At Kissimmee, Atlanta Braves won 7-5 against Pittsburgh Pirates.
Atlanta scored three runs in the third and fifth inning.
Ozzie Albies started as second baseman for Atlanta and batted 1-for-2.
He also scored a run and batted in one.
Albies grounded out in the bottom of the first inning.
He then batted in the first run for Atlanta in the third at bat.
Danny Santana and Ender Inciarte began the inning with singles to put runners at the corners.
Albies followed with another basehit to bring in Santana and put Atlanta ahead.
Hereafter, Inciarte and Albies executed a double-steal, then both scored on a following single by Johan Camargo to make it a 3-0 score.
In the bottom of the fifth, Albies led off with a walk, then moved on a single by Camargo.
With one out, the bases got loaded when Ronald Acuna, Jr. was hit by a pitch.
After Acuna was replaced by pinch-runner Cristian Pache, next hitter Preston Tucker grounded to pitcher Trevor Williams.
That led to the elimination of Albies at the plate.
Christian Colón followed with a 3-run double to make it a 6-1 score.
In the top of the sixth, Albies was replaced by Charlie Culberson, who also became the new second baseman.
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