Braves’ offense rebounds to help snatch series finale

OAKLAND — The Braves had a tricky go of it throughout their first two video games on the Oakland Coliseum, plating solely three runs in opposition to the worst pitching employees within the Majors by many measures.

Atlanta averted getting swept for the third time this season, salvaging the sequence finale with a 4-2 win on Wednesday. After being held scoreless for 10 frames — relationship again to the fourth inning on Tuesday evening — the Braves broke by means of with a three-run fifth.

Orlando Arcia reached in all 4 plate appearances, singling in every of his first three journeys to the plate. His base hit within the fifth inning adopted Ozzie Albies’ eleventh house run of the yr, a two-run shot to proper. Austin Riley, whose ninth-inning error helped the A’s to a walk-off win on Tuesday, got here out on the correct facet of a bases-loaded scenario when he was hit by a pitch, capping the rally.

Ronald Acuña Jr. went 0-for-7 within the Braves’ first two video games in Oakland, however he ended the sequence on a excessive word with a 2-for-5 exhibiting. He has not gone hitless in three consecutive video games since August 2022. Acuña drove in an insurance coverage run and swiped a bag within the seventh, changing into simply the fourth participant in MLB historical past with 130-plus house runs and 130-plus stolen bases earlier than turning 26 years outdated.