Braves walk off the Red Sox 3-2, as the offense does just enough

"Spencer worked around a leadoff walk with two contact outs and a nice pickoff for a clean first inning. It didn't take long for the Braves to give him some help, as Drake Baldwin hit his sixth home run against left-handed pitching this season, just barely eluding Ceddanne Rafaela's glove in centerfield. The Braves got another couple of baserunners, as Ozzie was hit by a pitch and Austin blistered a single, but to no avail."

"Both pitchers settled in and pitched around a few scattered baserunners until Michael Harris added on with another lefty-on-lefty solo shot to lead off the fourth. After a quiet fifth, Strider allowed a soft leadoff double before striking out Durbin, at which point Walt Weiss pulled him for Dylan Lee, keeping him to just two times through the Boston lineup."

"His 5.1 innings with 4 strikeouts and 3 walks isn't his best, but he kept the Red Sox to one run and induced 16 whiffs, with his fastball averaging 95.5 MPH. It wasn't quite the Dodgers start, but those whiffs are still a good sign for Spencer. Dylan Lee struck out Duran, but allowed an RBI single before inducing an inning-ending pop-up."

"Iglesias got the ninth and recorded the first two outs before allowing a single and a walk to put the go-ahead run in scoring position for Boston. Iggy struck out Monasterio to keep the game tied and give the Brav"

Spencer Strider opened the series start against Boston and worked a clean first inning after a leadoff walk, using contact outs and a pickoff. Atlanta scored early when Drake Baldwin hit a sixth home run versus left-handed pitching, followed by baserunners from a hit-by-pitch and a single. Strider added strikeouts in the second and settled into a rhythm, pitching around scattered runners. Michael Harris extended the lead with a lefty-on-lefty solo homer in the fourth. After a leadoff double in the sixth, Strider was replaced by Dylan Lee, who struck out a batter but allowed an RBI single. Atlanta’s bullpen held through the eighth, but Boston’s late scoring put the go-ahead run in position before the game remained tied after a strikeout.

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