"The game got out of hand almost immediately as Tigers starter Charlie Morton had basically nothing from the first pitch. The first four hitters of the game went Jurickson Profar double, Matt Olson hit by pitch, Ronald Acuña Jr walk, and a Drake Baldwin walk to put the Braves up 1-0 with the bases still loaded and no one out."
"From there it was the Bryce Elder show. Continuing a late season trend, Elder made relatively easy work of the Tigers lineup, scattering 5 hits over 7 innings and allowing only 1 run, a solo homer from Spencer Torkelson in the fourth inning, while striking out six and showing improved velocity. Elder maxed out with a 95 mph four-seam fastball tonight and averaged 93.7 mph, up 1.1 mph on his season average."
Atlanta defeated Detroit 10-1, extending its winning streak to six games while the Tigers continued to slide. Tigers starter Charlie Morton faltered immediately, and the Braves loaded the bases with no outs on a sequence including a Jurickson Profar double, a Matt Olson HBP, and walks to Ronald Acuña Jr. and Drake Baldwin, before Ozzie Albies' two-run opposite-field single. Nacho Alvarez and Olson added hits in the second, and Acuña hit an opposite-field two-run homer for his 18th. Bryce Elder dominated over seven innings with six strikeouts and improved velocity. Ha-Seong Kim added a two-run homer in the eighth.
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