Vaughn Grissom singled home the go-ahead run in the ninth inning to give the visiting Atlanta Braves a 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday and extend their winning streak to six games.
Ozzie Albies began the rally with a one-out a double off the fence and scored when Grissom lined an opposite-field single to right field off reliever Scott Barlow , giving the Braves a sweep of the three-game series.
The Royals dropped to 1-9 at Kauffman Stadium, their worst start at home since starting the 2018 season 1-12.Atlanta's Kyle Wright pitched 5 2/3 innings and allowed two runs on four hits, three walks and six strikeouts in his first career appearance against the Royals. The Braves scored three times in the third inning. With two runners on base, Matt Olson lined a ball that right fielder Edward Olivares allowed to skip past him, resulting in a two-run triple. Olson then scored on Austin Riley's sacrifice fly to right.
In the fourth, Atlanta's Ozzie Albies belted his third home run, a solo shot into the bullpen in right field, to put the Braves ahead 4-1.
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