Wednesday’s sobering news that Spencer Schwellenbach had found a fracture in his throwing elbow was another blow to the Braves pitching rotation.

Bryce Elder gave up four runs and nine hard-hit balls as the Atlanta Braves lost 5-1 to the Los Angeles Angels, falling to 39-47 on the season.

The Atlanta Falcons will hold 11 open practices in Flowery Branch this summer — more than any other NFC South team. Fans can attend for free.

Patrick Kiprop won the AJC Peachtree Road Race’s men’s elite division Friday with a time of 27:35.

Hellen Obiri won The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race’s women’s elite division Friday with a time of 31:29.

Susannah Scaroni won the women’s Shepherd Center wheelchair division race of the AJC Peachtree Road Race on Friday, with an unofficial time of 22 minutes, 5 seconds.

Daniel Romanchuk won the men’s Shepherd Center wheelchair division race of the AJC Peachtree Road Race on Friday, with an unofficial time of 18 minutes, 36 seconds.

The Braves’ Matt Olson is coming off a strong June and has started July with four hits in eight at-bats.

Atlanta Dream guard Allisha Gray leads the WNBA in total points as she earns her third All-Star nod — this time as a starter.