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Matt Olson goes deep as Braves defeat Marlins

Matt Olson

ATL 1st Baseman #28

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Matt Olson homered, doubled, walked twice and scored three runs during a lopsided victory over the Marlins on Thursday evening.

Olson smacked a two-out double off of Janson Junk in the home half of the first inning but the Braves couldn’t cash him in. After walking in the third inning, he led off the sixth with a 422-foot (105.7-mph EV) solo shot off of Joh King that increased the Braves’ lead to 3-0. Olson also led off the seventh with a walk and scored on an RBI triple off the bat of Michael Harris II. He finished his night by reaching on an error in the eighth before once again being driven in by Harris. He’s having a solid all-around season at the dish once again, hitting .269/.347/.549 with 32 homers and 70 RBI across 504 plate appearances.

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Matt Olson went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI against the Phillies on Sunday.

Olson had been cold at the dish over the last two weeks. After snapping a 14-game home run drought on Friday, he had his first multi-hit game since August 25 on Sunday against the Phillies. He started with a base hit in the first inning, then drove in a run on a single in the seventh. Olson then hit his second home run in three days with a two-run blast in the ninth. The 32-year-old slugger is up to 39 homers, 96 runs scored, and 85 RBI across 650 plate appearances.
Matt Olson

ATL 1st Baseman #28

Matt Olson went 1-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, a walk, and a stolen base as the Braves defeated the Diamondbacks 5-3 on Sunday afternoon.

Olson’s homer was a three-run shot off lefty Brandyn Garcia. It broke a 2-2 tie in the seventh and gave Atlanta a lead they wouldn’t surrender. The slugging first baseman now has 11 homers in the second half of 2026, tying him with Wilyer Abreu for the most in MLB. He remains on track to reach 40 homers for the second time, though he fell just shy in 2021, hitting 39 with the A’s. His 36 this season are tied for the third-highest total of his career.
Matt Olson

ATL 1st Baseman #28

Matt Olson hit a two-run blast in a victory over the Mets on Tuesday.

Olson doubled Atlanta’s lead to 4-0 with a two-run shot in the eighth inning. It’s the 35th homer of the season for the slugger, and six of those roundtrippers have come over 10 games in the month of August.
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ATL 1st Baseman #28

Matt Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and three strikeouts as the Braves defeated the Yankees 2-1 in 10 innings on Sunday.

Olson started his 900th consecutive game in Sunday’s matinee. He celebrated with a seventh-inning homer off a 100-mph Cam Schlittler heater to break a scoreless tie. New York tied things up an inning later before Atlanta won in extras. Olson is now up to 34 homers on the year. While he’s unlikely to approach the career-best 54 he hit in 2023, he’s headed toward 40 for the second time.
Matt Olson

ATL 1st Baseman #28

Matt Olson went 1-for-3 with a walk, two runs scored and a solo home run against the Nationals on Saturday.

Olson’s home run was his 30th. He hit a solo shot off Miles Mikolas in the first inning. Olson has now reached the 30-homer plateau in five seasons. It’s the third time he’s reached 30 home runs in a season in five years with the Braves. Olson is hitting .264 with an .876 OPS and 68 RBI.
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ATL 1st Baseman #28

Matt Olson went 1-for-4 with a single and one RBI on Wednesday against the Mets.

There were very few opportunities for offense in this 1-0 win for the Braves. Olson drove in the only run though and has had a phenomenal season in total with 28 home runs, 66 RBI, a .264 batting average, and .866 OPS. Look for him to continue to produce at a high level as we come to the home stretch.
Matt Olson

ATL 1st Baseman #28

Matt Olson went 1-for-4 with a homer and two RBI as the Braves fell to the Mets in Game 1 of Wednesday’s doubleheader.

Olson connected for a two-run shot off lefty Sean Manaea, but it was the only scoring Atlanta could muster in the matinee. His 28 home runs rank seventh in the majors to date, and he’s top-five in runs and top-20 in RBI. It has been yet another strong campaign for Olson. While he’s unlikely to match his career-high 54 homers from 2023, he’s on track to blow past the 29 he hit in each of the past two seasons.
Matt Olson

ATL 1st Baseman #28

Matt Olson went 2-for-5 with a homer and three RBI in Friday’s win over the Orioles.

