Atlanta Braves at Kansas City Royals

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Atlanta Braves

12-4, 8-1 Away

Final
5 - 4

Kansas City Royals

4-12, 1-9 Home

Grissom RBI, Albies HR push Braves past Royals 5-4

Grissom's RBI single came after Albies hit a one-out double. Albies went 2 for 4, including his 376-foot solo homer to right field in the fourth for his fifth RBI of the series. Matt Olson hit a two-run triple in Atlanta's three-run third.

“Our guys are relentless and will play a hard 27 outs," Braves manager Brian Snitker said. "We never feel out of a game and don’t panic. It is the next-man-up attitude.”

Atlanta starter Kyle Wright struck out six across 5 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on four hits with three walk. Braves relievers Michael Tonkin and Nick Anderson (1-0) combined to strike out three batters, and A.J. Minter got his third save.

“Obviously, I was happy that we won,” Wright said. “The sinker and curveball were really good. We threw the ball well and the defense made some nice plays.”

Zack Greinke gave up four runs and four hits in six innings with six strikeouts and a walk. Scott Barlow (0-2) allowed a run on two hits with two strikeouts.

“(Greinke) was efficient with good off speed, fastball had good movement," Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. "His velocity was consistent with how it’s been. He really attacked hitters.”

Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino hit a two-run homer to tie it at 4 with two outs in the seventh.

BROOMS AND GLOOMS

Atlanta took its first sweep over the Royals since 2010 — and the first ever in Kansas City.

The Royals are 1-9 at Kauffman Stadium this season. Kansas City went 1-12 at home to start the 2018 season.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: LHP Kris Bubic (left flexor strain) was placed on the 15-day injured list. Kansas City recalled LHP Josh Taylor from Triple-A Omaha.

Royals: RHP Jordan Lyles (0-2, 5.19 ERA) will open a three-game home series against Texas on Tuesday.

Braves: Atlanta will head to San Diego for a three-game set. The Braves had yet to announce a starter for Monday's game.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Witt Jr. struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Lopez grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Duffy fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Minter relieved Anderson
	9th Inning	Tromp struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Hilliard grounded out to pitcher, Grissom to second.

Statistics

ATL		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	14
12	Strikeouts	10
5	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
7	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	12
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
13	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
138	Pitches	136
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	10
36	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	1
3.9	Runs Created	2.5
.212	Batting Average	.212
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.424	Slugging Percentage	.303
.303	Secondary Average	.182
.250	On Base Percentage	.278
.674	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.581
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.4
3.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.4
37.5	Batter Rating	24.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.83	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.68
.212	Isolated Power	.091
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.30
.056	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.081
.091	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.030
10.0	Runs Produced	7.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
81.5	MLB Rating	75.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0