Atlanta Braves News: Series Sweep of Phillies, Didier Fuentes Update, More

TL;DR

The Atlanta Braves completed a series sweep of the Phillies with a 4-2 victory, marking their fifth consecutive win. Didier Fuentes was a late scratch for Gwinnett but is expected to be available for the big league club this week.

Key points

Braves completed a series sweep of the Phillies
Braves won 4-2 in the final game
Didier Fuentes was a late scratch for Gwinnett
Braves have won five straight games
Braves lead the NL East by five games

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It seems the secret to Sunday success for the Braves is to play Sunday Night Baseball. For the second straight week, the Braves were successful via the new version of Sunday Night Baseball on Peacock. They come from behind to beat the Phillies 4-2 and completed a splendid weekend sweep of their division rival. After dropping the first game of the week to the Marlins, the Braves have now won five straight games. They also continue to strengthen their lead in the NL East with a 5 game lead overall.

With another week of facing NL East opponents ahead, the Braves are playing of their best baseball in recent memory.

Braves News

The big off the field news of the Day for the Braves organization was Didier Fuentes being a late scratch for Gwinnett. Fortunately, it was not health related, as Mark Bowman of MLB.com speculates the Braves are keeping Fuentes fresh to be available if needed this week with the big league club.

Mark Bowman looks at how the lineup fueled the Braves success against the Phillies.

The Braves are up to number 2 in the MLB.com Power Rankings.

JR Ritchie once again looked great over the weekend in the minors.