Fitzgerald took on the deepest part of left-center to pick up his 13th homer of the 2024 MLB season, hitting a 425-foot bomb that was his second-longest this year. The homer was the 15th of his career and put him in some very exclusive company. Fitzgerald and Willie Mays are the only players in franchise history to homer at least 15 times in their first 59 career games with a plate appearance.
The Braves again scored their automatic runner, and once again, closer Raisel Iglesias kept the Giants' free runner from scoring in the bottom of the inning, this time clinching a 4-3 win for Atlanta.
After playing nine scoreless innings in the first game of the series, the teams combined for five runs in the first three innings Tuesday. The Braves hit a couple of solo homers off Kyle Harrison and got a hard RBI double from Jorge Soler.
The Giants had a chance to get within a half-game of a playoff spot on Monday. They're now 3 1/2 back of the Braves and have dropped games to the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks each of the last two nights.
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