Braves Briefing: Atlanta's offensive rankings in MLB are ridiculous

The Atlanta Braves hit the ground running this season and aside from a few short slumps, they've been a run-scoring machine at the plate.

The Atlanta Braves are first in the following categories:

Home runs (244)
OPS (.840)
Total Runs (746)
RBIs (721)

They also are second in hits with 1,204 on the season.

NL East Standings

Team	Record	GB	Action Today
Atlanta	84-45	-	@ Colorado
Philadelphia	72-58	12.5	Hosts LAA
Miami	66-65	19.0	Off
Washington	61-70	24.0	Hosts Toronto
NYM	60-71	25.0	Hosts Texas

We wrote it

Our Lindsay Crosby led our coverage of Atlanta's 8-5 loss to the San Francisco Giants Sunday night. In his takeaways, he highlighted Collin McHugh's struggling performance.

The righty entered in the 5th for Jared Shuster, tasked with getting one out and then coming back out and eating some innings in advance of Atlanta's trip to Colorado.
He did neither of those things.
McHugh faced eleven batters, with seven of them reaching base. After coming in with runners on 1st and 3rd in the 5th, he walked the first two batters (scoring a run) and then gave up a 3 RBI, bases-clearing double to catcher Patrick Bailey to extend San Francisco's lead to 6-3.
He finished with only 1.1 innings of work, coming out after the 6th with three hits and four runs on his tally, walking four and striking out only one. All four runners that he walked - Joc Pederson was an intentional walk in the 6th - came back around to score in this one.

Here's the full list of takeaways.

How to watch the Atlanta Braves

The Braves head to Coors Field for a three-game set with the Colorado Rockies. Always a tough environment to play that tests your pitching, as it's the ultimate hitters' park due to the altitude.

Atlanta opens the series with Bryce Elder, who is facing off with LHP Austin Gomber on Monday night at 8:40 PM ET, followed by Charlie Morton on Tuesday and officially a "TBA" for Wednesday's primetime series finale.

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