Braves' Dansby Swanson: Accounts for offense in loss
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Swanson went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Mets.
Swanson was the only Atlanta batter to record a hit off Jacob deGrom, and he made it count with a sixth-inning blast to right-center field to end the Mets' ace's start. The homer snapped an 18-game power drought for Swanson, who last went yard July 14. The shortstop is up to 16 homers, 58 RBI, 72 runs scored and 14 stolen bases while slashing .292/.348/.461 through 110 contests.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Reaches base four times in rout
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Swanson went 3-for-4 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored in Tuesday's 13-1 win over the Phillies.
Swanson extended his hitting streak to six games Tuesday and is now slashing an impressive .330/.384/.505 since May 15. He'll be in the lineup for Wednesday's series finale, manning shortstop and batting second.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Raps out three hits in win
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Swanson went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Tuesday's 6-3 win over the Phillies.
Swanson continues to thrive out of the two hole in the Atlanta lineup, as he's maintained a .297/.350/.432 slash line while scoring 10 times in his past nine games. Even with Ronald Acuna resting for a day game in Wednesday's series finale, Swanson will remain Atlanta's No. 2 hitter while hotshot rookie Michael Harris gets his first look in the leadoff role.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Mashes 15th homer
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Swanson went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Thursday's win over the Nationals.
The shortstop took Anibal Sanchez deep in the first inning during a game in which Atlanta never trailed. Swanson is slashing .300/.333/.483 through 14 games in July, and with 15 homers and 14 steals through 91 contests on the season, he's on track for his first career 25/25 campaign.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Three more hits Sunday
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Swanson went 3-for-6 with a double and two runs scored in Sunday's extra-innings win over the Nationals.
He crossed the plate with the winning run as the phantom runner in the 12th inning on an Austin Riley single. Swanson has recorded three or more hits in four of the last 10 games, and the hot streak has boosted the All-Star's slash line on the season to .302/.357/.491 with 14 homers, 14 steals, 50 RBI and 54 runs through 87 contests.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Three hits in Friday's rout
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Swanson went 3-for-5 with an RBI in Friday's win over the Nationals.
All three knocks were singles, something of a disappointment on a night in which Atlanta hitters piled up seven extra-base hits including four homers en route to 12 runs, but Swanson still cranked out his fourth multi-hit performance in the last eight games. The shortstop is batting .389 (14-for-36) during that surge, boosting his slash line on the season to .302/.359/.494 with 14 homers, 14 steals, 50 RBI and 52 runs through 85 contests.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Swipes two bags
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Swanson went 1-for-4 with a walk and two stolen bases in a 3-2 loss in extra innings Thursday against St. Louis.
Swanson walked and stole second in the first and singled and swiped a bag in the fifth. The shortstop continues to play well and has a .355/.375/.581 with five extra-base hits and three stolen bases in 32 plate appearances in July. Swanson joins Julio Rodriguez and Kyle Tucker as the only players in baseball with 14 homers and 14 stolen bases.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Laces two doubles
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Swanson went 2-for-4 with two doubles, two runs and three RBI in a 6-3 win against St. Louis on Monday.
Swanson did his damage early with a double and run in the first inning followed by a three run double in the second. The 28-year-old has recorded three multi-hit games already in July and is 9-for-18 with four doubles and a home run during the four games.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Just misses cycle Friday
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Swanson went 4-for-5 with two doubles and a three-run home run in Friday's 9-1 win over the Reds.
The shortstop needed a triple in his final at-bat to record his first career cycle and nearly got it, but Tommy Pham just managed to cut off a ball in the gap before it reached the fence and Swanson had to settle for another two-bagger. The performance snapped a brief 0-for-12 mini-slump, but Swanson still boasts a stunning .350/.406/.615 slash line since the beginning of June, a 28-game stretch that features eight homers, three steals, 22 RBI and 23 runs.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Continues power surge Saturday
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Swanson went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run Saturday in a 5-3 victory against the Dodgers.
Swanson plated the game's first runs with his third-inning, two-run shot to center field. The long ball was his fourth in his past four games and 13th overall this season. Swanson has enjoyed a big June, slashing .383/.448/.660 with seven homers, 19 RBI, 22 runs and three stolen bases over 23 contests.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Delivers pair of homers
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Swanson went 3-for-4 with two home runs, three RBI and three runs scored Thursday against the Giants.
