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Donaldson grounded into a double play, shortstop J.Báez to second baseman Zobrist to first baseman Rizzo, Inciarte out.

Grounded into a double play, shortstop J.Báez to second baseman Zobrist to first baseman Rizzo, Inciarte out.

Acuña Jr. reached on interference on catcher Contreras, Freeman to second.

Jr. reached on interference on catcher Contreras, Freeman to second.

Markakis doubled to center, Freeman scored, Acuña Jr. scored.

Doubled to center, Freeman scored, Acuña Jr. scored.

McCann singled to right, Markakis scored, Albies to third.

Singled to right, Markakis scored, Albies to third.

Braves

On Edwards Jr.'s wild pitch, Inciarte scored, Donaldson to third, Freeman to second.

Markakis doubled to center, Donaldson scored, Freeman scored, Acuña Jr. scored.

Doubled to center, Donaldson scored, Freeman scored, Acuña Jr. scored.

Swanson singled to left, Markakis scored, Albies to second.

Singled to left, Markakis scored, Albies to second.

McCann hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Almora Jr., Markakis scored.

Hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Almora Jr., Markakis scored.

Rizzo homered to right on the first pitch, Bryant scored.

Homered to right on the first pitch, Bryant scored.

J.Báez homered to right on a full count.

Zagunis grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop Swanson to second baseman Albies, Caratini scored, Schwarber to third, Zobrist out.

Grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop Swanson to second baseman Albies, Caratini scored, Schwarber to third, Zobrist out.

Braves fourth.  Acuña Jr. struck out.  Markakis singled to left.  Albies singled to right, Markakis to third.  McCann singled to right, Markakis scored, Albies to third.  Albies was caught stealing, catcher Contreras to third baseman Bryant to catcher Contreras, Albies out.  Swanson was intentionally walked, McCann to second.  Fried lined out to left fielder Schwarber.

Braves fifth.  Inciarte doubled to right.  Donaldson walked.  Edwards Jr. pitching.  Zobrist in as second baseman.  Freeman walked on a full count, Inciarte to third, Donaldson to second.  On Edwards Jr.'s wild pitch, Inciarte scored, Donaldson to third, Freeman to second.  Acuña Jr. walked.  Chatwood pitching.  Markakis doubled to center, Donaldson scored, Freeman scored, Acuña Jr. scored.  Albies hit an infield single to shortstop.  McCann lined out to shortstop Báez.  Swanson singled to left, Markakis scored, Albies to second.  Albies to third, Swanson to second.  Fried grounded out, second baseman Zobrist to first baseman Rizzo.  Inciarte struck out.

Braves seventh.  Montgomery pitching.  Markakis doubled to right.  Albies lined out to right fielder Zagunis, Markakis to third.  McCann hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Almora Jr., Markakis scored.  Swanson hit an infield single to second.  Carle struck out.

Braves eighth.  Inciarte singled to right.  Donaldson grounded into a double play, shortstop Báez to second baseman Zobrist to first baseman Rizzo, Inciarte out.  Freeman singled to left.  Acuña Jr. reached on interference on catcher Contreras, Freeman to second.  Markakis doubled to center, Freeman scored, Acuña Jr. scored.  Albies struck out.

Cubs ninth.  Sobotka pitching.  Bryant safe at first on fielding error by second baseman Albies.  Rizzo homered to right on the first pitch, Bryant scored.  Báez homered to right on a full count.  Contreras flied out to right fielder Markakis.  Caratini pinch-hitting for Montgomery.  Caratini singled to center.  Minter pitching.  Schwarber walked, Caratini to second.  Zobrist walked on a full count, Caratini to third, Schwarber to second.  Zagunis grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop Swanson to second baseman Albies, Caratini scored, Schwarber to third, Zobrist out.  On defensive indifference, Zagunis to second.  Almora Jr. struck out.

 After going 15-5 against the Braves over the previous three seasons, the Cubs went 3-3 against Atlanta last season. Each team won two of three on the road, and three of the games were decided by one run.

 Chicago went 1-2 in its opening series in Texas despite scoring 28 runs. That is the second-most runs in the modern era by a team with a losing record through three games (1974 Royals scored 31, went 1-2).

 The Braves lost their first three games of the season over the weekend in Philadelphia. Atlanta's -12 run differential through three games is the team's worst since 2003 (-15), when the Braves went on to win 101 games.

 Kyle Hendricks finished the 2018 season strong, going 5-1 with a 1.52 ERA over his last seven starts. Prior to that, Hendricks was 9-10 with a 4.04 ERA in 26 starts.

 Sean Newcomb had the highest walk percentage among qualifying pitchers last season (11.6 percent) but allowed just 0.99 home runs per nine innings. Newcomb's walk percentage was the highest by a qualifying Braves pitcher with a sub-1.00 HR/9 since Zane Smith in 1986 (11.8 BB pct, 0.35 HR/9).

 Javier Baez, the runner-up for 2018 NL MVP, has had two hits and an RBI in each of his first three games of the season. The last Cub to start a season with a longer such streak was Mark Grace in 1996 (four).

HP - Johnson, 1B - Wolcott, 2B - Cederstrom, 3B - Hudson

The Atlanta Braves will try to finish off a three-game sweep of the visiting Chicago Cubs on Thursday night.
Atlanta has won two games in a row after dropping its first three games of the season. The Braves have notched back-to-back wins over the Cubs, including a 6-4 comeback victory on Wednesday night, and are looking to climb back to .500 on the year.

Braves look for sweep of struggling Cubs

ATLANTA (AP)  Max Fried credits time spent in the bullpen with helping his mentality as he becomes more confident in his talent and more aggressive with his approach.
Now the Braves' young left-hander doesn't want to go back to a relief role.

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Chicago Cubs @ Atlanta Braves on April 4, 2019

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