Atlanta Braves clinch sixth straight playoff berth – Niraranra

Sep 10, 2023, 04:43 PM ET

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves grew to turn out to be the first group 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.

Atlanta (93-49) reached the postseason for the sixth straight 12 months, the second-longest streak in franchise historic previous. The Braves obtained 11 straight NL East titles from 1995 to 2005.

Moving into Sunday, the Braves held a 14-game lead over second-place Philadelphia throughout the NL East.

Ronald Acuna Jr. had a key two-out single to spark the seventh-inning rally and had two RBIs.

Brad Hand (4-1) obtained in help of rookie Allan Winans, who allowed two runs and 6 hits whereas hanging out eight in 6 1/3 innings. A.J. Minter struck out the aspect throughout the eighth, and Raisel Iglesias pitched a scoreless ninth for his twenty ninth save in 31 potentialities.

Colin Selby (2-1) gave up 4 runs in merely one-third of an inning. Pirates rookie Luis Ortiz allowed one run and three hits in 5 1/3 innings in opposition to the principle leagues’ highest-scoring offense.

Bryan Reynolds and Jake Suwinski had RBI doubles throughout the sixth. Olson’s run-scoring groundout decrease the deficit throughout the sixth.

With the Braves trailing 2-1 throughout the seventh and chants of “M-V-P” being heard all through Truist Park, Acuna hit a two-run single over Suwinski that short-hopped the center-field wall. Olson adopted with a two-run single.