How the game was won: After the Braves took a 1-0 lead in the third inning, the Phillies scored four in the fourth through sixth innings of a 4-1 win against Shelby Miller at Citizens Bank Park. It was the 14th loss in 18 games for the Braves, who've scored 11 runs in their current 1-7 slide. Miller (5-8) allowed 11 hits and four runs in six innings and fell to 0-7 with a 3.19 ERA in his past 13 starts. The Braves scored one or no runs while he was in 10 of those 13 starts. Phillies starter Aaron Harang snapped a career-worst eight-start losing skid by holding the Braves to one run on nine hits in five innings.
Number: 13. Consecutive winless starts for Miller, the longest winless streak by a Braves pitcher since Kenshin Kawakami went 14 starts without a win early in the 2010 season
What's next: The Braves and Phillies play the second game of a four-game series Friday at 7:05 p.m., with Williams Perez coming off the disabled list to start for Atlanta against David Buchanan (1-5, 7.00 ERA). Both of the originally scheduled starters, left-handers Alex Wood and the Phillies' Cole Hamels, were traded this week.
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