Just work a decent tempo, but it was nice to get in a little bit of a rhythm. "Any time you can go deeper in the game and not have to throw as many pitches is great. "I feel like a lot of those balls were hit in the right place at the right time," said Morton, who has allowed one earned run in his last three starts, a span of 19 innings. promptly grounded into one of three double plays by the White Sox. The 39-year-old right-hander retired the first 10 batters he faced before Tim Anderson singled in the fourth. Morton (10-6) gave up three hits, walked one batter and struck out four in seven innings, lowering his ERA 23 points to 3.20. "It was good to come out and play the game we played today." "We were playing good ball before the break and leading up to it, and sometimes when things are going well you're not sure if you want the days off, but I think everybody, throughout the course of the season, you need that blow midway through," said Olson, the first player in franchise history with 30 homers in the club's first 90 games. Olson's blast sailed 434 feet to right field.
The Braves have gone deep in 27 straight games, the longest streak in the franchise's modern era.
Atlanta leads the majors with 170 homers and began the game with 20 more than the No. Olson, an All-Star first baseman and the NL leader with 30 home runs and 76 RBIs, made it 4-0 with the seventh grand slam of his MLB career and his second this season. The White Sox are 38-55 and sit fourth in the American League Central, 8 1/2 games out of first place. Atlanta improved to 61-29 with Friday's win and now holds a 9 1/2-game lead over the second-place Miami Marlins in the National League East Division, where the Braves are the five-time reigning champions. Major League Baseball resumed its regular season two days after the All-Star Game, and the Braves opened a three-game interleague series at Truist Park by picking up where they left off in the first half. Matt Olson hit a first-inning grand slam, Charlie Morton won his fifth straight start, and the major league-leading Atlanta Braves routed the Chicago White Sox 9-0 on Friday night. ATLANTA - Well, apparently there's plenty more where that came from.
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