ATLANTA — — Marcell Ozuna homered and Austin Riley hit a tiebreaking double throughout a four-run rally within the eighth inning Saturday that lifted the Atlanta Braves to a 6-5 victory over the San Diego Padres.
The Braves tagged reliever Steven Wilson (3-1) for Ozzie Albies’ RBI single, Ozuna’s two-run homer and Riley’s go-ahead hit.
The sport appeared to show in San Diego’s favor in prime of the eighth when first baseman Matt Olson misplayed Trent Grisham’s grounder for a two-base error with one out. Grisham superior on Will Smith’s wild pitch and scored on Jorge Alfaro’s single to tie it at 2.
After Jake Cronenworth doubled, Jurickson Profar drew a stroll to set the stage for Braves nearer Kenley Jansen (2-0) to face Manny Machado with the bases loaded. Machado hit a grounder to Riley at third base, however his throw to second sailed into shallow middle discipline for an error that allowed two runs to attain.
San Diego added one other run to make it 5-2 on Eric Hosmer’s RBI forceout.
Padres starter Sean Manaea struck out 12 in seven innings. Each Atlanta batter apart from Albies whiffed towards Manaea.
Braves starter Charlie Morton gave up one run and two hits in six innings and struck out 9. He was in command early, retiring 9 of the primary 10 batters with six strikeouts.
Wil Myers walked with one out within the Padres fifth and scored on Grisham’s double, trimming the result in 2-1.
Olson’s fourth homer made it 1-0 within the first because the Braves slugger confronted Manaea, his former Oakland teammate, for the primary time. The ball sailed 399 toes into Atlanta bullpen in right-center.
Atlanta took a 2-0 lead within the third when William Contreras walked, superior on Travis Demeritte’s single and scored on Albies’ opposite-field double down the road in proper.
The defending World Sequence champion Braves have gained 4 of six to enhance to 16-18.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Braves RF Ronald Acuña Jr. missed his third straight recreation with a sore groin. Supervisor Brian Snitker mentioned Acuña was anticipated to play, however he reported feeling uncomfortable when he arrived on the ballpark. The Braves had him endure an MRI, the outcomes of which weren’t anticipated till Saturday night time. Snitker mentioned Acuña’s reconstructed proper knee isn’t a problem. … Snitker gave CF Adam Duvall the break day and began Guillermo Heredia in his place. Duvall is hitting .134 with the bases empty.
NICE GLOVE
Demeritte, filling in for Acuña in proper discipline, raced ahead for a sliding catch to nab Ha-Seong Kim’s liner with a runner on first and one out within the fifth.
UP NEXT
RHP Joe Musgrove (4-0, 2.08 ERA) will make his seventh begin for the Padres because the groups play the rubber recreation of the three-game collection in an 11:35 a.m. begin Sunday. Musgrove is 3-1 with a 4.50 ERA in seven profession begins towards Atlanta. RHP Kyle Wright (3-2, 3.03 ERA) will make his seventh begin for Atlanta. Wright will face San Diego for the second time and is 0-0 with a 3.60 ERA towards the Padres.
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