Chris Sale shook off a homer on the seventh pitch of the game and Marcell Ozuna kept up his torrid start with two more RBIs, leading the Atlanta Braves past the Cleveland Guardians 6-2 Friday night in the opener of a series matching MLB's two best teams.
The reigning NL East champion Braves won for the 10th time in 11 games to improve to 18-6, pushing them a game ahead of the AL-leading Guardians ., whose 389-foot shot down the right-field line bounced around in the Chop House restaurant. Braves right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. barely moved as Kwan circled the bases with the third leadoff homer of his career.
That was pretty much it against Sale, who gave up only one more hit while going seven innings for his third straight start. He walked one, struck out six and threw 67 of 95 pitches for strikes.Ozuna now has a majors-leading 31 RBIs on the season, the most ever by a Braves player before the month of May. He had been tied with Dale Murphy and Hall of Famer Chipper Jones .followed with a blooper to center that drove in Ozuna.
Olson tacked on a run-scoring single in the fifth as the Braves knocked out Allen, who was charged with four runs in 4 2/3 innings. joined the team for the road trip, giving him a chance to work with the big league training staff as he prepares for a rehab assignment. ... RHP will be shut down at least through the middle of next week after getting an injection that the team hopes will alleviate his issues. ...
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