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Atlanta won game one of the series, 10-7 as the offense was prevalent for both teams. Kansas City is now 5-5 since the All-Star break, while Atlanta is 3-7. The win for the Braves yesterday snapped a five-game losing streak.
Grant Holmes went down with an injury on Saturday, adding to the Braves' nightmare list of pitching ailments this season.
KANSAS CITY, Missouri — The Braves’ attempts to patch their decimated pitching rotation continued Monday, as the team acquired pitcher Carlos Carrasco from the New York Yankees. The Yankees sent Carrasco to the Braves — whose entire five-man pitching rotation to start the season is on the injured list— in exchange for cash considerations.
The Atlanta Braves manager argued that when a pitcher returns shouldn't be decided by a team's postseason outlook