Don’t let scoring six or more runs five times since the calendar flipped to June — including piling up nine in back-to-back days against the Dodgers’ Trevor Bauer and Clayton Kershaw — fool you.
The Braves offense needs a jolt, ranking 17th in average (.238) and 12th in wRC+ (101) since it lost Travis d’Arnaud on May 1 and is 15th in slugging (.407) and 14th in ISO (.164) in 11 games without Marcell Ozuna.
Wile they got back to .500 for the fifth time this season going into Wednesday against the Phillies, Atlanta watched its surging offense get held to one run for the third time this season and the first time since May 17 against the Mets.