Some wins are pretty. This is one of those skin-of-their-teeth games the Braves were consistently losing up until about 15 minutes ago. The Phillies are still in first, but I finally feel like these guys may be bums but, dammit, they’re our bums.
As usual, the newcomers were responsible for much of the action. Nearly all the Braves offense came from Jorge Soler, who got on base three times (in nine games as a Brave, he’s hitting .344/.447/656), and Adam Duvall, who contributed a titanic two-run equalizer in the fourth.
The rest of the Braves could hardly muster a thing else; the winning tally scored in embarrassing fashion, via their fifth bases-loaded walk in their last five games played.