{"id":94226,"date":"2025-09-17T08:23:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=94226"},"modified":"2025-09-17T08:23:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:23:22","slug":"sale-sparkles-olson-hits-bases-loaded-triple-in-10th-and-braves-beat-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=94226","title":{"rendered":"Sale sparkles, Olson hits bases-loaded triple in 10th and Braves beat Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Chris Sale struck out nine while allowing three hits over eight innings, and Matt Olson hit a bases-loaded triple in the 10th to lead the Atlanta Braves over the Washington Nationals 5-0 on Tuesday for a day-night doubleheader sweep.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta took the opener 6-3 as Olson homered for the fourth straight game and has won three in a row following a four-game slide.<\/p>\n<p>Washington (62-90) reached 90 losses for the fifth straight year, a first for the Nationals\/Montreal Expos franchise.<\/p>\n<p>After the start of the second game was delayed two hours by rain, Sale walked none and lowered his ERA to 2.35. Tyler Kiney (6-3) followed with two innings of two-hit relief.<\/p>\n<p>Drake Baldwin hit a go-ahead double off Mason Thompson (1-1) that went over right fielder Dylan Crews. Olson, who had been 0 for 4, hit his second triple this year and Ozzie Albies added a sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n<p>Key moment<\/p>\n<p>With runners on the corners, Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. made a leaping catch at the wall to end the ninth and send the game to extra innings.<\/p>\n<p>Key stat<\/p>\n<p>This was the ninth MLB game this season to enter extra innings scoreless.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p>Braves RHP Hurston Waldrep (4-1, 2.78) faces Nationals RHP Brad Lord (5-8, 4.21) on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/MLB<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Sale struck out nine while allowing three hits over eight innings, and Matt Olson hit a bases-loaded triple in the 10th to lead the Atlanta Braves over the Washington Nationals 5-0 on Tuesday for a day-night doubleheader sweep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":94231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-94226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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