Photos: Braves blank White Sox in rain-shortened series opener

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Photos: Braves blank White Sox in rain-shortened series opener

Monday's first of a three-game set featured a rain delay before it was eventually ended in the ninth inning.

Three Atlanta Braves fans from Macon, Ga., sit through a steady during the seventh inning of Monday's Braves-White Sox matchup in Chicago. The Braves beat the White Sox, 9-0, in a game that was officially called after eight innings because of rain. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Atlanta Braves' Austin Riley is greeted in the dugout after his three-run home run off Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Dominic Leone in the eighth inning of a baseball game Monday, April 1, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Atlanta Braves' Ozzie Albies celebrates in the dugout after scoring on a Austin Riley's single during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox Monday, April 1, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Atlanta Braves' Ozzie Albies celebrates towards the dugout as Chicago White Sox's Paul DeJong examines the ball after Albies' RBI double during the sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, April 1, 2024, in Chicago. Ronald Acuna Jr. scored on the play. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Travis d'Arnaud follows the flight of the ball after connecting for what would eventually become a double during Monday's Braves-White Sox game in Chicago.

Ronald Acuna Jr. at bat during the cold conditions of Monday's Braves-White Sox game in Chicago.

Braves starter Charlie Morton delivers a pitch in the first inning of Monday's game against the White Sox in Chicago.

Chicago's Yoan Moncada wears a balaclava to keep the cold wind off his face as he takes a short lead off first base during Monday's home game against the Braves.

Chicago White Sox's Nicky Lopez throws to first after forcing Atlanta Braves' Jarred Kelenic out at second during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, April 1, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Atlanta Braves' Jarred Kelenic singles off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Chris Flexen as catcher Martin Maldonado watches during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, April 1, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Chris Flexen delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Monday, April 1, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Three Atlanta Braves fans from Macon, Ga., sit through a steady during the seventh inning of Monday's Braves-White Sox matchup in Chicago. The Braves beat the White Sox, 9-0, in a game that was officially called after eight innings because of rain. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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