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ATLANTA — The Braves swept the Nationals with a 4-3 victory on Sunday at Truist Park. Atlanta is 52-35.

ATLANTA — The engine trouble the Cardinals have had generating offense thus far in this series would be more glaring with its stalls and misfires if not for the fact they won’t be going all that far with the deflated tires of a rotation growing threadbare.

They’ve jumped back into the playoff picture with the longest undefeated march of the year. Here’s how they’ve done it.

WASHINGTON — The majors’ longest winning streak this season continued on Tuesday, when the Braves handled the Nationals, 10-4, for their 13th straight win.

ATLANTA — It genuinely felt like this time might be different for the Pirates.

ATLANTA — The positive, glass-half-full storyline with the Pirates this season has been the infusion of youth, a bevy of rookies getting chances with the big club and actually doing something with them. Jack Suwinski, Roansy Contreras, Cal Mitchell and the recent addition of Travis Swaggerty. Even the conspicuous absence…

ATLANTA — Jack Suwinski has insisted that he either can’t or doesn’t care to hear the noise. The increasing amount of attention that’s being paid to his offense … yeah, he can’t afford to think about it. He’s too busy sticking to the process.

They aren’t the first guys you think of from their clubs to make the Mid-Summer Classic, but they deserve to be there.

DENVER — Baseball sanity returned to Coors Field on Friday night.