Olson, d'Arnaud go back-to-back ... twice

9:13 PM UTC

MILWAUKEE -- What’s better than seeing homer twice in one game? How about seeing follow Olson with a homer of his own twice in one game?

Olson and d’Arnaud teamed to twice hit back-to-back homers in a 6-2 win over the Brewers on Wednesday afternoon at American Family Field. The consecutive solo shots in the eighth provided some insurance as the Braves won for the fourth time in their past five games.

The Braves have moved within 6 1/2 games of the Phillies in the National League East. This is the closest they have been to the division lead since they exited June 21 six games behind Philadelphia.

While the recently-acquired Jorge Soler already impacted the lineup as he made his Atlanta debut in this series finale, the biggest impact the Braves could feel over the season’s final two months could come from an Olson resurgence. The first baseman, who finished third in NL MVP voting last year, began this seven-game road trip with a .689 OPS.

Olson’s OPS has risen to .716 as he has homered four times in 18 at-bats going back to Saturday. This was his first multi-homer game of the season. He had eight multi-homer games when he set a franchise record with an MLB-best 54 homers last year.

Olson began his power barrage with a one-out, opposite-field homer off Freddy Peralta in the fourth. d’Arnaud followed by lacing a no-doubt homer into the left-field seats off the Brewers starter.

Olson began the eighth inning with his 17th homer of the season, a 416-foot shot that soared beyond the right-center-field wall. d’Arnaud then added to newly-acquired Brewers reliever Nick Mears’ woes by drilling another solo shot to left-center field. This capped the catcher’s third multi-homer game of the year.

Soler, who was acquired from the Giants on Monday, drew a walk ahead of Austin Riley’s go-ahead, two-run single in the seventh.