Braves take over First in NL East

The Atlanta Braves beat hosts Seattle Mariners 6-4 on Friday night,

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thanks to home runs from Dansby Swanson, Travis D'Arnaud, Michael Harris II

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and Robbie Grossman. It was the Atlanta Braves eighth consecutive win.

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JP Both Carlos Santana and JP Seattle, who lost their second straight game

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and slipped to the third wild-card spot in the American League,

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also had a long ball from Crawford. For the final place of the season in the league,

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The winner was Charlie Morton (8-5) of Atlanta. In 6 1/3 innings,

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the right-handed batsman conceded four runs in six hits, 2 walks and 5 strikes.

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The Mariners' Robbie Ray (12-9), who had won each of his last four,

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scored four more runs in the total (3) than before.

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