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The Braves cleared .500 for the first time this season and moved
within 1 1/2 games of the first-place New York Mets in the
National League East.
Atlanta finished the season 6-1 against the Cardinals and
improved to 20-11 against the National League Central.
Braves starting pitcher Touki Toussaint allowed three runs, two
earned, on five hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings. Edgar
Santana (1-0), the third Atlanta pitcher, earned the victory.
Cardinals starting pitcher Wade LeBlanc allowed two runs on
three hits and three walks in six innings. He retired the last
eight batters he faced.
But the Braves went off in the eighth against relievers Giovanny
Gallegos, Alex Reyes and Justin Miller. Gallegos (5-5) took the
loss.
The Braves took a 1-0 lead in the third inning when LeBlanc
walked Ozzie Albies and Jorge Soler before allowing Freddie
Freeman's RBI single.
The Cardinals took a 2-1 lead in their half of the inning.
Andrew Knizner hit a leadoff homer, Dylan Carlson was hit by a
pitch, Paul Goldschmidt singled and Nolan Arenado plated Carlson
with a single.
Joc Pederson's fourth-inning homer tied the game, then the
Cardinals moved ahead 3-2 in the sixth inning. Tyler O'Neal hit
a single, took second on Matt Carpenter's single, advanced to
third on a flyout and scored on a passed ball.
Tommy Edman hit a double and scored on Goldschmidt's single to
put the Cardinals up 4-2 in the seventh.
But the Braves rallied for an 8-4 lead in the eighth inning.
Freeman started the comeback with a two-out single and Riley
followed with his two-run homer.
Dansby Swanson's double chased Gallegos, then Reyes hit Adam
Duvall with a pitch and walked Pederson, Ehire Adrianza, Stephen
Vogt and Albies to force in three runs. Miller walked Soler to
force home the inning's sixth run.
--Field Level Media
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