Olson’s walk-off homer lifts Braves past Tigers in 4‑3 win

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (Interstat) — Matt Olson hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning off Kenley Jansen, rallying the Atlanta Braves to a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night.

Jansen, who blew his third save in nine chances, walked Ozzie Albies to lead off the inning. Olson followed with his ninth homer of the season, a shot into Atlanta’s bullpen to end the game.

Tarik Skubal allowed Albies’ two-run homer in the first but settled in, surrendering only three hits over seven innings. He struck out seven. Detroit scored twice in the second on Kevin McGonigle’s RBI single and once in the third on Riley Greene’s solo homer.

Reynaldo López earned the win with two scoreless innings of relief. Jansen took the loss.

The Braves improved to 22-9, while the Tigers fell to 15-16. Attendance was 30,439. The game lasted 2 hours, 22 minutes.