Braves snap skid with 5-2 comeback win over Phillies

It took the offense a while to awaken, but the Braves zoomed past the Phillies by a final score of 5-2 to snap a four-game losing streak.

Sometimes, it only takes one inning.

The Atlanta Braves were triumphant over the Philadelphia Phillies by a final score of 5-2 on Saturday evening, and the seventh inning served as the turning point. Entering the seventh, the Braves had not tallied a run in twenty innings, but that changed in short order.

Atlanta was trailing 2-0 at the outset of the inning, but Andrelton Simmons led off with a solo home run against Philadelphia starter David Buchanan to get the ball rolling. Buchanan appeared to be escaping the threat without further damage by retiring the…