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04/22 21:06 CDT Harris, Baldwin and Olson homer as Braves rally past Nationals
8-6 for 7th win in 8 games
Harris, Baldwin and Olson homer as Braves rally past Nationals 8-6 for 7th win
in 8 games
WASHINGTON (AP) --- Michael Harris II homered twice, Drake Baldwin and Matt
Olson also went deep and the Atlanta Braves rallied from a three-run deficit to
beat the Washington Nationals 8-6 on Wednesday night for their seventh win in
eight games.
Harris had his seventh multi-homer game --- his third against the Nationals. He
started the comeback from a 4-1 deficit with a two-run homer off Zack Littell
(0-3) in a three-run second that included Ronald Acua Jr.'s tying sacrifice
fly. Harris then homered for a 5-4 lead in the third.
Olson boosted the margin to 8-4 in the fourth with his seventh home run, a
three-run drive against Littell. With three four-homer games, the Braves
matched their total of 2025.
Washington closed on homers by Joey Wiemer and James Wood in the sixth off
Martn Prez, who had been slated to start Thursday. Wood leads the NL with
nine homers, and Wiemer had the first pinch-hit home run of his big league
career.
Dylan Lee (1-0) pitched a perfect seventh and Robert Suarez worked around a
leadoff single in an eight-pitch ninth for his second save.
Littell tied a career-high by allowing four homers and has given up a major
league-leading 11 in 25 innings this season. He allowed eight runs --- six
earned --- and seven hits in six innings, raising his ERA to 7.56.
Washington has lost six of 10 following a three-game winning streak.
Didier Fuentes of the Braves, at 20 years, 309 days the youngest starting
pitcher in the major leagues this year, allowed four runs and seven hits in
three innings.
Atlanta's Drake Baldwin homered in the first. Daylen Lile hit a three-run homer
in the bottom half and Jorbit Vivas had an RBI double for Washington, which
leads the major leagues with 29 first-inning runs.
Up next
Nationals RHP Cade Cavalli (0-1, 4.12 ERA) and Braves RHP JR Ritchie start
Thursday. Ritchie will be called up to make his major league debut and Fuentes
will be optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett,
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