The Atlanta Braves drop the middle game of their series with the Phillies, 4-3. They were in it to the finish, but multiple major opportunities to put runs on the board slipped away again. They’re now 0-4 in one-run ballgames.
A night after they put seven runs on the board, they were unable to follow it up.
“We had the deck stacked in our favor a couple times,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “We just couldn’t pierce the gap, hit a big hit. Things that have been haunting us since the beginning of this year.