Atlanta Braves

Atlanta Braves beat slumping Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals 8-5 on Thursday night.  Acuña raised his season total to 34 homers with his third multihomer game this season and the 12th of his big league career. Olson homered for his fourth straight game, and Michael Harris II and Travis d’Arnaud also went deep for major league-best Atlanta (91-48), which leads second-place Philadelphia by 14 Ronald Acuña Jr. hit two of Atlanta’s five home runs, Matt Olson increased his major legames in the NL East.  Up next for the Atlanta Braves: RHP Bryce Elder (11-4, 3.42) starts against Pittburgh RHP Mitch Keller (11-8, 3.93) in the first game of a three-game series in Atlanta.