Swanson comes through in clutch for Braves
A look around Major League Baseball’s NL East race today.
Monday’s scores
Atlanta 5, San Diego 4
Seattle 6, Miami 1
Tuesday’s games
Philadelphia (Eflin 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 1-1), 7:10 p.m.
Washington (Scherzer 1-1) at Atlanta (Foltynewicz 0-1), 7:35 p.m.
Miami (Chen 1-0) at Seattle (Gallardo 0-1), 10:10 p.m.
Washington Nationals 7-5
▪ The \Nationals lead the NL with a .283 batting average.
▪ Daniel Murphy is fourth in the NL with a .396 batting average.
New York Mets 7-6, .5 GB
▪ The Mets are second in the NL with 22 home runs.
▪ Yoenis Cespedes is second in the NL with six home runs.
Miami Marlins 7-6, .5 GB
▪ Ichiro Suzuki was honored before Monday’s game at Seattle, his former team, for getting his 3,000th hit last season.
▪ Suzuki won two batting titles in his 11 1/2 seasons with the Mariners and set the major league season record with 262 hits in a 2004.
Atlanta Braves 6-6, 1 GB
▪ Dansby Swanson delivered an RBI single with two outs in the ninth to lift the Atlanta Braves over the San Diego Padres on Monday.
▪ Freddie Freeman hit two home runs in his four hits and drove in three runs.
▪ The Braves have followed a five-game losing streak with five straight wins.
▪ Atlanta swept its first-ever series at SunTrust Park.
Philadelphia Phillies 4-8, 3 GB
▪ The Phillies are last in the NL with a 4.94 ERA.
Around the Division
Swanson, Freeman come through for Braves against Padres.
Max Scherzer looks for second win against Braves.
Jose Reyes hit rock bottom in the leadoff spot for the Mets.
Suzuki had a nice return to Seattle.
A look at the Phillies’ prospects in their system.
This story was originally published April 18, 2017 at 8:22 AM with the headline "Swanson comes through in clutch for Braves."