With their eyes on a third consecutive division title, the power-packed Atlanta Braves got their top starter back on the mound and made it an awfully easy night for him.

Cole Hamels could have easily dismissed the results, attributing the lackluster numbers in his Atlanta Braves debut to rustiness after an unaccustomed layoff.

Adam Duvall tied a Braves record with his 10th homer in September, and Atlanta used the collective work of six pitchers to beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 Tuesday night.

According to ESPN's latest Major League Baseball playoff calculations, the Atlanta Braves began Monday night's game at Baltimore with a 99.9 percent chance of reaching the postseason.

DJ Stewart hit the first of three Baltimore homers in a nine-run third inning, and the Orioles pounded the Atlanta Braves 14-1 Monday night to end a five-game losing streak.

Kyle Wright is just 24 years old, but the Atlanta Braves right-hander was getting tired of waiting for his first victory as a Major League Baseball pitcher.

Thanks to their formidable lineup and a reliable bullpen, the Atlanta Braves are contending for a third straight National League East title, but they will eventually need to rely on starting pitching to get the job done.

The reigning World Series champions are at the bottom of their division, sporting one of the worst winning percentages in the National League and running out of hope for making the playoffs with less than three weeks remaining in Major League Baseball's shortened season.

With Ronald Acuña Jr., Freddie Freeman and Marcell Ozuna as the top three hitters in his lineup, Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker knows an early five-run deficit is hardly insurmountable for the National League East leaders.

Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker was just hoping to shake up the lineup the night after a shutout loss. As it turned out, the new mix made National League history.

Sixto Sánchez is helping the Miami Marlins match up with the Braves, even in Atlanta.

Atlanta's lead in the National League East Division was cut to two games over second-place Philadelphia, while the third-place Marlins are 2 1/2 games behind the Phillies.

Lou Brock stole 938 bases in his career, including 118 in 1974 — both of those were Major League Baseball records until they were broken by Rickey Henderson.

Freddie Freeman is a four-time All-Star who has held down the starting job at first base for a decade for the Atlanta Braves, and his power at the plate has provided plenty of highlights in that time.

Since reaching a Major League Baseball milestone on Sept. 6, 1995, Cal Ripken Jr. has been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, battled prostate cancer and, just recently, celebrated his 60th birthday.

The Washington Nationals, playing without Juan Soto and some other top hitters, manufactured big offense without a home run.

The Washington Nationals and the Atlanta Braves opened a four-game weekend series with a win apiece Friday night.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame said Wednesday night that Tom Seaver died Monday from complications of Lewy body dementia and COVID-19.

Adam Duvall hit three home runs one night after Marcell Ozuna did it for the Atlanta Braves, making them the first teammates in Major League Baseball history to perform the feat in consecutive games.

After trading five players off its MLB roster in the last two weeks, Boston, buried in last placce in the AL East, lost for the 23rd time in 35 games in this pandemic-shortened season.

The teams combined for 28 hits in a game that took 4 hours, 13 minutes.

Johan Camargo homered for the Braves, and Freddie Freeman extended his hitting streak to 12 consecutive games.

Andrew McCutchen has relished these past few days in the Philadelphia Phillies' clubhouse, having difficult, important conversations with his teammates about racial injustice.