Boston Red Sox at Atlanta Braves

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Boston Red Sox

19-26, 11-12 Away

Final
3 - 2

Atlanta Braves

31-15, 15-8 Home

Willson Contreras hits a 2-run homer in the 8th to lift the Red Sox past the Braves, 3-2

Boston Red Sox vs. Atlanta Braves: Game Highlights

Red Sox rookie left-hander Payton Tolle (2-2) gave up two runs over a season-high eight innings, allowing four hits and striking out three. The Red Sox are 15-1 when their starters pitch at least six innings.

Aroldis Chapman moved into a tie for 10th place with his 377th career save. He survived a throwing error with two outs and the bases empty by shortstop Andruw Monasterio, who was in Trevor Story.

Chapman walked Mauricio Dubón and Michael Harris II to load the bases. Ha-Seong Kim then hit a hard ground ball off Chapman, who scrambled off the mound and tossed the ball to first to end it.

Contreras' home run came off Bryce Elder (4-2), who gave up seven hits in eight innings and and threw a season-high 103 pitches. Contreras knocked in Wilyer Abreu, who doubled with two outs. Abreu was 2 for 4 with a run scored.

Masataka Yoshida’s sacrifice fly scored Mickey Gasper for the Red Sox's first run in the fourth inning.

Drake Baldwin was 2 for 3 with a home run and two RBI for the Braves. He led off the game with a home run for the second consecutive day, with this one traveling 421 feet over the center field wall. Baldwin's two-out single in the fifth inning scored José Azócar from second base to break a 1-1 tie.

Up next Braves RHP Grant Holmes (2-1, 4.35 ERA) was set to start Sunday against RHP Brayan Bello (2-4, 6.46) in the series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Kim grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Harris II walked, Dubón to second, Mateo to third.
	9th Inning	Dubón walked.
	9th Inning	Mateo stole second.
	9th Inning	Mateo ran for Riley
	9th Inning	Riley safe at first on throwing error by shortstop Monasterio.

Statistics

BOS		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	6
5	Strikeouts	3
3	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	1
0	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	2
15	Fly Balls	22
0	Caught Stealing	0
117	Pitches	105
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
13	Total Bases	9
35	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	3
2.7	Runs Created	1.9
.206	Batting Average	.129
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.382	Slugging Percentage	.290
.176	Secondary Average	.290
.200	On Base Percentage	.206
.582	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.496
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
2.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.9
28.0	Batter Rating	20.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.34	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.09
.176	Isolated Power	.161
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.088
-.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.161
6.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.1
77.3	MLB Rating	69.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0