ATLANTA -- Spencer Strider was frustrated after the Braves’ 6-5 loss to the White Sox on Saturday night at Truist Park.

The All-Star right-hander was his usual strikeout-artist self. He logged 10 K’s to increase his Major League lead to 176, and his fastball averaged a season-high 98.4 mph.

But Strider was more focused on the game result than statistics.

“It didn't matter,” Strider said. “Everybody’s so concerned with velo. I think that the score is a little more important. So I'd rather throw slower and prevent runs, so we can win the game.”

Strider struck out five of the first six batters he faced through two innings, but he ran into trouble in the third.

Zach Remillard and Oscar Colás hit back-to-back singles to start the third as Chicago took a 1-0 lead on Andrew Benintendi’s one-out single. Luis Robert Jr. capped the rally with a two-run double.

In the fifth, Benintendi, who went 3-for-5 with three RBIs, knocked an RBI double and Jake Burger crushed his 20th homer of the season off Strider in the sixth.

Strider allowed five two-strike hits. His command of the zone (72 strikes on 97 pitches) was, perhaps, too strong -- it allowed Chicago to execute timely hits and snap Atlanta's 10-game home win streak dating back to June 11.

“It wasn't great results, I guess,” manager Brian Snitker said. “His stuff was really good. There's probably a point in the game where he was throwing too many strikes. I think that's maybe the cause of some of the two-strike hits.

“The stuff was live and really good.”

Strider allowed eight hits over six innings, while the five runs were the most he’s given up since June 14 against Detroit. His five-game win streak was also snapped.

Still, Strider’s four-seam fastball and slider combo caused 36 called strikes and whiffs. His fastball was in the zone 62% of the time, and his slider put away five hitters.

"We didn’t try to do too much against [Strider],” White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said. “We let him supply a little bit of the power and we stayed within ourselves. That’s what we want to do every day. I know it’s easier said than done.

“There was a good game plan going in and these guys executed a game plan against one of the best pitchers in baseball, if not the best. This guy has power stuff. And he pounds the strike zone with 100 mph fastballs."

The Braves’ offense was still potent. Eddie Rosario’s 15th home run of the season extended the club record of consecutive games with a homer to 28. Atlanta only trails the 2019 Yankees (31) for the most consecutive games with at least one home run in AL/NL history.

Ronald Acuña Jr. smashed a two-run home run in the third inning and a solo shot in the ninth to continue his dominant season.

"You have to do a lot of little things to beat these guys,” Grifol said. “That’s a really good team over there. They are tough to navigate through and we played really good baseball today."

The Braves left four runners in scoring position in the final three frames. After Acuña’s second homer made it a one-run game in the ninth, Sean Murphy hit a broken-bat grounder that turned into a game-ending double play with Ozzie Albies on third base as the potential tying run.

“That's their DNA,” Snitker said. “They never give up in a game and they're never out of the game. We got down three and nobody panicked, and we came right back and tied it. They just never quit.

“This group is something else and they always feel like they're in the game. As long as we got a strike left, we got a chance to win.”