Braves win sixth-straight NL East title; first team to punch ticket to MLB Postseason
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The stretch run is here, and the MLB playoff field is slowly narrowing (good night, Red Sox). The National League wild-card race remains a free for all for the final spot, and the American League West and wild-card races are suddenly dealing with dueling slumps from the Rangers and Mariners — but at least one of them will make it in.
PHILADELPHIA — Matt Olson has tied the Atlanta Braves' single-season home run record with 51, matching Andruw Jones' mark with a solo shot against the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night.
PHILADELPHIA — Matt Olson was raised an Atlanta Braves fan and appreciated the significance of the stars he passed on the way up the franchise's single-season home run list. Hall of Famers Hank Aaron and Eddie Mathews were among those sluggers left behind as Olson crushed one homer after another in a career campaign for the best team in baseball.
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves became the first team to clinch a playoff berth, rallying to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Sunday as Matt Olson went 2-for-3 with three RBIs.
As we hit mid-August, there's still plenty of baseball left to play. Still, that doesn't mean we're not starting to see which bubble teams are truly contenders — and which, well, aren't. For some clubs, September will be a race for a wild-card spot or even a division title. For others, it'll be a month of sober reflection and planning ahead for 2024.
The Atlanta Braves have dominated most every headline this baseball season, and their World Series title odds have followed suit, going from +850 (fifth-best) during the preseason, to +650 in early May, to +450 in mid-June, to +310 today.
BOSTON — The Atlanta Braves turned a triple play in the third inning against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night — the first triple play in MLB this season.