MLB Roundup: NL-best Braves blank Twins for three-game sweep

ATLANTA (AP) — Matt Olson hit his National League-best twenty sixth homer and the Atlanta Braves gained their fifth straight sport, beating the Minnesota Twins 3-0 on Wednesday for a sequence sweep.

Atlanta has gained 21 of 25 to enhance to an NL-leading 53-27. Kolby Allard, Kirby Yates (3-0), A.J. Minter, Joe Jiménez and Raisel Iglesias mixed on the four-hitter with 14 strikeouts. Iglesias earned his thirteenth save in 15 probabilities.

The Braves took a 1-0 lead within the first in opposition to Kenta Maeda (1-5) when Ronald Acuña Jr. walked, stole second, superior on a wild pitch and scored on Olson’s double. Olson homered off Jordan Balazovic within the eighth to make it 3-0.

NATIONALS 4, MARINERS 1

SEATTLE (AP) — Patrick Corbin tossed seven shutout innings and Washington jumped on Seattle starter Logan Gilbert for 3 first-inning runs.

The last-place Nationals took two of three in opposition to the Mariners after doing the identical in San Diego final weekend.

For the primary time in 17 begins this season, Corbin (5-9) didn’t permit an earned run — and his 9 strikeouts have been a season excessive. Amos Willingham gave up José Caballero’s homer within the eighth in his main league debut, and Hunter Harvey labored the ninth for his sixth save.

Jeimer Candelario had an RBI double and Keibert Ruiz hit a two-run single within the first in opposition to Gilbert (5-5).