Atlanta Braves at St. Louis Cardinals

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Atlanta Braves

41-52, 17-30 Away

Final
6 - 5

St. Louis Cardinals

50-45, 28-19 Home

Murphy hits two long HRs, Braves beat Cardinals 6-5

Sean Murphy's 2-run blast puts Braves up early

Murphy hit a 437-foot, two-run shot out to left-center field on an 0-2 pitch from Matthew Liberatore for a 3-0 lead in the first. Murphy fouled off seven pitches in a 13-pitch at-bat before hitting a 440-foot solo shot to center for a 5-2 advantage in the third. Murphy and Ronald Acuña Jr. both had three of the Braves' 12 hits.

Enyel De Los Santos (3-2) got the win with two perfect innings following starter Grant Holmes, who allowed five runs and nine hits in three innings. Raisel Iglesias pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 10th save in 14 opportunities — and first since June 24 against the Mets.

Acuña hit the third pitch from Liberatore for a double and scored on Austin Riley's one-out single for the Braves' first run. Michael Harris II doubled and scored on Acuña's single for a 4-2 lead in the second. Jurickson Profar doubled following Murphy’s second homer and scored on a single by Drake Baldwin for a 6-2 advantage.

Brendan Donovan singled leading off the Cardinals' first against Grant Holmes. Alec Burleson had a one-out double to drive in the Cardinals' first run for a second straight day. Willson Contreras' RBI single cut it to 3-2.

Pedro Pagés had a two-out bases-loaded single in the third to drive in two and Victor Scott II followed with an RBI single to get the Cardinals to 6-5.

Atlanta third baseman Austin Riley left after three innings with what the team said was ‘abdominal tightness’.

Key moment Burlson drew a walk leading off the seventh against Austin Cox before Contreras greeted replacement Rafael Montero with a single. Montero retired the next three to keep it 6-5.

Key stat The Braves beat the Cardinals for the 1,000th time but trail by 106 wins in the all-time series — with 18 ties.

Up next The Braves haven't announced a Saturday starter opposite Cardinals RHP Erick Fedde (3-9, 4.79 ERA).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Contreras struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Burleson flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Winn lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Iglesias relieved Johnson
	9th Inning	Murphy fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Maton relieved Romero

Statistics

ATL		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
4	Ground Balls	9
9	Strikeouts	3
6	Runs Batted In	5
1	Sacrifice Hit	1
12	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	35
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	22
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
5	Doubles	2
25	Fly Balls	24
0	Caught Stealing	0
159	Pitches	163
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
23	Total Bases	12
40	Plate Appearances	40
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
7	Extra Base Hits	2
7.9	Runs Created	4.8
.324	Batting Average	.286
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.622	Slugging Percentage	.343
.351	Secondary Average	.171
.359	On Base Percentage	.359
.981	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.702
0.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
8.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.0
52.0	Batter Rating	34.0
18.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.98	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.08
.297	Isolated Power	.057
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.33
.050	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.100
.027	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.114
12.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
98.3	MLB Rating	85.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0