Atlanta Braves at Boston Red Sox

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Atlanta Braves

34-25, 15-13 Away

Final
0 - 9

Boston Red Sox

31-31, 14-18 Home

Nick Pivetta, Rafael Devers power the Red Sox to a 9-0 win over the Braves

Pivetta (3-4) worked seven innings and allowed Atlanta’s only hit — a leadoff single by Austin Riley in the fourth inning. The 31-year-old right-hander struck out nine and finished one strikeout shy of his season high, against the Seattle Mariners on March 29.

“I wouldn’t say I felt great, to be honest with you,” Pivetta said. “But, yeah, it was a good outing. I think throughout the game the guys were on the bats, gave me a lot of runs, so I was able to just kind of attack the strike zone, get ahead of guys, allow themselves to get each other out. It was a good team win today.”

Devers hit a solo home run in the second inning and a two-run shot in the seventh for the 17th multi-homer game of his career and first since July 14, 2023, against the Chicago Cubs. He has 13 homers this season.

“Now, he’s locked in,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said of Devers. “Staying on fastballs, using the whole field, not chasing pitches, hitting the ball the other way, that’s being locked in. Now, he’s very dangerous.”

Jarren Duran hit a solo homer in the eighth inning, his fourth of the season. Duran, Rob Refsnyder, Tyler O’Neill and Dominic Smith each had two hits as Boston improved to 31-31 with its fifth win in 12 games.

Braves right-hander Spencer Schwellenbach (0-2) allowed six runs on seven hits with two walks (one intentional) over 4 2/3 innings in his second career start.

“Lot of strikes, kid is learning,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “He doesn’t have a lot to fall back on yet. But the stuff was good. He threw a lot of strikes. Got hurt with some two-strike, probably got too much of the plate. But he competes really well. Stuff is good and there’s a lot of upside there.”

Boston jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second inning. Devers led off with a homer. O’Neill singled and Dominic Smith walked before David Hamilton’s double scored O’Neill. Hamilton scored on a sacrifice fly by Reese McGuire.

“After a tough second, I felt like I did a good job of coming back out and throwing strikes in the third and fourth,” Schwellenbach said. “For me, getting on top and throwing strikes and getting to two strikes, I just wasn’t able to finish.”

The Red Sox added three more runs in the fifth. Duran, who entered the game leading MLB in triples, hit his ninth of the season. and scored on Enmanuel Valdez’s double. After a two-out intentional walk to Devers, O’Neill doubled, scoring Devers and chasing Schwellenbach. Ray Kerr entered and gave up an RBI double to Smith.

Devers’ two-run shot in the seventh scored Rob Refsnyder, who opened the inning with a double. Duran added a homer in the eighth off right-hander Jimmy Herget.

Boston right-hander Zack Kelly was called up before the game to take the place of Chris Martin, who was placed on the 15-day injury list with anxiety. Kelly worked the eighth and finished with two strikeouts. Brad Keller pitched the ninth.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Red Sox: RHP Chris Martin was placed on the 15-day injured list with anxiety.

The Braves travel to Washington on Thursday when RHP Reynaldo Lopez (3-2, 1.73 ERA) will be opposed by Nationals LHP Mitchell Parker (4-3, 3.60).

The Red Sox travel to Chicago on Thursday when RHP Tanner Houck (5-5, 1.85) will be opposed by White Sox RHP Jake Woodford (0-1, 6.23).

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Matchup Prediction

Red Sox: 56.7%

Braves: 43.3%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Short flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Short hit for Ozuna
	9th Inning	Anderson grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Harris II out at second.
	9th Inning	Harris II safe at first on fielding error by catcher McGuire.
	9th Inning	Keller relieved Kelly
	9th Inning	Westbrook at second base.

Statistics

ATL		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	10
11	Strikeouts	8
0	Runs Batted In	9
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
1	Hits	13
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	9
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
28	At Bats	36
0	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
0	Doubles	4
9	Fly Balls	19
0	Caught Stealing	0
116	Pitches	161
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
1	Total Bases	28
30	Plate Appearances	40
0.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
0	Extra Base Hits	8
-2.0	Runs Created	10.4
.036	Batting Average	.361
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.036	Slugging Percentage	.778
.071	Secondary Average	.500
.100	On Base Percentage	.400
.136	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.178
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
-1.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	11.7
1.0	Batter Rating	68.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	12.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.87	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.03
.000	Isolated Power	.417
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.067	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.075
.036	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.139
0.0	Runs Produced	18.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.1	Patience Ratio	0.8
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.4
52.0	MLB Rating	111.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0