Cleveland Guardians at Atlanta Braves

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Cleveland Guardians

9-7, 5-5 Away

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Atlanta Braves

10-6, 6-3 Home

Dominic Smith homers and Braves back Chris Sale with 19 hits in 13-1 rout of Guardians

Cleveland Guardians vs. Atlanta Braves: Game Highlights

Atlanta took two of three games from the Guardians and is the only team yet to lose a series this season (4-0-1). The Braves, who got 19 hits, lead the NL East by two games.

Sale (3-1) gave up a season-high eight hits in six innings but allowed just a homer by Rhys Hoskins leading off the sixth with the Braves in front 9-0. The ace left-hander threw 97 pitches. He struck out six, walked one and stranded seven runners before Dylan Dodd worked three innings for his first career save.

Cleveland had been 4-0 against lefties this season.

Mateo went 4 for 4 and scored twice. Ozzie Albies and Mauricio Dubón each had three hits for the Braves.

Dubón was in center field for the second straight game in place of Michael Harris II, who is on paternity leave. Braves manager Walt Weiss said Harris might be back Monday.

Ronald Acuña Jr. was 2 for 4 with an RBI and a stolen base. Matt Olson and Austin Riley also had two hits apiece.

Guardians starter Tanner Bibee (0-2) gave up eight runs and 11 hits in 4 2/3 innings. The eight runs allowed were a career high for the right-hander, who has made 91 starts over four years with the Guardians.

Cleveland rookie Chase DeLauter was 2 for 2 with a walk against Sale and raised his batting average to .300.

The game was held on the 60th anniversary of the Braves' first game in Atlanta.

Up next Guardians: RHP Gavin Williams (1-1, 2.04 ERA) will oppose Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (0-0, 3.38) in the first of a three-game series in St. Louis on Monday.

Braves: RHP Grant Holmes (1-1, 2.55 ERA) faces Marlins RHP Eury Pérez (1-1, 5.06) in the opener of a three-game set in Atlanta on Monday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rocchio flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Schneemann doubled to center.
	9th Inning	Brito struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Manzardo grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Williams at second base.
	8th Inning	Farmer lined out to left.

Statistics

CLE		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
11	Ground Balls	15
8	Strikeouts	5
1	Runs Batted In	13
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	19
1	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	13
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	40
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	5
16	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
130	Pitches	166
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	27
36	Plate Appearances	43
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	6
4.0	Runs Created	11.8
.257	Batting Average	.475
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.429	Slugging Percentage	.675
.229	Secondary Average	.275
.278	On Base Percentage	.512
.706	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.187
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
4.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	14.4
23.0	Batter Rating	85.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	40.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.61	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.86
.171	Isolated Power	.200
0.13	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.028	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.047
-.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.200
2.0	Runs Produced	26.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.5
77.0	MLB Rating	125.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0