ATLANTA -- For the first two games of the D-backs' series with the Braves at SunTrust Park, it was Arizona's pitching staff that took hold of Atlanta's offense to allow just one run. However, in the D-backs' 5-1 loss to the Braves to close out the first half of the regular season on Sunday, the roles were reversed.
After the core of the D-backs' pitchers shut down the Braves for 19 straight innings in the series, the streak finally came to an end when Atlanta produced four runs in the third inning to take an early lead. An RBI double by Dansby Swanson and an Ozzie Albies RBI single set up Freddie Freeman's RBI double to right field to give the Braves a 3-0 advantage before Nick Markakis drove in Freeman with a bloop hit to shallow center field.