The Braves’ 21-6 June was so good, it was going to be hard for them to match it in July. In the end, they didn’t do too poorly for themselves, going 18-8. Probably the biggest bummer was something (mostly) out of their control — that the Mets went 17-8 during this span of the calendar, such that Atlanta’s 3.5-game deficit from June 30 was trimmed to... a 3.0-game deficit on July 31.
While it’s hard to take an 18-8 record and inveigh, with full faith, that team should’ve done more, the Braves did lose two series in the month — one to the Mets, and one to the Phillies.