Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves

Matt Olson needs to homer 19 times over the final 50 games to secure his second 50-homer season within the past four years. That’s a little optimistic, right? “He’s done it before,” Braves center fielder Michael Harris II said. “He knows how to get there. He’s homered in three straight games, so if he homers every day for the rest of the season, he might even get a 100, or 90 or something. You never know. Some games he might have two in a game. But he’s never had three. So, he probably can get there.” There was plenty of reason for the Braves to feel jovial after they completed a four-game series sweep with a 4-2 win over the Nationals on Sunday afternoon at Truist Park. They were fueled once again by Olson, who homered in each of the final three games of this division matchup and now is tied for fourth among all MLB players with 31 home runs. “He’s become one of the best players in the game, when you take everything into consideration,” Braves manager Walt Weiss said. “He changes the game on defense and he obviously changes the game in the \[batter’s\