Atlanta 7, Boston 5
When: 7:30 PM ET, Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature:
67°
Umpires:
Home -
Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B -
Victor Carapazza, 2B -
Stu Scheurwater, 3B -
Joe West
Attendance:
By Field Level Media
The visiting Atlanta Braves got a three-homer performance for the second straight night, this time by Adam Duvall in a 7-5 win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday.
The result gave Atlanta (22-14) a three-game sweep of Boston (12-25), the first time the Braves swept three from the Red Sox since 2002.
Duvall matched the three-homer effort by Marcell Ozuna on Tuesday, when he became the first National League player to hit three home runs in a game at Fenway Park.
Duvall and Ozuna became the first pair of Atlanta players with three-plus-homer games in the same season since Bob Horner and Ken Griffey Sr. did it in 1986. Horner had a four-homer game against the Montreal Expos on July 6 that year, and Griffey added a three-homer game vs. the Philadelphia Phillies 16 days later.
Duvall hit a two-run homer in the second inning, a game-tying, two-run homer in the sixth and a solo shot in the eighth. The veteran ended the night with eight home runs on the year. It was the first career three-homer game for Duvall, who has six multi-homer games.
Ozuna left his mark, too. He launched a long solo shot over the Green Monster in the seventh inning that put the Braves ahead for the first time.
Atlanta starter Robbie Erlin pitched four innings and allowed five runs on six hits and two walks with three strikeouts. The winning pitcher was Tyler Matzek (3-2), who struck out three in a 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Mark Melancon worked the final inning and struck out the side to earn his eighth save.
Boston's opener was Robinson Leyer, who worked one shutout inning. The losing pitcher was Andrew Triggs (0-1), who allowed three runs, including two homers, in three innings.
The Red Sox scored three times in the first inning to open a quick 3-0 lead. Rafael Devers and J.D. Martinez both drove in runs with doubles, and Michael Chavis plated the final run with a sacrifice fly.
The Braves tied the game in the second on Duvall's two-run homer and an RBI single from Ozuna.
Boston regained the lead in the fourth inning on an opposite-field homer by Jackie Bradley Jr., then stretched the lead to 5-3 on an RBI single by Martinez.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Atlanta |
|
Boston |
|
Robbie Erlin |
Player |
Robinson Leyer |
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
4.0 |
IP |
1.0 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
|
6 |
Hits |
1 |
|
11.25 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Atlanta
|
10 |
4 |
23 |
.263 |
12 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Boston
|
7 |
1 |
13 |
.212 |
13 |
12 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
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