Austin Riley and Orlando Arcia hit home runs, Max Fried pitched six strong innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the host San Francisco Giants 7-3 on Saturday afternoon to record their fourth straight win.
Matt Olson collected a double, two singles and two RBIs for the Braves, who have won their first two games in San Francisco after taking two of three from the Giants last week in Atlanta.
For the third straight day, the Braves scored in their first at-bat and never trailed. This time, the run came on Olson’s double after Riley had drawn a two-out walk against Giants opener Ryan Walker.
Olson also drove in a run in the third with a single before the Giants managed to temporarily draw even in the bottom of the inning on Wilmer Flores’ 19th home run of the season. The two-run shot also scored Austin Slater, who had walked.
The homers by Riley, his 30th, and Arcia, his 15th, were solo shots and came in the fifth and sixth innings, respectively, allowing the Braves to take charge.
A three-run eighth featured Eddie Rosario’s RBI single and sacrifice flies by Arcia and Nicky Lopez to make it a blowout.
Fried (5-1) bounced back from the two-run third to complete six innings, allowing no further scoring and a total of six hits. He walked two and struck out eight.
Kirby Yates, Pierce Johnson and A.J. Minter threw one inning of relief apiece, with the Giants’ final run coming on an RBI single by Wade Meckler off Minter in the ninth.
The Braves scored runs against all five Giants pitchers, including two in 3 2/3 innings off Sean Manaea (4-5), who took the loss. Manaea struck out five.
Arcia finished with two RBIs and Riley scored twice for the Braves, who have opened a 10-game Western swing with a pair of wins.
J.D. Davis had a double and a single for the Giants, who lost for the fourth time in their last five games.
–Field Level Media
