Atlanta Braves at Pittsburgh Pirates

Joey Bart came up just short in his attempt to halt Jared Jones’ perfection. But the Braves catcher didn’t miss when given another chance to damage his former team. Bart’s two-out, two-run homer off Dennis Santana in the eighth inning gave the Braves a 3-0 win over the Pirates on Wednesday night at PNC Park. The catcher was playing just his second game against his former teammates since being traded from Pittsburgh to Atlanta on June 18. After Jones prevented them from producing a baserunner for six innings, the Braves finally broke through and won for just the eighth time in their past 25 games. Bart’s contributions to this much-needed victory included guiding Grant Holmes through five scoreless innings.