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Michael Harris II, Atlanta's No. 9 hitter, homered twice and Bryce Elder, one of the club's eight All-Stars, pitched into the seventh inning as the Braves moved 30 games over .500 with their season-high ninth straight win, 4-2 over the Cleveland Guardians on Monday night. Harris connected for solo shots in the third and fifth innings off Guardians rookie Gavin Williams (0-1), who in his third career start had to face a lineup featuring six All-Stars and no detectable weaknesses.

Michael Harris homered twice and Bryce Elder, one of Atlantas eight All-Stars, pitched 6 2/3 solid innings to lead the Braves to their season-high ninth straight win, 4-2 over the Cleveland Guardians on Monday night.

3:14 AM UTC Henry Palattella CLEVELAND -- With the Guardians sitting in a nearly two-hour rain delay on Sunday, manager Terry Francona decided to use some of the down time to start scouting out the Braves' lineup ahead of the team's three-game series. Not long after, the reigning American League Manager of the Year began

Michael Harris homered twice and Bryce Elder, one of Atlanta’s eight All-Stars, pitched 6 2/3 solid innings to lead the Braves to their season-high ninth straight win, 4-2 over the Cleveland Guardians

The Cleveland Guardians were rolling along with a comfortable lead and their All-Star closer in to finish off what looked like a rather easy win. Josh Naylor hit a two-run single in the 10th inning and the Guardians regrouped to beat the Chicago Cubs 8-6 on Sunday after Emmanuel Clase blew a four-run lead in the ninth. Aaron Civale pitched three-hit ball over six innings after the start of the game was delayed nearly two hours by rain.

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The Braves have leaned on Bryce Elder this season, but in the second half of the season he might need to lean on Atlanta's offense to keep winning games.

NEW YORK -- Shohei Ohtani became a two-way All-Star for the third consecutive year when he was picked for the American League pitching staff on Sunday, and eight Atlanta Braves were chosen for the July 11 game in Seattle -- the most of any team since 2012.

The Braves completed dominated the All-Star roster for the National League. These eight All-Stars all share a few valuable things in common.

Nearly one-third of the Braves' major-league roster is on the National League All-Star team.