The Braves had nine hits in the game. Jason Heyward led Atlanta with two hits, including a solo home run to lead off the game, it was his eleventh of the year. Chris Johnson had a hit and drove in three runs for the Braves, Freddie Freeman and Paul Janish also added a hit and an RBI apiece. Justin Upton, Tyler Pastornicky, Andrelton Simmons and Gerald Laird each had a hit in the victory. Pastornicky left the game after sustaining a knee injury when Heyward ran into him when both players went for a fly ball in the field, it's not known yet if Pastornicky will miss any time.
Brandon Beachy started the game for the Braves and did a good job as he picked up the victory and improved his record to 2-0 on the year. Beachy pitched six innings, and could have gone longer if there hadn't been a rain delay. He struck out two batters and gave up two runs on six hits, including a home run to Domonic Brown. Luis Ayala pitched a scoreless seventh inning and then Luis Avilan pitched a perfect eighth inning. David Carpenter came in to pitch the ninth but gave up a home run to Darin Ruf and a walk before Fredi Gonzalez replaced him with Craig Kimbrel. Kimbrel then pitched a perfect ninth to earn his 38th save of the season.
The Braves are now 74-47 on the year. They will have an off day on Thursday before starting a three-game series with the Washington Nationals over the weekend at Turner Field. Alex Wood (2-2) will start the first game on Friday at 7:30 p.m. against Taylor Jordan (1-3) for Washington.
Jason Heyward is congratulated by Brian Snitker after he hit a lead-off homer in the Braves 6-3 victory over the Phillies on Wednesday night.
Photo Courtesy of the Associated Press
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