Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves
Final
Recap
ATLANTA -- Grant Holmes combined with three relievers on a one-hitter, Austin Riley and Mike Yastrzemski homered and the Atlanta Braves beat the Chicago Cubs 5-2 on Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game set between the National League's top teams. Didier Fuentes (2-0) worked three scoreless innings in relief of Holmes, who had not pitched since May 1. Atlanta's starter worked four innings, allowing a solo homer to Alex Bregman and an RBI grounder by Moisés Ballesteros. He walked four and struck out five while throwing 78 pitches. Dylan Lee pitched a perfect eighth and Raisel Iglesias went 1-2-3 in the ninth for his seventh save. Iglesias has not allowed a run over 11 2/3 innings this season.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteATL -122 · 52% to win
WonRun LineATL -1.5
CoveredTotalO/U 8.5 · 7 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
1Hits11
1Home runs2
5Walks2
9Strikeouts5
0Stolen bases0
135Pitches thrown139
5Pitching strikeouts9
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moises BallesterosC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael ConfortoDH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nico Hoerner2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Busch1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Seiya SuzukiRF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ian HappLF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pete Crow-ArmstrongCF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt ShawPH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Bregman3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dansby SwansonSS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 28 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob WebbP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Trent ThorntonP | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan RolisonP | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Colin ReaP | 4.1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |