ATLANTA (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski drove in the tiebreaking run with a pinch-hit double in the eighth inning, and Mauricio Dubón finished off Chicago with a two-run homer that carried the Atlanta Braves to a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night.

The Braves extended baseball’s best record to 30-13 and made it two in a row over the Cubs, who arrived in Atlanta with the NL’s second-best mark but now have lost a season-high four in a row.

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