Toronto Blue Jays at Atlanta Braves

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Toronto Blue Jays

67-75, 33-40 Away

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Atlanta Braves

77-64, 39-29 Home

Max Fried dominates for wild card-contending Braves in 3-1 win over Blue Jays

Atlanta remained tied with the Mets for the final NL wild-card spot as New York beat Cincinnati 6-4.

“All I think about is that we need to win tomorrow,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “The most important thing we are going to do is play tomorrow’s game. We have to take each and every day separately and do it again the next day.”

Fried (9-8) had command of the plate all night, striking out eight and allowing just five hits. Toronto's lone run was unearned, coming in the third inning on an Atlanta error.

"I think I’ve just been building off each of my last couple of outings,” Fried said. “I’ve been able to command the ball a lot better and I’ve been putting my fastballs in areas where I’m not getting beat too bad.”

It marked the 25th straight game Atlanta pitchers have allowed three runs or fewer, the longest such streak in baseball this season and the longest in Braves franchise history.

“It’s not surprising knowing the group that we have,” Fried said. “Every night, each of our starters are confident that we can go out there and win a game and go deep into the game.”

Raisel Iglesias pitched out of trouble in the ninth for his 31st save in 34 opportunities, extending his scoreless streak to 24 1/3 innings.

“He (Iglesias) is about as good as I've been around,” Snitker said. “In my tenure here, we've had some really good, Hall-of-Fame quality closers, and he's right there with all of those guys what he is doing right now.”

The Braves got out to a 3-0 lead in the second inning and never looked back. Jarred Kelenic, Gio Urshela and Michael Harris II had RBI singles.

This was Atlanta's first win against Toronto since Aug. 6, 2020. The Blue Jays previously held a nine-game winning streak against the Braves, including a sweep of Atlanta in 2021.

Toronto starter Kevin Gausman (12-11) gave up three runs and six hits in six innings while walking three and striking out five. Prior to the loss, Gausman held the mark for fourth lowest ERA on the road in the AL this season at 2.52.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr., drove in Toronto's only run.

TRAINER’S ROOM Blue Jays: INF Bo Bichette (calf strain) is set to join Triple-A Buffalo on Tuesday for a rehab stint before returning to the Toronto lineup.

Braves: INF Whit Merrifield returned to the lineup Friday after missing two games due to a concussion from taking a pitch to the back of the head, but left the game early after fouling a ball off of his left foot.

Braves rookie RHP Spencer Schwellenbach (5-6, 3.69) will start against Blue Jays RHP José Berríos (14-9, 3.59).

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Matchup Prediction

Braves: 60.8%

Blue Jays: 39.2%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Springer struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Lukes singled to right, Loperfido to third.
	9th Inning	Loperfido doubled to right.
	9th Inning	Loperfido hit for Schneider
	9th Inning	Horwitz struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Horwitz hit for Jimenez

Statistics

TOR		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
16	Ground Balls	9
11	Strikeouts	8
1	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
20	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
8	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	1
130	Pitches	133
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	8
37	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
1.7	Runs Created	2.4
.200	Batting Average	.233
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.229	Slugging Percentage	.267
.057	Secondary Average	.133
.243	On Base Percentage	.303
.472	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.570
2.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
1.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.7
13.0	Batter Rating	22.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.51	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.03
.029	Isolated Power	.033
0.09	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.027	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.091
-.143	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.100
2.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
66.8	MLB Rating	73.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0