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Atlanta 4–1, Mid 7th

Atlanta 4, Houston 1 · Mid 7th · Daikin Park

Live at Daikin Park. Atlanta 4, Houston 1. Mid 7th, 3 outs. Miguel Ullola pitching. Bases empty. Last completed play: Michael Harris II pops out to second baseman Nick Allen. Top 7: Ronald Acuña Jr. walks. Matt Olson grounds into a double play, third baseman Isaac Paredes to second baseman Nick Allen to first baseman Christian Walker. Ronald Acuña Jr. out at 2nd. Matt Olson out at 1st. Michael Harris II pops out. Mike Yastrzemski homers (12) on a fly ball to right center field. Mauricio Dubón scores. Ozzie Albies scores. The tie: Ozzie Albies singles on a fly ball to right fielder Cam Smith. Michael Harris II scores. Mauricio Dubón to 3rd. Jose Altuve homered (16) on a fly ball to left field.

Sunday

Live in Houston

Atlanta leads 4–1 after the top of the seventh. Acuña walked. Olson hit into a double play. Harris popped out. Albies tied it. Yaz’s three-run shot made it 4–1.

Players

Who closed the seventh

Yaz homered (12)

Three-run shot to right center. Dubón and Albies scored. Atlanta 4, Houston 1.

Ullola, 2.0 IP

Acuña walked. Olson GIDP. Harris popped out. 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 K, 1 BB.

Harris popped out

Mid 7th, 3 outs. Popped out to Allen. Bases empty. Atlanta 4–1.

Historic / notable

91–64 into a live day game

NL East

Lead in hand. Division not locked.

91–64 after Saturday. StatsAPI Sep 20 has Phillies 6.0 back. A playoff berth was punched Friday. Sunday does not change that card until it closes.

MLB StatsAPI standings · Sep 20

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Three watches

Open the live game

01

The series is 2–0

Friday Atlanta 6–2. Saturday Atlanta 6–3. Sunday is live; Atlanta leads 4–1 after Yaz and a scoreless top of the seventh.

Friday 6–2 · Saturday 6–3 · Sunday live

02

Ullola just sat them down

Miguel Ullola 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 K, 1 BB. Acuña walked. Olson GIDP. Harris popped out. Smith-Shawver due for the bottom (1.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 K, 0 BB). King: 0.0 IP, 4 ER, 1 BB. Brown’s 5.0 (0 ER, 10 K, 2 BB). Pérez went 4.1 (1 ER, 2 K, 2 BB). Mederos escaped the fifth (0.2 IP, 0 ER, 1 K).

Sunday at Houston

03

Mid 7th at Daikin Park

Roof closed. 73°. Atlanta 91–64, Houston 77–78 until this game closes.

Sunday at Houston

From the series

Sunday is live. Atlanta 4–1.

Friday 6–2. Saturday 6–3. Through the top of the seventh: Acuña walked. Olson GIDP. Harris popped out. Albies tied it. Yaz went deep (12). Altuve still has Houston’s only run.

Sunday live

Now

ATL 4–1, Mid 7th

Acuña walked. Olson grounded into a double play. Harris popped out to Allen. Ullola 2.0 IP, 0 ER. Albies singled to right, Harris scored (1–1). Yaz homered (12) to right center, Dubón and Albies scored (4–1). Altuve’s fourth-inning homer (16) is Houston’s run.

Sunday at Houston

Saturday

Atlanta 6, Houston 3

Acuña’s slam flipped 1–2 to 5–2. Holmes the win, Iglesias the save.

Saturday at Houston

Friday

Atlanta 6, Houston 2

The series opener. Atlanta already has the first two.

Friday at Houston

The night’s numbers

Record

91–64

NL East

1st

Last 10

7–3

Run diff

+135

Streak

W2

Sunday live at Houston. Season 91–64 after Saturday.

Yaz

Homered (12) to right center. ATL 4–1.

Ullola

2.0 IP, 0 ER. Acuña BB. Olson GIDP. Harris PO.

Harris

Popped out. Last out of the top of the seventh.

Preview

Why Sunday matters

Sunday is live at Daikin Park. Atlanta leads 4–1 after Albies tied it and Yaz went deep (12) in the sixth. The top of the seventh stayed scoreless: Acuña walked, Olson grounded into a double play, Harris popped out. Altuve’s solo shot in the fourth is Houston’s run. Atlanta walks in 91–64, up 2–0 in the Houston set after Friday 6–2 and Saturday 6–3. A playoff berth is already punched. The division is not — Phillies are 6.0 GB on the Sep 20 StatsAPI card. Mid 7th. Harris popped out to close the top.

  • Live: Atlanta 4, Houston 1 · Mid 7th, 3 outs.
  • Acuña walked. Olson GIDP. Harris popped out. Albies tied it. Yaz homered (12).
  • Friday 6–2, Saturday 6–3. Sunday can still take the set.
  • Atlanta 91–64, Houston 77–78. Division not locked.

Recap

ATL 4, HOU 2

Live. Atlanta 4–1. Mid 7th, 3 outs. Acuña walked. Olson GIDP. Harris popped out. Albies tied it. Yaz homered (12). Altuve homered (16) in the fourth. Season W–L stays 91–64 until this game closes.

Atlanta still leads 4–1

Albies tied it. Yaz’s three-run homer (12) made it 4–1. Ullola retired the side in the seventh after Acuña’s walk. Altuve still has Houston’s only run.

East math still open

91–64 and first place. Philadelphia 6.0 back on the Sep 20 StatsAPI card. This game does not change that card until it closes.

Probables

ATL · through 4.1

Martín Pérez

4.1 IP, 1 ER, 2 K, 2 BB

Through 4.1. Altuve homered (16). Left after Peña, Alvarez, and Paredes loaded the fifth. Mederos finished the inning. Smith-Shawver threw the sixth.

ATL · due Bot 7

AJ Smith-Shawver

1.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 K, 0 BB

Due for the bottom. Mid 7th, 3 outs. Walker called out on strikes. Cam Smith struck out swinging. Nick Allen grounded out, Dubón to Olson. Atlanta 4–1 after Yaz. Ullola: 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 BB. King: 0.0 IP, 4 ER, 1 BB. Brown through 5.0 (0 ER, 10 K, 2 BB).

Three to watch

  1. 01

    Atlanta 4–1, Mid 7th

    Harris walked. Dubón doubled (28). Albies singled, Harris scored (1–1). Yaz homered (12), Dubón and Albies scored (4–1). Altuve’s fourth-inning homer (16) is Houston’s run.

  2. 02

    Ullola, scoreless seventh

    Miguel Ullola: Acuña walked, Olson grounded into a double play, Harris popped out. 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 K, 1 BB. Matthews due up.

  3. 03

    91–64 until this closes

    Season card stays 91–64 and Houston 77–78 until this game closes.

Venue / TV

Daikin Park

Houston · roof closed

73° · wind 0. Roof closed.

TV listings vary.