WASHINGTON -- For the first time since September 2023, when he set the Braves’ single-season record for home runs , Matt Olson has homered in four straight games.

Olson went yard to cap a five-run fourth inning for Atlanta in its 6-3 win in Game 1 of a split doubleheader on Tuesday at Nationals Park.

Coming off his second four-RBI game of the season , Olson continued to rake -- though not quite to that extreme. Olson’s homer came immediately after a two-run jack from Jurickson Profar, the eighth time this season Atlanta has gone back-to-back and its first pair of back-to-back home runs since Aug. 7.

But Olson’s streak is far from the most interesting tidbit from the afternoon game. That honor went to southpaw José Suarez, who made his first Major League start of the year -- an

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