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September 4, 2026 · NL East

Atlanta Braves vs Philadelphia Phillies

September 4, 2026Citizens Bank ParkPartly Cloudy 85°F · 8 mph, Out To CF
AWAY
Atlanta Braves
84-57
5
vs
HOME
Philadelphia Phillies
79-62
2

Game Highlights

Published September 4, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T2 Austin Riley Austin Riley singles on a ground ball to right fielder Bryce Harper. Lane Thomas scores. Mauricio Dubón to 3rd. Fielding error by right fielder Bryce Harper. ATL 1, PHI 0
T2 Ha-Seong Kim Ha-Seong Kim grounds out, third baseman Edmundo Sosa to first baseman Alec Bohm. Mauricio Dubón scores. Austin Riley to 2nd. ATL 2, PHI 0
T2 Ronald Acuña Jr. Ronald Acuña Jr. singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Derek Hill. Austin Riley scores. ATL 3, PHI 0
B2 Alec Bohm Alec Bohm doubles (24) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Lane Thomas. Luis Arraez scores. ATL 3, PHI 1
B4 Alec Bohm Alec Bohm homers (15) on a fly ball to left field. ATL 3, PHI 2
T8 Mauricio Dubón Mauricio Dubón homers (11) on a fly ball to left center field. Mike Yastrzemski scores. ATL 5, PHI 2

Box score

  123456789 R
ATL 030000020 5
PHI 010100000 2

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Braves AWAY 5

Chris Sale started for Braves, leaving with a 3–2 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Chris Sale Starter 6.0 103 2 7 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Chris Sale threw
    CSW 30% 1st-pitch strike 64% 4.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Slider 52 50% 9 8 8 20 7
    Four-Seam Fastball 30 29% 2 5 10 9 4
    Sinker 17 17% 1 5 4 5 2
    Changeup 4 4% 0 1 0 0 3
  • Didier Fuentes Middle 2.0 21 0 1 HLD
  • Raisel Iglesias Closer 1.0 12 0 2 SV
Phillies HOME 2

Cristopher Sánchez started for Phillies, leaving trailing 2–3. Out of the bullpen, Orion Kerkering took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Cristopher Sánchez Starter 6.0 108 3 5 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Cristopher Sánchez threw
    CSW 20% 1st-pitch strike 58% 4.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 51 47% 2 6 15 21 7
    Changeup 36 33% 6 0 7 16 7
    Slider 21 19% 3 5 5 4 4
  • Alex McFarlane Middle 1.0 8 0 1
  • Orion Kerkering Setup 1.0 20 2 0
  • Tim Mayza Middle 1.0 10 0 0

Where the game turned

1 run Top 2nd · off Sánchez
  • Riley 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · ATL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Ronald Acuña Jr. RF 5 0 3 1 0 0 .249 .348 .422 .770 2B
Drake Baldwin DH 5 0 1 0 0 1 .275 .354 .449 .803
Ozzie Albies 2B 5 0 1 0 0 1 .254 .309 .417 .726 2B
Matt Olson 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .252 .326 .515 .841
Mike Yastrzemski LF 0 1 0 0 1 0 .225 .310 .373 .683
Mauricio Dubón SS 4 2 2 2 0 0 .268 .312 .390 .702 HR (11)
Sean Murphy C 2 0 0 0 2 1 .234 .300 .422 .722
Austin Riley 3B 4 1 1 1 0 1 .223 .294 .359 .653
Michael Harris II CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .294 .321 .501 .822
Lane Thomas LF 2 1 0 0 1 1 .226 .321 .387 .708
Ha-Seong Kim SS 2 0 0 1 0 0 .117 .210 .128 .338
HOME · PHI
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Kyle Schwarber DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 .238 .353 .513 .866
Trea Turner SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 .239 .292 .377 .669 2B
Bryce Harper RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .273 .391 .505 .896
Luis Arraez 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 .316 .348 .431 .779 2B
Alec Bohm 1B 4 1 2 2 0 1 .248 .309 .391 .700 HR (15), 2B
Edmundo Sosa 3B 3 0 1 0 0 2 .239 .281 .400 .681
Brandon Marsh PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .268 .314 .421 .735
J.T. Realmuto C 2 0 0 0 1 1 .221 .296 .354 .650
Justin Crawford CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .265 .314 .349 .663
Bryan De La Cruz LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .368 .510 .878
Derek Hill CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .240 .292 .413 .705

Pitching lines

AWAY · ATL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Chris Sale 6.0 6 2 2 1 7 1 103 2.10 W
Didier Fuentes 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 2.27 HLD
Raisel Iglesias 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 2.77 SV
HOME · PHI
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Cristopher Sánchez 6.0 5 3 3 3 5 0 108 2.58 L
Alex McFarlane 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0.79
Orion Kerkering 1.0 1 2 2 1 0 1 20 4.12
Tim Mayza 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.28

Manager comparison

AWAY · ATL
Walt Weiss
Lineup 4.2 R Bunts 1.3 R IBBs 3.1 R
HOME · PHI
Don Mattingly
Lineup 2.8 R Bunts 2.4 R IBBs 1.3 R Interim

Recent form

AWAY · ATL
7-3 W3 +12 run diff
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HOME · PHI
4-6 W1 -9 run diff
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Season series: 4-3 with ATL listed first across 7 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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