ATLANTA (AP) — Adam Duvall and William Contreras homered to help Charlie Morton won for the first time in five starts as the Atlanta Braves cranked up their bats, 9-2 over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.

Matt Olson hit a two-run double during a four-run second inning. Duvall homered in the third off starter Aaron Ashby and Contreras added a three-run drive in the fifth off Jandel Gustave to pad the lead.

The Braves were winless over Morton’s last four starts, a stretch that included a 7.85 ERA. But the 38-year-old right-hander (2-3) pitched around three walks to allow two hits with five strikeouts in five scoreless innings.

The defending World Series champions won just their second series of the season in nine tries to improve to 14-16. The Brewers have lost two straight but still lead the NL Central with a 19-10 record.

Duvall hit his second homer of the year with an opposite-field solo shot in the third to make it 5-0. Of Atlanta’s 34 homers this year, 27 have been solo shots. Contreras made it 9-0 by connecting to left field with a 436-foot shot that left his bat at 113 mph.

The Braves went up 6-0 in the fourth when Dansby Swanson scored on a wild pitch off Ashby (0-3). Ashby was charged with six hits and six runs with four walks and three strikeouts in four innings.

Morton escaped trouble with the bases loaded in the second when Lorenzo Cain struck out and Jace Peterson flied out.

The Braves took a 4-0 lead in the second on Contreras’ bases-loaded walk, Ronald Acuña Jr.’s RBI grounder and Olson’s double. Olson’s bloop hit landed in shallow left field, just out of the reach of shortstop Willy Adames, and allowed Acuña to score from first.

Milwaukee scored twice in the eighth off Tyler Matzek. Pinch-hitter Mike Brosseau had a run-scoring single and another run scored on a double-play grounder.

STREAKING

Acuña reached on an infield single in the first, increasing his on-base streak to an NL-best 23 games dating to June 25. Acuña doubled in the fifth and finished 2 for 4 with a stolen base.

IMPROVING

Swanson got off to a rough start to the season but after going 2 for 3 he has hit .340 with six extra-base hits and eight RBIs in his last 16 games. He’s now batting .242.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Brewers catcher Omar Narváez dropped to the ground after a foul ball by Swanson glanced off his left arm in the fourth. He stayed in the game after being tended to by a trainer.

UP NEXT

Brewers: RHP Brandon Woodruff (3-1, 5.18 ERA) will make his sixth start as Milwaukee opens a three-game series at Cincinnati. The Reds have yet to announce a starter.

Braves: After an off day Monday, RHP Kyle Wright (3-1, 1.74) will pitch opposite RHP Garrett Whitlock (1-1, 1.25) as Boston visits Truist Park to begin a two-game series on Tuesday.