"You know what didn't happen while the Braves racked up a meaningless ten-game winning streak late in the season? Any one-run losses. You know what did snap said winning streak? A one-run loss. The Braves hit three homers, but also allowed three homers, making a first-inning run aided by a bloop single that Jurickson Profar probably should've caught in left field the difference and the thing preventing the Braves from going to 11."
"Elder did something he's done quite often over the last two seasons at the big league level: post great peripherals, but get torched by homers in a way that makes it hard for his team to win the game. In this one, he surrendered two of the three hit by the Nats, giving him a 25 percent HR/FB in the game, and pushing his seasonal HR/FB back north of 16 percent."
"Perhaps also fittingly beyond the one-run-loss-ness of it all, the Braves also lost this game despite hitting three homers, because, say it with me: this team apparently can't really score runs except via homer, so any top-down strategy to attempt to trade homers for other types of offense was doomed to fail from the start. Facing off against rookie Andrew Alvarez, the Braves got two on in the second and a leadoff walk in the fourth, but came up empty."
The Braves' ten-game winning streak ended with a 3-2 one-run loss despite three homers. The game featured three homers allowed by Atlanta as well as three hit for runs, with a first-inning bloop single that Jurickson Profar probably should've caught in left field making the difference. Bryce Elder worked seven innings with a 7/0 K/BB ratio but surrendered two of Washington's three homers, producing a 25 percent HR/FB that pushed his season rate above 16 percent. Atlanta left multiple scoring opportunities stranded against rookie Andrew Alvarez and reliever Mitchell Parker, relying mainly on the long ball.
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