Braves outslug Cubs in Windy City

At 10 games over .500, Atlanta has best record in National League.

The wind was clearly

CHICAGO — apparent in the Windy City on Monday, and the Braves will take it.

They used the home run ball to defeat the Cubs 6-5 on a beautiful afternoon in Chicago. It was a far cry from the Braves’ last visit, when frigid conditions forced the

rubber game’s postponement. Both teams hit several balls deep to the warning track. The difference proved to be Jose Bautista’s three-run shot that put

the Braves ahead 6-4 in the fifth inning.

Ozzie Albies led off with a homer, his third leadoff blast of the year. That tied him with Bryce Harper for the most in baseball (13). Tyler Flowers homered in the third to put the Braves in front 3-2 after they’d lost the lead on Albert Almora’s homer.

The Cubs scored a run in the bottom of the ninth when Braves reliever A.J. Minter hit Ian Happ with the bases loaded and two outs. The Braves won when Kris Bryant flew out for the final out.

Julio Teheran entered Monday with 2.25 ERA (5 ER/20.0 IP) in three starts at Wrigley Field. He allowed four runs in six innings, but it proved enough.

The Braves again hammered Jose Quintana, scoring six runs on nine hits against him in 4⅔ innings. They hit him for seven runs in 2⅓ innings in the teams’ last meeting on April 14.

The win moved the Braves 10 games over .500 at 25-15. They have the best record in the National League.

Late celebration: MLB honors Jackie Robinson every April 15, but the Braves and Cubs did so almost a month later. Due to the postponement of the BravesCubs series finale last month, the teams wore No. 42 in Monday’s makeup game at Wrigley Field.

“I’m glad I didn’t miss it,” said Braves catcher Tyler Flowers,

who would’ve missed the day even without postponement due to being on the disabled list. “I always thought it was a pretty special day just to reflect and remember

the people who set the stage before us and what they had to go through, specifically Jackie, amongst some of the other guys he played with, breaking the ground, giving opportunities to plenty of players behind them.”

Robinson is celebrated for breaking the color barrier

on April 15 (opening day), 1947, ending roughly 80 years of segregation in baseball.

The league retired his number league-wide in 1997. It started Jackie Robinson Day in 2004 in his honor. Each player, coach and umpire wears his No. 42.

DAVID BANKS / GETTY IMAGES Jose Bautista (left)is greetedby Tyler Flowers and Nick Markakis after hitting a three-run homer against the Cubs in the fifth inning Monday. All players wore 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson.

DAVID BANKS / GETTY IMAGES The Braves’ Ender Inciarte makes a catch on Javier Baez of the Cubs during the sixth inning of Monday’s game at Wrigley Field in Chicago.