Atlanta Braves at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Atlanta Braves

6-2, 2-0 Away

Final
2 - 0

Arizona Diamondbacks

3-5, 3-2 Home

Albies and Olson hit back-to-back homers in 9th to give Braves 2-0 win over Diamondbacks

Atlanta Braves vs. Arizona Diamondbacks: Game Highlights

Grant Holmes held the Diamondbacks to one hit through six innings, matching zeros with Arizona starter Eduardo Rodríguez.

Albies and Olson connected off reliever Paul Sewald (0-1), helping the Braves improve to 6-2 while the Diamondbacks dropped to 3-5. Arizona has scored only three runs in its last three games.

Robert Suarez (1-0) pitched a perfect eighth inning and Raisel Iglesias worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his first save this season.

Albies, who had three of Atlanta's six hits, drove an 0-1 pitch from Sewald over the right-field fence for his second homer of the year.

Olson sent Sewald’s next delivery to left for his second home run as well.

In the early innings, both starters were in command. Holmes didn't give up a hit until Ketel Marte singled on a sharp line drive to left with one out in the sixth. The right-hander walked three and struck out four.

In his only two previous starts against the Diamondbacks, both last year, Holmes allowed nine runs in nine innings.

Rodríguez tossed seven strong innings of his own, scattering four hits while walking one and striking out three. It's the first time the left-hander has opened a season with consecutive scoreless starts.

Up next The third game of the four-game series is Saturday, with Braves RHP Bryce Elder (1-0) facing Michael Soroka (1-0).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Moreno flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Perdomo grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Carroll flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Iglesias relieved Smith
	9th Inning	Dubón flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Thompson relieved Sewald

Statistics

ATL		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
5	Strikeouts	5
2	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	2
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	28
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
114	Pitches	120
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
12	Total Bases	2
34	Plate Appearances	31
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	0
2.6	Runs Created	-1.0
.182	Batting Average	.071
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.364	Slugging Percentage	.071
.242	Secondary Average	.107
.206	On Base Percentage	.161
.570	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.233
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
2.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-1.0
21.0	Batter Rating	2.0
16.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.35	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.87
.182	Isolated Power	.000
0.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.60
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.097
.061	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.036
4.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.1
73.5	MLB Rating	56.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0