San Francisco Giants at Atlanta Braves

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San Francisco Giants

42-45, 17-26 Away

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Atlanta Braves

47-37, 27-15 Home

Braves left-hander Chris Sale fans 9 in 6 innings and earns 11th win in 3-1 victory over Giants

Sale (11-3) tied Kansas City’s Seth Lugo for the most wins in the majors, confirming his return to his early career form of winning 11 or more games in seven consecutive seasons with the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox.

“Is that more wins than I've gotten in the last five years combined?” Sale asked with a smile.

It is Sale’s most wins since finishing 12-4 in 2018 with Boston. The left-hander recorded nine strikeouts while allowing one run and positioned himself for All-Star consideration.

“We'll cross that bridge if it gets here,” Sale said when asked about the possibility of being named the NL starting pitcher. “... I would appreciate it but again we've got games to play. I don't want to be distracted.”

The Giants were held to four hits by Sale and three relievers.

Austin Riley hit a two-run double in the fifth.

Sale needed only six pitches to retire the Giants in order in the first, setting the stage for his strong start. The left-hander struck out the side in the third. Sale added two more strikeouts to open the fifth before Curt Casali lined a single to center field for San Francisco's first hit.

The Braves took a 1-0 lead on three consecutive hits, including Adam Duvall's run-scoring double off Jordan Hicks (4-5) to open the second. Duvall had three hits.

Hicks allowed three runs in five innings.

“It's not like he pitched poorly,” said Giants manager Bob Melvin of Hicks. “It came down to not solving Sale and then three pretty good relievers after that.”

Riley's two-run double off the right-field wall in the fifth stretched the lead to 3-0.

Home plate umpire Ryan Additon called Riley safe on his slide at the plate as he tried to score from second on Travis d'Arnaud's single to right field. The Giants challenged the call, and the replay showed Casali tagged Riley after catching the throw from right fielder Austin Slater.

Matt Chapman’s double drove in Jorge Soler in the sixth for the Giants’ only run.

Chapman reached on an infield single with one out in the ninth before Raisel Iglesias finished off his 21st save in 23 chances.

Giants left fielder Luis Matos made a diving catch of Riley's sinking liner to end the third.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Giants: Melvin says there is “a chance” LHP Kyle Harrison (right ankle sprain) could come off the injured list to start Saturday at Cleveland.

Braves: SS Orlando Arcia missed his second straight game after having an abscessed tooth removed. Manager Brian Snitker said Arcia had an infection and was being given protein drinks “just to get something in him.” ... OF Ramón Laureano (lower back soreness) says he is feeling better but Snitker said “it's not better enough to play. ... He can't run. Can't swing yet.” ... OF Michael Harris II (strained left hamstring) ran for the first time since landing on the injured list on June 16. ... Snitker managed to laugh after he was hit below his belt by a line-drive foul ball hit by Ozzie Albies in the fifth.

Giants RHP Logan Webb (6-6, 3.12 ERA) will try to extend his record of strong pitching at Truist Park when he faces Braves RHP Charlie Morton (5-4, 3.89) in Thursday night's final game of the series. Webb is 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA in four career starts in Atlanta.

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Matchup Prediction

Braves: 58.9%

Giants: 41.1%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Wisely struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Matos flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Chapman reached on infield single to second.
	9th Inning	Ramos grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Iglesias relieved Jiménez
	8th Inning	Wall flied out to left.

Statistics

SF		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	8
12	Strikeouts	11
1	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
10	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	1
139	Pitches	133
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
6	Total Bases	12
33	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
0.5	Runs Created	4.0
.129	Batting Average	.303
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.194	Slugging Percentage	.364
.129	Secondary Average	.121
.182	On Base Percentage	.343
.375	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.706
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
0.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.5
12.0	Batter Rating	27.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
4.21	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.80
.065	Isolated Power	.061
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.18
.061	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.057
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.182
2.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.5
61.8	MLB Rating	79.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0