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Braves sweep Cardinals take finale 6-5

Mike Foltynewicz (Folt-ah-nev-ich) tossed five shutout innings and Freddie Freeman homered as the Atlanta Braves held off the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 on Sunday.
 
The Braves outscored St. Louis 22-10 in sweeping a three-game series in St. Louis for the first time since May 11-13, 2012.
 
Tommy Pham homered for St. Louis, which has lost four in a row. The Cardinals scored five times in the seventh to rally from a 6-0 deficit.
 
Foltynewicz matched Julio Teheran and Max Fried to post the Braves third successive scoreless appearance by a starter. Teheran tossed six scoreless innings a 5-1 win on Friday. Fried did not allow a run in 6 2-3 innings of an 11-4 victory on Saturday.
 
Foltynewicz (6-4) surrendered one hit - a fourth-inning single to Marcell Ozuna. He struck out nine and walked three in an 86-pitch outing.
 
Foltynewicz has allowed just two hits and one run over 10 innings in two outings since coming off the disabled list with tightness in his right tricepts on June 25.
 
The Braves three starters allowed seven hits over 17 2-3 innings with 24 strikeouts in the series.
 
A.J. Minter picked up his third save in as many tries by setting the side down in order in the ninth. He has not allowed a run in his last seven appearances.
 
Freeman's 16th homer of the season, a two-run drive, pushed the lead to 3-0 in sixth. The blow highlighted a five-run uprising that also included a run-scoring hit from Culberson.
 
Pham hit a three-run homer off Peter Moylan in the seventh to bring the Cardinals to within 6-5.
 
St. Louis starter John Gant (2-3) allowed four runs on four hits over 5 1-3 innings.
 
Francisco Pena had a two-run single in the seventh for St. Louis, which will play 17 of its next 20 games on the road.
 
The Braves have been in first place or tied for first in 60 of the last 62 days. They kicked off their 10-game road trip in style.
 
Atlanta infielder Ozzie Albies extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a sixth-inning single.
 
RHP Carlos Martinez (4-4, 3.22) takes on Arizona LHP Robbie Ray (3-0, 4.01) in the opener of a three-game series in Arizona that kicks off a nine-game road trip. 

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