Travis d'Arnaud

Severino struck out six and also issued a pair of walks. He gave up seven hits as run-scoring singles from Orlando Arcia and Travis d'Arnaud in the second and sixth innings, respectively, accounted for all of the damage against him in this one. The 30-year-old righty has allowed two earned runs or fewer in three straight starts since getting lit up for seven runs by the Pirates back on July 5. He'll bring a serviceable 3.58 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 94/42 K/BB ratio across 120 2/3 innings (20 starts) into a home outing on Wednesday against the Twins.

The 35-year-old backstop victimized Stephen Kolek for his mammoth 431-foot (107.2 mph EV) three-run blast in the sixth inning that extended the Braves' lead to 5-1. He then chipped in a 445-foot (109.7 mph EV) solo shot off of Jeremiah Estrada in the eighth inning to increase their advantage to 6-3. He finished the day 2-for-3 plus a walk, three runs scored and he even picked up his first stolen base of the year. On the season, d'Arnaud is now slashing .246/.308/.465 with nine homers and 32 RBI.

Ozuna knocked a base hit to lead off the second inning for Atlanta and scored on a double by Travis d'Arnaud. With a runner on in the eighth, he took Ryan Thompson deep for a game-tying two-run homer. The 33-year-old slugger is up to 24 homers while hitting .296/.374/.568 with 55 runs scored and 75 RBI across 385 plate appearances.

Murphy homered off Paul Sewald with two outs in the ninth, and the Braves went on to prevail in the 11th. Murphy also singled tonight in his first game since being dropped to the eighth spot in the lineup. If recent trends hold, he'll sit in favor of Travis d'Arnaud on Tuesday, but maybe he'll hit higher than eighth on Wednesday.

It seems like batting Murphy sixth and Adam Duvall eighth against a righty would make more sense, but Duvall is in the sixth spot today. Murphy started over Travis d'Arnaud about two-thirds of the time in June, but they've strictly alternated starts in the Braves' last six games. He still has a nice ceiling, but these manueverings make Murphy a pretty weak option in one-catcher mixed leagues.