The Giants got three homers and Hayden Birdsong set the stage for the dominant bullpen as they beat the Braves 5-3 at Truist Park. The Giants have won three of four in recent days against teams headed for the NL playoff bracket, and they're back to within two games of .500.
Both teams went back-to-back early on, with the Braves getting solo shots from Austin Riley and Sean Murphy off of Birdsong and the Giants countering with Jorge Soler and LaMonte Wade Jr. The Giants worked surefire All-Star Reynaldo Lopez hard and took the lead after knocking him out of the game.
Michael Conforto got them going with a double in the sixth and Riley couldn't handle Luis Matos' grounder to third, allowing Conforto to score the go-ahead run. Nick Ahmed added an insurance run on a sac fly and Heliot Ramos went deep in the top of the ninth for his 11th homer of the year, tying Matt Chapman for the team lead.
Soler jumped on an elevated fastball and rocketed a solo shot out to left, giving him 13 hits -- including four homers -- in 22 career at-bats against Lopez. Now hitting leadoff, Soler has five extra-base hits over the last three Giants games.
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