Demeritte, Fried lead Braves to needed win, 3-1 over Cubs

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For Travis Demeritte, it was a woman he'd never met before, sitting in the front row not far from the Atlanta Braves dugout. After getting words of encouragement from the unknown fan while in the on-deck circle, Demeritte hit his first big league homer in nearly three years to carry the Braves to a much-needed 3-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night. “She told me it was her first game in Atlanta,” Demeritte said.

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