On Sunday, the Braves earned a big series win over the Red Sox. It came via a 10-4 victory due to an offensive outburst, where the Braves had success at the plate both early and late in the game. It was a nice way to end the weekend that included of the best wins (Friday) and worst losses (Saturday) of the season for the Braves.<\/p>\n
But again, the offense was the story of the weekend. On Sunday, Atlanta scored 10 runs for just the second time this season (first time was first win of season in hope opener over Marlins.) It also was the first time since April that the offense scored more than 5 runs in back-to-back games. And more importantly, the success was due both to timely hitting and the long ball. If the offense can get going, this Braves team can continue winning at the pace that it needs.<\/p>\n
Drake Baldwin is your Battery Power player of the week as he has firmly placed himself in the middle of the NL Rookie of the Year Race.<\/p>\n
Dylan Dodd, after being with the big league club for the weekend, was sent back down to Triple-A.<\/p>\n
While still speculative at this point, it seems all but certain Dodd was sent down so that Spencer Strider could be activated from the IL before Tuesday<\/p>\n
The Braves added reliever Kevin Herget to the organization and placed him at Triple-A.<\/p>\n
The Yankees used a big 8th inning to overcome the Mets on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Phillies Reliever Jose Alvarado was suspended for 80 games due to a PED violation.<\/p>\n
Kolten Wong announced his retirement.<\/p>\n
Pirates starter Jared Jones may be headed for Tommy John Surgery.<\/p>\n
The Orioles placed Tyler O\u2019Neil on the IL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A nice start way to start the road trip for the Braves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":56218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\n