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Braves beat Diamondbacks 7-6 on wild pitch in 10th inning

PHOENIX (AP) -- Ahead all night, the Atlanta Braves watched a two-run lead disappear in the ninth inning. A day after losing to Boston on a two-run homer in the ninth, they could have folded.

Instead, the Braves found a way to scratch out a victory and increase their NL East lead.

Dansby Swanson scored the go-ahead run on Yoshihisa Hirano's wild pitch in the 10th inning, and the Braves recovered after blowing a two-run lead in the ninth to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6 Thursday.

''It speaks to the makeup of that team in there.