Cleveland Guardians’ Steven Kwan hits a single during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
CLEVELAND (AP) — Jurickson Profar hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth inning, and the Atlanta Braves won their season-best fifth straight game, rallying past the Cleveland Guardians 5-4 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
With one out in the sixth, Profar pulled a 3-2 slider from Nic Enright (2-1) over the wall in right field to put the Braves ahead. Atlanta trailed 4-1 after four innings.
Aaron Bummer (3-2) worked two innings of scoreless relief, and Dylan Lee, Pierce Johnson and Raisel Iglesias pitched a scoreless frame each, with Iglesias converting his 19th save. Left fielder Profar made a diving catch of a liner by Gabriel Arias for the second out in the ninth.
Bo Naylor had four hits and Daniel Schneemann had a two-run triple for the Guardians, who had worked their way back into playoff contention with 11 wins in 14 games before getting swept by the Braves.
Cleveland had scored one run in its first two losses to Atlanta but jumped on Braves starter Logan Allen in the third, getting a sacrifice fly by Kyle Manzardo and an RBI double by Naylor. Schneemann’s triple in the fourth made it 4-1.
Atlanta got an RBI single by Ozzie Albies in a two-run fifth.
Key moment
Johnson walked two batters to start the eighth. He retired the next two, then intentionally walked José Ramírez and got Manzardo to hit a fly ball to center.
Key stat
Atlanta’s Michael Harris II went 1 for 5, ending his franchise record-tying streak of multi-hit games at eight.
Up next
The Braves host the Chicago White Sox for three games starting tonight, with Spencer Strider (5-10, 4.69 ERA) on the mound for Atlanta.
Gavin Williams (7-4, 3.38), who took a no-hitter into the ninth inning earlier this month, starts the Guardians’ series opener at Arizona tonight.
SATURDAY
Braves beat
Guardians 10-1
CLEVELAND (AP) — Michael Harris II homered and doubled, Nacho Alvarez Jr. and Nick Allen each had three hits and the Atlanta Braves beat the Cleveland Guardians 10-1 on Saturday night.
The Braves have won four straight and eight or their last 10 games, both season highs.
Ronald Acuña Jr. and Marcell Ozuna had two hits apiece for the Braves. Joey Wentz (4-3) allowed one run and three hits in six innings, striking out five.
The Braves struck first in the top of the second, as Alvarez drove in a run before Allen doubled in two.
Bryan Rocchio hit a solo homer in the third to bring the Guardians within two runs, but Atlanta answered with seven runs in the middle innings. Hunter Stratton pitched the final three innings for his first save.
Slade Cecconi (5-6) allowed eight runs (six earned) and 10 hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Key moment
Between the fourth and sixth innings, Atlanta extended their lead from 3-1 to 10-1, keyed by Harris’ two-run homer to right.
Key stat
Harris extended his multi-hit streak to eight games, the longest in the majors this season and the longest for a Braves player since Chris Johnson had eight straight in 2013. Harris is batting .500 during the run, and eight of his 17 hits have gone for extra bases.
