Matt Olson’s check-swing double to left with the infield shifted the other way brought home the tying run in the 11th for Atlanta, and pinch-hitter Travis d’Arnaud won it with a single through Houston's shift for another series win. The Braves beat the Astros 5-4 on Saturday night for their 11th win in 12 games.
The Astros scored two in the 10th, but Atlanta match'd them in the bottom half — with 21-year-old Michael Harris II providing the big hit with an RBI double before he came around to score on Robbie Grossman’s single through the shift.
Houston went back ahead on Jeremy Peña’s slow roller that brought home the go-ahead run, but akin to last years World Series, "Brave'd" through adversity.
After Dansby Swanson was placed at second base against Ryne Stanek , Austin Riley walked. Olson squeezed a check-swing single to tie things up, and runners at second and third and no outs, the Astros intentionally walked William Contreras. But d’Arnaud lined one past diving first baseman Yuri Gurriel to win it for the Braves.
Jackson Stephens earned the win by giving up an unearned run in the 11th, extrapolating the. pure pitchers duel this was.
Cristian Javier pitched two-hit ball for the Astros, only serving up a homer to the red-hot Vaughn Grissom in the 5th but again failed to get much offensive support. Houston has been held to two runs or fewer in nine of his 23 starts, leaving him with a 7-8 record even though his ERA dropped to 2.88.
Rookie Spencer Strider surrendered three hits, walked two and struck out nine for the Braves, with Jermy Pena doing the lone affective image with a bomb of his own in the 5th that gave Houston the game's first run.
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