MILWAUKEE -- Orlando Arcia gave his former franchise a glimpse of his All-Star form and Austin Riley moved within a game of a franchise record.

It seems safe to say the Braves have distanced themselves from any frustration they may have felt while experiencing a four-game losing streak earlier this week. With Arcia and Riley both hitting two-run homers, Atlanta overpowered the Brewers in a 6-4 win on Friday night at American Family Field.

Arcia’s go-ahead homer in the second inning was the first hit he has recorded in Milwaukee since the Brewers traded him to the Braves one week into the 2021 season. Riley’s third-inning, opposite-field shot gave him at least one homer in each of the past four games. The franchise record is five straight games, shared by nine players including Ronald Acuña Jr., Chipper Jones, Hank Aaron and Rogers Hornsby.

“I want to go out there and do my job as the third hitter, which is to drive in runs and do damage,” Riley said. “I’m doing that right now, so it feels good.”

With a pair of wins separating them from their four-game skid, the Braves now have a season-high 11 1/2-game lead in the National League East. They have compiled an MLB-best record with a lineup that has produced a record-setting pace with an MLB-best 184 homers.

The Braves are on pace to hit 310 homers, which would best the MLB record (307) the ‘19 Twins hit. Leading the way has been Matt Olson, who leads the NL with 32 home runs. Acuña (23), Ozzie Albies (22) and Riley (21) have also hit at least 20 homers.

No other team has four players with at least 20 homers. The Dodgers are the only other team with at least three players in this club entering Friday.

Riley became the newest member of this club. He homered five times within a span of 13 at-bats, going from Tuesday’s fourth inning through Friday’s third inning. He has gone 8-for-17 with five homers, a double and a triple within his past four games.

“Looking at what he has done this year without really hitting a hot streak until now is kind of scary in a way, for other teams at least,” Braves starting pitcher Michael Soroka said. “It’s exciting for us, given our lineup and where we are as a team. He’s capable of being as hot as any of them.”

Consistency has eluded Riley, who is now hitting .270 with a .818 OPS. But he’s on pace for a third-straight 30-homer season and quite possibly a third straight top-10 finish in NL MVP balloting.

Riley and Arcia’s homers provided early support for Soroka, who began his six-inning effort by allowing consecutive doubles to Christian Yelich and former Brave William Contreras. The Braves right-hander’s only other damage came courtesy of Willy Adames’ two-run homer in the sixth.

Soroka earned his second win since 2020 when Kirby Yates escaped a ninth-inning threat. Closer Raisel Iglesias wasn’t available because he pitched Tuesday, warmed up in Wednesday’s game and then pitched again on Thursday.

Yates, a former All-Star closer, issued a pair of two-out walks then ended the game when he snuck a slider past Blake Perkins. Milwaukee's outfielder fouled seven straight pitches before ending the 11-pitch plate appearance by looking at a pitch the Braves reliever has used just nine times this year.

“He threw it a couple weeks ago, and I was like, 'Huh?'” Riley said. “So when [Perkins] kept fouling it off and fouling it off, I was like, 'It might be a good time to pop it in there.' He did and that was good. Guys are stepping up right now. He’s one of those guys.”

So, too is Arcia, whose days as Milwaukee’s shortstop ended when Adames was acquired from the Rays. The veteran infielder spent the past two seasons backing up Dansby Swanson and had to battle two Minor Leaguers before exiting Spring Training as Atlanta’s starting shortstop.

But Arcia was showered with love a couple weeks ago, when he was named the NL’s starting shortstop for the All-Star Game. He said he received a lot of congratulatory texts from his former Brewers teammates.

As Arcia's homer cleared the left-center-field wall in the second, Brewers starter Freddy Peralta second-guessed his decision not to send one.

“He was probably mad at me,” Peralta said. “You can tell [by] tonight.”