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Atlanta Evens Series Behind Timely Hitting and Sterling Pitching

Kyle Wright, Atlanta’s first 20-game winner since 2003, shut down Philadelphia’s offense over six innings.

Kyle Wright held the Phillies scoreless for six innings. He earned his first win of the postseason after leading the majors with 21 wins during the regular season.Credit...John Bazemore/Associated Press

ATLANTA — It had the signatures of a trick question, of being a surefire pathway to buying someone else’s drink. When did Atlanta — the franchise of Glavine and Maddux and Smoltz, those guys who surely played only yesterday, or maybe they really were a long time ago — last have a 20-game winner?