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ATLANTA — Matt Olson hit his major league-leading 54th homer, and the Atlanta Braves clinched home-field advantage throughout the postseason with a 5-3 win over the slumping Chicago Cubs. Austin Riley had three hits and scored two runs as the Braves won for the sixth time in seven games. The NL East champions can match the franchise record for wins with a season-ending sweep of the Nationals. Chicago has dropped 13 of 19 to fall out of position for an NL wild card. With the three-game sweep by the Braves, the Cubs fell a half-game back of Miami for the third wild card.