With the Braves already up 4-3 in the top of the 10th inning, Olson put the game out of reach when he blasted a three-run homer off Andrew Kittredge to extend the Braves’ lead to 7-3. It was the 27th homer of the season for Olson, who has now hit seven bombs in the month.
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ATL 1st Baseman #28

Matt Olson went 1-for-3 with a home run and two walks in Atlanta’s win over the Pirates on Thursday.

Olson played his 740th consecutive game, tying Dale Murphy’s franchise record for the Braves. Olson has played in 874 consecutive games overall, dating back to his time with the Athletics, the ninth-longest stretch in MLB history. He also hits a lot of homers, including one off Mitch Keller in this game that went out to right field 404 feet. Olson is slugging .862 over his last seven games and will look to keep it rolling against the Cardinals this weekend.
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ATL 1st Baseman #28

Matt Olson hit his 23rd and 24th homers Monday against the Mets.

Olson had a solo shot off Freddy Peralta in the third and then a game-tying two-run homer off Devin Williams in the ninth. It was his second two-homer game of the series and 28th of his career. He’s tied for seventh in the majors in homers, and he’s just five shy of what he finished at each of the last two years.

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Logan Webb

SF Starting Pitcher #62
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Manager Tony Vitello said after Sunday’s game that Logan Webb could be shut down for the final two weeks.

First, they’ll have a conversation. Webb gave up six runs to the Padres in Sunday night’s loss to fall to 8-9 with a 4.31 ERA. He’s currently slated to face the Dodgers on Saturday.
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Fernando Tatis Jr. went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a steal as the Padres defeated the Giants 6-4 on Sunday Night Baseball.

Tatis’s singles were hit 105, 111 and 103 mph. The steal was his 35th in 48 tries. He’s already exceeded his previous career high of 32 from last year. He is hitting .395 with four homers and four steals in 11 games this month.
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Nick Pivetta

SD Starting Pitcher #27
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Nick Pivetta got through four innings, allowing two runs, Sunday night against the Giants.

Pivetta struck out five and got up to 69 pitches in his second start back from the 60-day IL. It looked like he might have been dealing with a leg issue at the end of the outing, but he grinded it out. Assuming that he’s OK, maybe he’ll have a chance to complete five innings in a home start against the Marlins next weekend.
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Yuki Matsui

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Yuki Matsui protected a two-run lead in the ninth for his first save Sunday night against the Giants.

Mason Miller, Adrian Morejon and Bradgley Rodriguez were all unavailable tonight after pitching the previous two days, but Matsui got the job done for his second save in three MLB seasons after 236 in Japan. He’s never really been treated like a high-leverage reliever by the Padres, but he’s sporting a 1.98 ERA in 59 innings this season.
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Logan Webb was roughed up for six runs in five innings by the Padres on Sunday night.

Webb struck out seven, but he gave up eight hits. Six of those came in the first two innings, when the Padres racked up five runs. Manny Machado hit a two-run homer in the second off one of the worst pitches Webb has ever thrown, an 84-mph sweeper that was simply put on a tee. Webb dropped to 8-9 with a 4.31 ERA. His highest ERA in any of the previous five seasons was 3.47 in 2024. Webb will face the Dodgers next weekend. He has a 6.17 ERA against them in four starts since the beginning of last year.
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Matt Wilkinson worked three scoreless innings out of the pen Sunday night against the Padres.

Wilkinson the reliever has thus far been a great improvement on Wilkinson the starter. He’s gone 0-3 with a 7.11 ERA in his three starts, but he’s allowed a total of three hits over seven scoreless innings out of the pen.
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20-year-old Ethan Salas tripled for his first major league hit Sunday night against the Giants.

The 352-foot triple to right at Oracle would have been a homer in five ballparks. It was his first hit in 16 at-bats since he was called up Sept. 1, but he didn’t get a chance to follow it up; the Padres had Freddy Fermin hit for him in the sixth.
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Payton Tolle started off with an immaculate inning on his way to shutting out the Royals for six innings in the Red Sox’s 4-1 win Sunday.

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Aroldis Chapman pitched a scoreless ninth for his 34th save Sunday against the Royals.

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Noah Cameron held the Red Sox to one run over six innings in a no-decision Sunday.

The one run was on a 372-foot homer from Caleb Durbin that would have gone out in only four ballparks. It’s the sixth time in 10 starts that Cameron has allowed one or no runs. The Royals, though, went on to lose 4-1. Cameron remained 9-8 on the season, but the Royals are a rather incredible 0-12 in his no-decisions. He’ll face the Pirates next weekend.
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