Atlanta Braves at Athletics

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Atlanta Braves

39-51, 15-29 Away

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Athletics

38-55, 17-29 Home

Kurtz hits a grand slam, Butler adds 2 HRs as Athletics dominate Braves 10-1

Athletics clobber the Braves in 10-1 victory

The Braves have lost five straight and seven of eight.

Jeffrey Springs (7-6) pitched six innings and gave up a run — a solo shot by Eli White in the fifth — on six hits.

Butler led off the first inning with an inside-the-park home run. Jacob Wilson was hit on the wrist by the next pitch and was replaced by pinch-runner Max Schuemann before Brent Rooker and Max Muncy each hit two-run homers to make it 5-0.

Butler hit a solo shot in the third to make it 10-0.

Didier Fuentes (0-3) — the youngest active player in the majors at 20 years and 21 days old — pitched one-plus innings and gave up eight runs on five hits, which included three homers.

Justin Sterner threw two hitless innings of relief before Elvis Alvarado pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for the Athletics.

All-Star outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. (back tightness) did not play for the Braves.

Key moment Denzel Clarke hit a leadoff single in the second inning, Butler walked and Schuemann singled to load the bases and chase Fuentes. Jesse Chavez came on gave Kurtz hit his first career grand slam.

Key stat Butler became the first A's player to hit a leadoff inside-the-park homer since Elmer Valo on June 25, 1943.

Up next Atlanta's Bryce Elder (2-6, 5.92 ERA) is scheduled to pitch Wednesday against Mitch Spence (2-4, 4.06) in the second of a three-game series.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Fairchild grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Albies grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Ozuna flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Alvarado relieved Sterner
	8th Inning	Schuemann flied out to center.
	8th Inning	Butler flied out to left.

Statistics

ATL		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
8	Ground Balls	8
4	Strikeouts	9
1	Runs Batted In	10
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	10
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	5
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	1
11	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
21	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
125	Pitches	164
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	26
34	Plate Appearances	38
162.0	Projected Home Runs	810.0
3	Extra Base Hits	6
1.8	Runs Created	9.1
.182	Batting Average	.294
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.333	Slugging Percentage	.765
.182	Secondary Average	.559
.206	On Base Percentage	.368
.539	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.133
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
1.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	10.2
17.0	Batter Rating	67.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	6.8
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.68	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.32
.152	Isolated Power	.471
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.079
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.265
2.0	Runs Produced	20.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.8
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
70.5	MLB Rating	107.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0