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Cold blast of winter fails to chill carnival fever in Chester
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Lopez thrives in fill-in role as Fried, Braves rout Yankees, 11-3
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Atlanta Braves
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Lopez thrives in fill-in role as Fried, Braves roll past
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Lopez thrives in fill-in role as Fried, Braves roll past
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Takeaways: The Braves beat the New York Yankees 11-3 to open
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Max Fried, Nicky Lopez key in win over Yankees
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just four teams
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Lopez thrives in fill-in role as Fried, Braves roll past
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Did wild Max Fried trade rumor give Yankees perfect fallback plan?