0) earned the win with a scoreless eighth and
Raisel Iglesias remained scoreless on the season with his eighth
save.
Baldwin went deep in the fourth inning, turning a sweeper into a
402-foot drive into the Braves bullpen in deep right-center.
The Cubs tied the game their next time up and finished off
Braves rookie starter JR Ritchie. Carson Kelly led off with a
single and Ritchie was lifted after a one-out walk to Dansby
Swanson. Tyler Kinley couldn't escape the jam, giving up an RBI
single to Nico Hoerner.
Ritchie went 4 1/3 innings, giving up just two hits but
struggling a bit with his command. He walked three while
throwing 87 pitches in his fourth big league start.
The Cubs managed just four hits — all singles — after being held
to a single hit in the series opener, a 5-2 victory for the
Braves.
Up next
The teams wrap up their three-game series on Thursday, with LHP
Chris Sale (6-2, 2.20 ERA) going for the Braves against Cubs RHP
Ben Brown (1-1, 1.82).
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