



The Braves did not score off it, even after the Marlins intentionally walked Acuña in the next at bat to load the bases. Michael Harris II notched Atlanta’s first sacrifice bunt of the season in the fourth inning to advance Arcia to second and Contreras to third.Īs 160 games went by, it looked like the Braves might be the first team in MLB history to complete a full season without bunting. The Braves finished 88-73 in the regular season last year. The Braves, one year after winning their first World Series title since 1995, are playoff-bound without All-Star first baseman Freddie Freeman, who signed with the Dodgers in March as a free agent.Ītlanta also has 100 wins for the first time since 2003 (101-61). Garrett allowed six hits, two runs, walked five and struck out seven. Miami starter Braxton Garrett (3-7) was pulled in the fifth after Contreras hit a two-out infield single, which scored Travis d’Arnaud and allowed Atlanta to retake the lead. In the fourth, Sánchez hit Odorizzi’s first pitch over the right field wall to tie the game. Collin McHugh and Raisel Iglesias pitched scoreless innings in the sixth and seventh in relief of Odorizzi.
