Braves break out their bats against Phillies

A look around Major League Baseball’s NL East race today.

Wednesday’s scores

Atlanta 14, Philadelphia 1

L.A. Dodgers 2, Washington 1

Miami 6, Chicago Cubs 5

N.Y. Mets 4, Texas 3

Thursday’s games

Baltimore (Asher 2-3) at Washington (Ross 2-2), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Volquez 2-7) at Pittsburgh (Cole 3-5), 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Lively 1-0) at Atlanta (Dickey 3-4), 7:35 p.m.

Washington Nationals 37-21

▪ Stephen Strasburg (7-2) struck out eight in six innings in his first loss since April 29 on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

▪ The Nationals went 7-2 on their nine-game West Coast trip to San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles.

New York Mets 25-32, 11.5 GB

▪ Jay Bruce had two home runs Wednesday against Texas.

▪ Zack Wheeler allowed one run in seven innings.

Atlanta Braves 25-32, 11.5 GB

▪ Mike Foltynewicz allowed four hits in seven scoreless innings Wednesday against the Phillies.

▪ Foltynewicz (4-5) has thrown a combined 14 scoreless innings in his past two starts

▪ Nick Markakis drove in five runs.

▪ The Braves are 1-5 this season against the Phillies.

Miami Marlins 25-33, 12 GB

▪ Jose Urena (4-2) improved to 3-0 in his past four starts, going five innings, allowing three runs and three hits while walking three Wednesday against the Chicago Cubs.

▪ Marcell Ozuna hit his 15th home run.

Philadelphia Phillies 21-36, 15.5 GB

▪ Jerad Eickhoff (0-7) remained winless through 12 starts by allowing four runs in five innings against the Braves on Wednesday.

▪ That is the longest stretch of starts without a win for a Phillies pitcher since Cliff Lee’s 13-game streak in 2012.

This story was originally published June 8, 2017 at 8:09 AM with the headline "Braves break out their bats against Phillies."