Atlanta Braves vs Chicago Cubs Box Score on Sep 03, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Sep 3, 2017

CHICAGO -- Rio Ruiz drove in three runs and Max Fried earned a victory in his first major league start as the Atlanta Braves snapped the Chicago Cubs' six-game winning streak with a 5-1 victory Sunday.

Fried (1-0) limited the Cubs to one run on four hits over five innings. Fried, who had made four appearances for the Braves in relief this season, struck out four and walked three. Atlanta's bullpen combined for four scoreless innings.

The Braves, who had lost three straight games, took a 3-1 lead in the fourth inning when Dansby Swanson snapped a 1-1 tie with an RBI single. The hit drove in Freddie Freeman, who led off the inning with a double. Ruiz extended the Atlanta lead with a single that scored Nick Markakis, who drew a one-out walk ahead of Swanson's single.

Atlanta tacked on a pair of runs in the ninth inning on Ruiz's two-run single off of Cubs reliever Felix Pena after Markakis singled and Swanson doubled to lead off the inning.

Cubs starter Mike Montgomery (5-7) got out of the inning with a double play. Montgomery took the loss after allowing the three runs over five innings when he scattered five hits, struck out one and walked one.

The Braves built a 1-0 lead in the first inning on Matt Kemp's sacrifice fly that scored Ozzie Albies, who singled with one out. Ian Happ tied the game in the second inning with a solo home run.

Trailing by a pair of runs in the fifth, the Cubs loaded the bases, but Fried got Albert Almora, Jr. to ground weakly to second to protect the Atlanta lead.

NOTES: Cubs SS Javier Baez left Sunday's game after being kneed in the head during a head-first slide on a stolen base attempt. ... Braves 1B Freddie Freeman will have his left wrist checked on Monday to make sure there is no structural damage. Freeman returned from a fractured wrist three weeks early and has noticed a steady decline in strength. ... INF Johan Camargo (right knee bone bruise), INF Danny Santana (strained left quad) and OF Adonis Garcia (torn left finger ligament) are expected to be activated off the disabled list on Monday. ... Cubs LHP Rob Zastryzny was recalled from Triple-A Iowa on Sunday. Zastryzny is beginning his fourth stint with the Cubs this season and has made one relief appearance. He has gone 2-3 with a 5.94 ERA and one save in 14 appearances with Iowa, including seven as a starter.