Overview
- Rookie Bubba Chandler held Atlanta to one run over 5 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and no walks in a 3-1 win.
- Nick Gonzales doubled home the go-ahead run and Jack Suwinski added an RBI single after Henry Davis tied it with a solo homer.
- Dennis Santana recorded the ninth-inning save, his 16th of the season.
- Braves manager Brian Snitker and first baseman Matt Olson were ejected over a batter-interference call, with Olson tossed for the first time in his 1,222-game career.
- The opener featured Spencer Horwitz’s two homers and four RBIs in a 9-3 Pittsburgh win, Michael Harris II reaching a 20-20 season, and a rain delay of about 50 minutes; Atlanta’s Spencer Strider ended the year 7-14, his first losing season.