Cubs 9, Braves 3
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs hit five home runs, including two from third baseman Kris Bryant, en route to a 9-3 victory over Atlanta Braves and a four-game series sweep on Sunday.
The victory put the Cubs (71-51) a season-high 20 games above .500 after sweeping their fourth four-game series of the season for the first time 1945.
Chicago right-handed starter Jason Hammel (7-5) broke a run of three straight no-decisions with his first win since July 31 as he worked 6 1/3 innings.
Bryant went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and scored four times.
Atlanta right-hander Matt Wisler (5-4) lasted less than three innings and suffered his second straight loss. He is now winless in his last five starts.
The Cubs are two wins away from matching their 2014 victory total and are on pace for 94 wins. Atlanta (53-71) has now lost seven straight.
Center fielder Dexter Fowler slugged his career-best 14th home run of the season to open the Cubs first. Fowler took the 1-0 pitch from Wisler and deposited it in the left field bleachers for a 1-0 lead.
Four batters later, Bryant sent a towering shot to right for his 18th homer of the year. The first-pitch shot also scored first baseman Anthony Rizzo for a 3-0 Cubs lead.
Left fielder Kyle Schwarber joined the homer parade in the second with his 11th of the season, a two-out solo blast to left for a 4-0 Chicago lead.
Rizzo and Bryant reached in the third inning with none out and catcher Miguel Montero launched the Cubs' fourth homer of the game for a 7-0 Chicago lead. It was his 13th homer of the season and second in two days.
Wisler then gave up a single and walk and was pulled in favor of left-hander Andrew McKirahan. Wisler allowed seven runs on six hits, walked three and struck out two over 2 2/3 innings.
Atlanta broke the shutout in the fifth, scoring twice on Hamel as catcher Ryan Lavarnway homered to center to lead off and left fielder Nick Swisher singled home center fielder Cameron Maybin with two out.
Bryant clubbed his second homer of the game on a full count to lead off the Cubs sixth and open a 9-2 lead. It was his 19th homer and marked his third multi-homer game of the season.
Hamel faced one batter in the seventh and departed in favor of left-handed reliever Clayton Richard after pinch hitter Eury Perez lined out to second.
Hamel gave up two runs on six hits, walked one and struck out eight while throwing 105 pitches, 70 for strikes.
The Braves pushed across one run in the seventh as Swisher picked up his second RBI with a two-out single that drove in Maybin to make it 9-3.
NOTES: Braves LF Nick Swisher displayed prowess on both sides of the plate over the weekend with two homers on Saturday -- one as a left-handed batter in the second inning and later as a right-handed batter. It was the 14th time in his career he has homered from both sides of the plate. ... Atlanta returns home on Monday to open a nine-game homestead. Braves RHP Julio Teheran (8-6, 4.32 ERA) goes against Rockies LHP Jorge De La Rosa (7-5, 4.50 ERA) in the first of three games. The Braves play 25 of their final 38 at home. ... Chicago hosts Cleveland in a makeup game at 1:05 p.m. on Monday and then departs on a six-game West Coast trip. The original June 15 inter-league game against the Indians was rained out. ... The Cubs send LHP Jon Lester (8-9, 3.58 ERA) against Indians RHP Corey Kluber (8-13, 3.58 ERA). ... Cubs CF Dexter Fowler homered to lead off Sunday's series finale, his career-high 14th of the season. He entered Sunday with a .452 on-base percentage since the All-Star break, which is third best in the NL . ... Cubs 3B Kris Bryant came into Sunday's game with the most RBIs among NL rookies and, after two home runs, he now has 74 RBIs for the season.