Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres

· Major League Baseball

Atlanta Braves

52-41, 23-24 Away

Final
6 - 1

San Diego Padres

49-48, 25-27 Home

Ozuna warms up for the Home Run Derby with 2 blasts in the Braves' 6-1 win against the Padres

Ozuna left no doubt with his powerful shots. He led off the fifth with a 413-foot homer to left off knuckleballer Matt Waldron (5-8) that tied the score at 1 and then led off the ninth with a 422-footer to center off Enyel De Los Santos.

Ozuna has 26 homers this season. He was named an All-Star reserve and will participate in the Home Run Derby on Monday night.

Asked if he's ready for the Derby, he said: “Yeah, 100%. I'm going to have fun and give like an example for my kids.”

Ozuna, who hit a career-high 40 homers last year, went deep in both games of a doubleheader against the Padres in Atlanta on May 20.

“I don't try” to hit home runs, he said. “I just try to hit the ball on the barrel. I put a very good swing on it and feel happy.”

Rookie starter Spencer Schwellenbach was impressed with Ozuna's power show.

“It's always fun. He always has great at-bats and hammers baseballs. I guess he's ready for the Derby.”

Ozuna also set a Braves record with 77 RBI before the break.

“I couldn't be happier,” manager Brian Snitker said. “That's some good company there, too, the guys he passed. I'm proud of him and happy for him, everything he accomplishes.”

The Padres lost their fifth straight game and dropped to one game above .500.

After Ozuna's homer in the fifth, Adam Duvall doubled, advanced on Eddie Rosario's sacrifice bunt and scored on Travis d'Arnaud's single to right. Arcia followed with a 401-foot homer to left-center, his seventh, as Ozuna gestured in approval from the dugout.

The Padres had taken a 1-0 lead against Schwellenbach (3-4) when Jake Cronenworth and Manny Machado hit consecutive doubles opening the fourth.

Schwellenbach made his big league debut on May 29, two days before he turned 24.

Making his eighth start, he held the Padres to one run and three hits in seven innings, with three strikeouts and one walk.

Snitker said it was big that Schwellenbach shut down the Padres after giving up the consecutive doubles in the fourth.

“That's probably the most impressive thing, he just limited it to that. Hitting with all his pitches. He was really good. I was glad he could touch the seventh inning, too," Snitker said. “That's a really, really good lineup, too.”

Waldron allowed four runs and six hits in seven innings.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Padres: Activated 2B Xander Bogaerts from the disabled list. Optioned C Brett Sullivan to Triple-A El Paso. Recalled RHP Sean Reynolds from El Paso. Placed LHP Wandy Peralta on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Wednesday, with a left adductor strain.

Braves RHP Reynaldo López (7-2, 1.71 ERA) and Padres RHP Dylan Cease (7-8, 4.21) are scheduled to start Saturday night.

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Matchup Prediction

Padres: 57.6%

Braves: 42.4%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Merrill struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bogaerts to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Bogaerts singled to left.
	9th Inning	Machado flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Cronenworth struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Lee relieved Jiménez

Statistics

ATL		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	9
3	Strikeouts	6
6	Runs Batted In	1
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	1
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	32
3	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
5	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
21	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
118	Pitches	131
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	0
20	Total Bases	7
35	Plate Appearances	33
486.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	2
5.4	Runs Created	0.7
.281	Batting Average	.156
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.625	Slugging Percentage	.219
.375	Secondary Average	.094
.294	On Base Percentage	.182
.919	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.401
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
5.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.7
46.0	Batter Rating	13.0
10.7	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.37	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.97
.344	Isolated Power	.063
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.030
.094	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.063
12.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
94.3	MLB Rating	65.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0