Cleveland Guardians at Atlanta Braves

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Cleveland Guardians

8-6, 4-4 Away

Final
5 - 11

Atlanta Braves

9-5, 5-2 Home

Olson hits long go-ahead homer off Cecconi in 6-run 6th inning as Braves overwhelm Guardians 11-5

Cleveland Guardians vs. Atlanta Braves: Game Highlights

The Guardians led 2-1 before Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a tying homer off Cecconi in the sixth. Following a single by Drake Baldwin, Olson pulled the 441-foot homer off the top of the Chop House restaurant roof in right field for a 4-2 lead.

The blast was Olson's fourth of the season. With Cleveland right-hander Matt Festa on the mound, Dominic Smith had a run-scoring single before Michael Harris II capped the six-run inning with another two-run homer over the Braves' bullpen in right-center.

The Braves had seven hits, including three homers, in the big inning and finished with 15 hits.

Cecconi (0-2) allowed five runs, four earned, on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings. Tyler Kinley (2-0) pitched a perfect sixth for Atlanta.

Atlanta right-hander Bryce Elder had not allowed an earned run this season before Kyle Manzardo hit a one-out homer to center field in the fourth inning. The shot carried 454 feet and tied the game at 1.

A passed ball by Guardians catcher Bo Naylor in the third set up a broken-bat single by Acuña that drove in Smith.

Smith drove in two runs with three hits.

Cleveland scored three runs off right-hander José Suarez in the eighth.

The Guardians, leading the AL Central, and the Braves, leading the NL East, are the only teams in the majors without a series loss.

The Braves debuted their City Connect powder blue uniform that was inspired by the team's look in the 1980s. Fans were given a Dale Murphy No. 3 jersey.

Up next Cleveland’s Parker Messick (1-0, 0.82) is scheduled to face Atlanta’s Martín Pérez (0-0, 3.86) in a matchup of left-handers on Saturday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Ramírez flied out to center.
	9th Inning	DeLauter grounded into double play, first to shortstop to first, Kwan out at second.
	9th Inning	Kwan walked.
	9th Inning	Bido relieved Payamps
	8th Inning	Yastrzemski struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Riley singled to left, Baldwin scored, Riley safe at second on throwing error by left fielder Martínez.

Statistics

CLE		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
5	Strikeouts	5
4	Runs Batted In	11
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	15
1	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	11
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	38
1	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
147	Pitches	157
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	26
39	Plate Appearances	41
162.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
2	Extra Base Hits	5
4.2	Runs Created	9.9
.235	Batting Average	.395
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.353	Slugging Percentage	.684
.294	Secondary Average	.368
.333	On Base Percentage	.439
.686	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.123
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
4.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	11.1
32.0	Batter Rating	72.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	12.7
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.77	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.83
.118	Isolated Power	.289
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.60
.128	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.073
.059	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.026
9.0	Runs Produced	22.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
81.8	MLB Rating	115.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0