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Cobb County firefighters at Station 19 welcomed an extra special guest Tuesday.

Charlie Morton combined with three relievers on a five-hitter and the Atlanta Braves beat Nathan Eovaldi and the Texas Rangers 5-2 on Saturday night for their sixth straight win. Travis d’Arnaud, who drove in six runs with three homers, including a grand slam, in the Braves’ 8-3 win on Friday night, hit a two-run homer off right-hander Austin Pruitt in the eighth. Led by strong starts from Morton and Chris Sale, the NL East-leading Braves have won the first two games of the weekend series against the Rangers, who lead the AL West.

Garrett Crochet pitched seven sparkling innings, pinch-hitter Paul DeJong had a tiebreaking homer and the Chicago White Sox got their first win by beating the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Tuesday night. “Huge team win,” Crochet said. Michael Kopech needed five outs and 39 pitches for his first professional save.

The perfect Valentine’s Day gift for Atlanta Braves fans is here: Pitchers and catchers officially report for spring training on Wednesday.

The Atlanta Braves have agreements their last arbitration-eligible players by striking deals with left-hander Max Fried and A.J. Minter. The Braves announced Thursday signing one-year deals with Fried for $15 million and Minter for $6.22 million. Fried, 29, is 62-26 with a 3.03 ERA in seven seasons with Atlanta.