Los Angeles Angels at Atlanta Braves

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Los Angeles Angels

42-43, 22-23 Away

Final
3 - 8

Atlanta Braves

39-46, 24-18 Home

Olson's grand slam powers Braves' seven-run inning in 8-3 win over Angels

Los Angeles Angels vs. Atlanta Braves: Game Highlights

Sean Murphy hit a three-run homer, and Michael Harris II and Ozzie Albies each had two hits for the Braves, who received more bad injury news before the game when it was announced right-hander Spencer Schwellenbach was headed to the IL with a broken elbow.

Braves left fielder Jurickson Profar returned from an 80-game PED suspension and went 2 for 4 with a home run and two runs scored.

Aaron Bummer (1-1) earned the win, pitching 2 2/3 perfect innings in relief of 20-year-old rookie Didier Fuentes.

Angels center fielder Jo Adell extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a two-run single in the first inning. Jorge Soler hit his 200th career home run in the ninth.

The Braves took control of the game with two outs in the sixth inning. Trailing 2-0, Murphy greeted reliever Ryan Zeferjahn with a 406-foot home run to left field that scored Profar and Albies. After Harris singles and walks to Nick Allen and Ronald Acuña Jr., Olson lifted one to right field that landed in the stands in front of the Chop House restaurant for the ninth grand slam of his career.

Angels second baseman Christian Moore left the game with an injured left thumb in the sixth inning. He dove for a Albies' ground ball that got past him into center field and his hand bent awkwardly when he hit the ground.

Key moment Olson's grand slam traveled 358 feet and came on a 97 mph fastball from Zeferjahn. It was the second grand slam for the Braves in four games after Atlanta did not hit one in the first 81 games of the season.

Key stat Zeferjahn faced six batters in the sixth inning and did not record an out. He gave up two home runs, two singles and two walks. His ERA climbed from 4.78 to 6.19.

Up next Braves RHP Bryce Elder (2-5, 5.82) will face Angels RHP José Soriano (5-5, 3.99) in the final game of the three-game series in Atlanta.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Newman fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Rengifo flied out to center.
	9th Inning	d'Arnaud struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Soler homered to left center (448 feet).
	9th Inning	Dodd relieved Montero
	8th Inning	Riley struck out swinging.

Statistics

LAA		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	10
12	Strikeouts	10
3	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	12
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	8
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	35
1	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	1
13	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
11	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
160	Pitches	149
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	22
36	Plate Appearances	39
162.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
2.5	Runs Created	8.3
.212	Batting Average	.343
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.303	Slugging Percentage	.629
.182	Secondary Average	.429
.278	On Base Percentage	.410
.581	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.039
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
2.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.4
22.0	Batter Rating	56.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	11.7
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.44	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.82
.091	Isolated Power	.286
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.083	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.103
-.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.086
6.0	Runs Produced	16.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
73.3	MLB Rating	102.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0