Atlanta 3, Toronto 1
When: 7:20 PM ET, Friday, September 6, 2024
Where: Truist Park, Cumberland, Georgia
Temperature:
72°
Umpires:
Home -
Bill Miller, 1B -
Malachi Moore, 2B -
Doug Eddings, 3B -
Emil Jimenez
Attendance:
37230
By Field Level Media
Max Fried allowed one unearned run on five hits over seven innings to help lead the Atlanta Braves to a 3-1 victory over the visiting Toronto Blue Jays in the opener of a three-game series on Friday night.
It was just the second win in his past 10 starts for Fried (9-8), who struck out eight and walked one. Atlanta (77-64) remained tied with the New York Mets, who beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-4, for the final wild-card spot in the National League.
Raisel Iglesias pitched around a two-out double and single to extend his scoreless innings streak to 24 1/3 innings en route to his 31st save, recording three strikeouts in the process.
Marcell Ozuna went 2-for-3 and Jarred Kelenic and Gio Urshela each had RBI singles for the Braves, who also snapped a nine-game losing streak against the Blue Jays.
Kevin Gausman (12-11) took the loss, allowing three runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five. Gausman bounced back from a three-run, 40-pitch second inning to go six innings for Toronto (67-75), which suffered its seventh loss in the past nine games.
Atlanta took a 3-0 lead in the second inning, sending nine batters to the plate. Jorge Soler led off with a walk, advanced to second on a single by Travis d'Arnaud, then scored on a single by Kelenic. One out later, Urshela drove in d'Arnaud to make it 2-0 and send Kelenic to third. Michael Harris II then drove in Kelenic with a fielder's choice.
Toronto cut the lead to 3-1 in the third. Nathan Lukes led off with a single, then advanced to second on a fielding error by shortstop Orlando Arcia. One out later, Lukes scored on a groundout by Vladmir Guerrero Jr.
The Blue Jays got the tying runs on base in the ninth against Iglesias when pinch hitter Joey Loperfido lined a two-out double to right and advanced to third on a single by Lukes. But Iglesias got out of the jam by striking out George Springer to end the game.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Toronto
|
7 |
0 |
8 |
.200 |
20 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Atlanta
|
7 |
0 |
8 |
.233 |
14 |
8 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
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