ATLANTA (DA) — Curaçao’s Ozzie Albies drove in 2 runs, including a solo home run, as the Atlanta Braves beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Wednesday night at Truist Park.
Albies homered in the third inning off Michael McGreevy, sending a full-count pitch out with two outs for his 13th home run of the season. The drive came off the bat at 97.7 mph and traveled 380 feet.
Albies also doubled in the first inning and drove in Drake Baldwin from first base, helping Atlanta answer after St. Louis scored in the top of the inning.
The Braves finished with 5 runs on 6 hits and did not commit an error. The Cardinals were held to 1 run on 2 hits and committed 2 errors.
McGreevy earned the win for St. Louis, improving to 3-7 with a 3.12 ERA. Reynaldo López took the loss for Atlanta, falling to 4-1 with a 3.31 ERA. There was no save.
Albies is hitting .317/.355/.472 with runners on base, going 45-for-142 in those situations. He is tied for the fifth-most hits with runners on among qualified National League players.
The game lasted 2 hours, 16 minutes. The announced attendance was 27,361.