Atlanta Braves at Houston Astros

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Atlanta Braves

92-64, 41-37 Away

Final
4 - 2

Houston Astros

77-79, 39-42 Home

Yastrzemski hits a 3-run homer and the Braves clinch the NL East title with 4-2 win over the Astros

Mike Yastrzemski crushes a three-run home run

Ozzie Albies tied it at one with an RBI single before Yastrzemski’s homer to right off Bryan King (3-6).

After finishing 76-86 and missing the playoffs last season, Atlanta bounced back this year under first-year manager Walt Weiss. The Braves are 92-64 and have won at least 90 games for the fifth time in the last eight seasons.

The Astros’ playoff hopes took a hit after being swept by the Braves. Houston, which has lost seven of its last nine games, trails the Rangers by a game in the AL West, but the Astros own the tiebreaker. The Rangers lost 7-2 to Toronto on Sunday.

Jose Altuve had a home run in the fourth, Yainer Diaz hit a home run in the eighth, but the Astros left the bases loaded in the first and fifth innings.

Victor Mederos (5-1) entered with the bases loaded and one out in the fifth and struck out Altuve before inducing a groundout by Diaz to end the inning. Dylan Dodd pitched the ninth for his second save.

Braves starter Martín Pérez allowed one run on six hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Houston starter Hunter Brown scattered three hits and struck out 10 over five scoreless innings.

Up next Braves: RHP JR Ritchie (1-3, 5.03 ERA) starts Tuesday in the first game of a three-game series against the Reds at home.

Astros: RHP Cristian Javier (2-6, 5.31) starts Tuesday against the Mariners in the first game of a two-game series in Seattle.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Peña struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Matthews struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Allen struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Dodd relieved Kerr
	9th Inning	Baldwin struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Kim struck out looking.

Statistics

ATL		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	16
14	Strikeouts	11
4	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	35
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
8	Fly Balls	8
0	Caught Stealing	0
162	Pitches	150
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
10	Total Bases	14
37	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
2.4	Runs Created	3.8
.182	Batting Average	.229
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.303	Slugging Percentage	.400
.242	Secondary Average	.229
.270	On Base Percentage	.270
.573	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.670
1.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	2.0
2.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.8
27.0	Batter Rating	22.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.38	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.05
.121	Isolated Power	.171
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.18
.108	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.054
.061	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
8.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
73.8	MLB Rating	76.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0