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09/12 20:54 CDT Acua homers for Braves, Mahle turns in another stellar outing
in 12-2 rout of Phillies
Acua homers for Braves, Mahle turns in another stellar outing in 12-2 rout of
Phillies
ATLANTA (AP) --- Ronald Acua Jr. homered to spark an eight-run fourth inning
and Tyler Mahle turned in another stellar outing to lead the Atlanta Braves to
their second straight victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, 12-2 on Saturday
night.
The Braves had to rally three times in 11 innings to win the series opener
between the two top NL East teams. This one was a lot easier.
Acua hit a towering shot that barely cleared the wall in front of the Phillies
bullpen off Brooks Raley (5-7), who took the loss for the second straight
night. Acua tacked on a run-scoring single to close out the big inning.
Philadelphia was one out from escaping the inning with no further damage. Ozzie
Albies walked and Michael Harris II singled before the Phillies, going with a
bullpen game after Jess Luzardo was scratched with a tight shoulder, called in
Grant Holman for his first big league appearance of the season.
Mauricio Dubn had a two-run single, Drake Baldwin brought in two more runs
with a double off the wall, and some sloppy play by the Phillies led to five
unearned runs in the fourth. Bryson Stott had a throwing error on a routine
play that would've ended the inning, and another run scored on a wild pitch.
Mahle (5-10) has pitched brilliantly for the Braves since the journeyman was
acquired ahead of the trade deadline. He surrendered only a first-inning homer
to Bryce Harper over seven innings, improving to 3-1 with a a 1.25 ERA in seven
starts with Atlanta.
He allowed just six hits with three strikeouts and no walks.
Harris added a three-run homer in the eighth off Phillies catcher Garrett
Stubbs.
Up next RHP Grant Holmes (9-5, 3.46) will try to give the Braves a sweep on the series when he takes the mound Sunday against Philadelphia RHP Andrew Painter (3-9, 5.71). ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here
Up next RHP Grant Holmes (9-5, 3.46) will try to give the Braves a sweep on the series when he takes the mound Sunday against Philadelphia RHP Andrew Painter (3-9, 5.71). ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here
