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07/23 13:54 CDT Chris Sale strikes out 11 as the Braves hit 4 home runs to edge
the Padres 6-5
Chris Sale strikes out 11 as the Braves hit 4 home runs to edge the Padres 6-5
By BILL TROCCHI
Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) --- Chris Sale matched a season-high with 11 strikeouts and the
Atlanta Braves hit four home runs in a 6-5 win over the San Diego Padres on
Thursday.
Dominic Smith hit a three-run homer and Michael Harris II and Ozzie Albies had
solo blasts off bulk reliever Griffin Canning as the Braves took three of four
from San Diego. All-Star Drake Baldwin added his 19th of the season in the
seventh inning.
Sale (11-6) gave up three runs on five hits and a walk in six innings of work.
All three runs came in the second inning.
Ty France hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning off Braves reliever Tyler
Kinley to pull the Padres within one at 6-5. Danny Young came on for the Braves
and recorded the third out of the eighth inning, then Raisel Iglesias threw a
scoreless ninth to record his 21st save.
Canning (1-9) took over in the second inning after a perfect first from Padres
opener Kyle Hart. Harris greeted him with a 420-foot home run to right field.
Canning lasted 2 2/3 innings and gave up five runs, four earned as his ERA
climbed to 6.97.
Harris was 2 for 4 with two runs scored and is now 6 for 7 in his career
against Canning. Albies was 2 for 4 for the Braves, who have won six of eight.
Luis Rengifo was 2 for 5 and had a two-run single off Sale.
Up next
Padres: RHP Germn Mrquez (4-2, 5.24) will open a three-game series at Miami
on Friday.
Braves: RHP Grant Holmes (6-4, 3.70) starts Atlanta's three-game series at
Baltimore on Friday.
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