Swanson filled in for Ronald Acuna atop the order and delivered an explosive performance. Swanson led off both the first and fourth innings by going deep, bringing his homer total to 12 on the campaign. Six of those home runs have come in his last 13 starts, during which he's also racked up 14 RBI and 13 runs scored. Overall, Swanson has a .302/.368/.500 line across 291 plate appearances on the season.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Swats homer in victory
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Swanson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's win over the Giants.
Swanson started a ninth-inning comeback for Atlanta with his leadoff solo shot off Jake McGee. The long ball was his 10th of the campaign, giving him a double-digit homer total for the fifth straight season. Swanson has also racked up 11 stolen bases, making him one of just six major-leaguers with at least 10 homers and at least 10 thefts thus far.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Two steals in win
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Swanson went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and two steals in Sunday's win over the Cubs.
Swanson's two scores came on a Travis d'Arnaud homer in the first inning and an Austin Riley double in the fifth. He also swiped two bags against Kyle Hendricks to give him 11 this season. The shortstop has been on fire in June, with at least one hit in 15 of 17 games, including eight multi-hit games. Swanson is slashing .362/.443/.551 this month and has raised his season batting average to .294.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Wins arbitration case
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Swanson won his arbitration case against Atlanta on Wednesday and will earn $10 million in 2022, Justin Toscano of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Swanson is in his final year of arbitration eligibility before hitting free agency, and he'll make $4 million more compared to his 2021 salary. The 28-year-old is enjoying a strong contract year with a .279/.348/.428 slash line, six home runs, 26 RBI and nine stolen bases through 56 games.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Collects two steals
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Swanson went 1-for-4 with two steals and a run scored in Sunday's 6-3 win over the Marlins.
Swanson scored a run in the fifth inning after singling and stealing a pair of bases. He entered May with an unsightly .216 average but he's hitting 312 with nine extra-base hits and six steals this month. The 28-year-old shortstop has swiped eight bags this year and he's now sporting a .778 OPS through 185 plate appearances.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Four hits including homer
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Swanson went 4-for-5 with a solo home run, two runs and two RBI in Wednesday's victory over the Phillies.
Swanson notched an RBI single off Ranger Suarez in the bottom of the second frame, singled and scored on a wild pitch in the fifth inning and then launched a solo homer in his following at-bat in the sixth. The long ball was his sixth of the season and fifth in May. He later added another single and the four-hit effort was his third consecutive multi-hit game. Swanson has put together an eight-game hit streak, batting .438 with three extra-base hits, four runs, seven RBI and two stolen bases over that stretch.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Swipes sixth bag
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Swanson went 1-for-4 with two RBI and a stolen base in Sunday's 4-3 loss to Miami.
Swanson knocked an RBI single in the fifth inning and added an RBI groundout in the ninth, but it wasn't enough to overcome Sandy Alcantara's complete game. He's up to six stolen bases after picking up two this weekend against the Marlins. The 28-year-old shortstop is hitting .242 in May, bringing his season slash line to .229/.301/.400 with 19 RBI.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Swats fifth homer
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Swanson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 5-3 win over the Marlins.
The shortstop drove a Trevor Rogers fastball deep to left field in the second inning, giving Atlanta a 4-0 lead. Swanson has five homers on the year, but four of them have come in the last 12 games, a stretch during which he's slashed .214/.298/.500 with two steals, eight RBI and nine runs.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Launches another homer
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Swanson went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run, a walk and an additional run scored during Sunday's 7-3 loss to the Padres in extra innings.
The 28-year-old also struck out twice but provided most of Atlanta's offense in the series finale with his 416-foot, two-run shot to center field during the fourth inning. It was Swanson's third homer in his past eight contests, but strikeouts continue to be a problem as he's totaled 11 during that stretch. He has a .229/.303/.407 slash line with four home runs, 14 RBI, 17 runs, four stolen bases and a 35.6 percent strikeout rate through 35 games this year.
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Braves' Dansby Swanson: Socks third homer
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Swanson went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI in Friday's 11-6 loss to the Padres.
His three-run blast off Robert Suarez in the sixth inning briefly gave Atlanta its only lead of the game. Swanson continues to turn things around at the plate, slashing .278/.341/.500 through 11 games in May with two of his three homers on the season, two steals, seven RBI and nine runs.
