The Atlanta Braves showcased a strong performance against the Philadelphia Phillies, with Marcell Ozuna hitting a three-run homer to extend the Braves' lead to 11-4. Players like Acuña, Albies, Arcia, and Kelenic contributed significantly, with Albies, Olson, Ozuna, and Harris hitting homers in a 12-4 victory. In another game, Jarred Kelenic's pinch-hit double and Albies' single helped the Braves cut the Phillies' lead to 5-4. The Braves also displayed power with five doubles in a game against the Sox, leading to a 6-0 advantage.
Braves have five doubles in this game, the last two of the back-to-back variety to produce a run. Ozzie Albies’ drive evaded Dominic Fletcher’s glove on the track in right-center. An Austin Riley single follows, and the Sox are down 6-0.
Acuña two-out double in the sixth, #Braves trying to add to a 4-0 lead as the skies begin darken here in Chicago with rain approaching. And they do add to that lead, when Albies follows with a double to the right-center track, a 2-out RBI that makes it a 5-0 lead.
Yoan Moncada's second hit of game and third extra-base hit of season, a leadoff double in the third, goes for naught with heart of lineup coming up. Braves 1, Sox 0 after 3.
Jarred Kelenic -- that man again -- hits a pinch-hit double with one out in the eighth, and Albies' two-out single scores him to cut the Phillies' lead to 5-4. Riley followed with a single to left and Albies raced to third on the play just ahead of the throw. #Braves on corners.
Albies, Olson, Ozuna, Harris hit homers, Braves pound 19 hits in 12-4 win over Phillies https://t.co/7eq7vsEmxF
Acuña, Albies, Arcia and Kelenic have three hits apiece for the #Braves, and Kelenic just addd a seventh-inning walk. Atlanta leads 11-4 at the stretch in Philly.
Marcell Ozuna's three-run homer in the sixth has extended the #Braves' lead to 11-4 over the Phillies.