This series might mark a new low for the 2025 Braves.

Desperate for a winning surge that would get the team back in the playoff mix, the Braves welcomed the Diamondbacks, 2-9 in their last 11 games, to Atlanta. The D-Backs won the opener Tuesday by mashing the ball. Then Wednesday, they won again because the Braves’ offense couldn’t create more than a single run.

The Braves lost 2-1 to Arizona, getting no-hit by D-Backs starter Merrill Kelly until outfielder Ronald Acuña’s two-out single in the sixth. Kelly pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out eight and walking just one.

But the most uninspiring development came in the final two innings. The Braves loaded the bases twice; they managed only one run. In the eighth, they had runners at second and third with none out. Catcher Drake

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