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Ben Gamel homers twice as Braves get blasted by Pirates, 11-1

Any good feelings from the 4th of July for the Atlanta Braves were quickly wiped out once the calendar moved to the 5th. A disappointing outing from Max Fried and an extremely rough relief stint from Josh Tomlin resulted in the Pirates breaking out for

The first inning was the peak for the Braves and it was all downhill from that point forward. Ronald Acuña Jr. led off the game with a single and then Freddie Freeman smacked his first of two doubles in the game. Acuña scored after Phillip Evans had an absolute devil of a time trying to collect the ball and us Braves fans were laughing!