Aug. 30—It was probably asking too much for the Atlanta Braves to knock off both the hottest team in baseball and the best team in baseball, at least by record, during their five-game homestand that wrapped up Sunday.
So losing both games of an odd two-game series against the scalding New York Yankees — who entered Sunday night's game against the Oakland Athletics having won 13 of their past 14 — and winning two of three games against the San Francisco Giants wasn't a bad effort, especially since the 5-4 loss to the Yanks on Tuesday night could easily have been a win.