Atlanta Braves

Jake Odorizzi struck out seven and Michael Harris II hit a two-run homer, helping the Atlanta Braves gain in the NL East with a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night.  The Braves have won 12 of 14 to pull within three games of the Mets, who lost 4-2 to the Yankees.  Kenley Jansen struck out two in a perfect ninth for his 29th save.  UP NEXT for the Atlanta Braves LHP Max Fried (11-4, 2.60 ERA) will go for the Braves in the second of the three-game series against the Pirates, opposite RHP JT Brubaker (3-10, 4.19) on Tuesday. Fried has allowed fewer than four earned runs in 10 straight starts.