ATLANTA – As the Braves advance through the rest of this stretch that undoubtedly pits them against the top two teams in the National League, they will try to continue to show off the game-changing power they won at the Trade Deadline.
When they regained some of the energy they possessed when they threw a streak of nine wins on Monday, the Braves proved they can stay with the best in the game as they got a 6-5 victory over the Giants on Friday. at night in Truist Park. Atlanta threw a two-game slide courtesy of author Jorge Soler, the three-run seven-runner-up in the seventh.
Soler’s right-footed line cleared some costly errors from Max Fried and allowed the Braves to continue sitting comfortably at the top of the NL East standings. They will complete this three-game series against the NL West leaders and then head to Los Angeles for a set of three against the mighty Dodgers.
At the end of this eight-game stretch, which began with a couple of defeats against the Yankees, the Braves will have a better sense of how they could rally during the postseason. But they have already started to make sense as they win 17 of their past 21 games.
This successful stretch began on August 3, a few days after the Braves acquired Soler dels Royals and Adam Duvall dels Marlins. The two strong outside players have impacted as they fill the void created by the end-of-season knee surgery suffered by Ronald Acuña Jr. in July.
Duvall helped the Braves win that opening win of the series with the homer that hit Kevin Gausman in the second inning. The solo shot was the 28th of the season for the left-hander and the sixth he has scored 24 games since being acquired in Miami.
A few hours after acquiring Duval, the Braves reached a deal for Soler, who had hit 13 homers and produced a .658 OPS of more than 94 games for the Royals this year.
Soler’s most significant contribution since joining the Braves was this three-run homer he scored against the Giants ’first relay throw from Zack Littell. He has scored six times in his first 23 games against Atlanta.