Matt Olson gave Atlanta the lead with a long two-run homer off Slade Cecconi in a six-run sixth inning and the Braves beat the Cleveland Guardians 11-5 in a matchup of first-place teams
ATLANTA — Matt Olson gave Atlanta the lead with a long two-run homer off Slade Cecconi in a six-run sixth inning and the Braves beat the Cleveland Guardians 11-5 on Friday night in a matchup of first-place teams.
The Guardians led 2-1 before Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a tying homer off Cecconi in the sixth. Following a single by Drake Baldwin, Olson pulled the 441-foot homer off the top of the Chop House restaurant roof in right field for a 4-2 lead. The blast was Olson's fourth of the season. With Cleveland right-hander Matt Festa on the mound, Dominic Smith had a run-scoring single before Michael Harris II capped the six-run inning with another two-run homer over the Braves' bullpen in right-center. The Braves had seven hits, including three homers, in the big inning and finished with 15 hits. Cecconi allowed five runs, four earned, on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings. Tyler Kinley pitched a perfect sixth for Atlanta. Atlanta right-hander Bryce Elder had not allowed an earned run this season before Kyle Manzardo hit a one-out homer to center field in the fourth inning. The shot carried 454 feet and tied the game at 1. A passed ball by Guardians catcher Bo Naylor in the third set up a broken-bat single by Acuña that drove in Smith. Smith drove in two runs with three hits. Cleveland scored three runs off right-hander José Suarez in the eighth. The Guardians, leading the AL Central, and the Braves, leading the NL East, are the only teams in the majors without a series loss. The Braves debuted their City Connect powder blue uniform that was inspired by the team's look in the 1980s. Fans were given a Dale Murphy No. 3 jersey. Up next Cleveland’s Parker Messick is scheduled to face Atlanta’s Martín Pérez in a matchup of left-handers on Saturday night. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
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