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05/20 19:54 CDT Sale continues dominant run as Braves beat Padres 3-0 to split
twinbill; San Diego wins opener 6-5
Sale continues dominant run as Braves beat Padres 3-0 to split twinbill; San
Diego wins opener 6-5
By CHARLES ODUM
AP Sports Writer
ATLANTA (AP) --- Chris Sale allowed only five hits in seven innings to continue
his strong run and the Atlanta Braves snapped their season-worst, four-game
losing streak by beating the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Monday night to split a
doubleheader.
The Padres won the first three games of the series. Manny Machado's two-run
double in the eighth gave San Diego the lead and the Padres rallied from a
five-run deficit to win the twinbill opener, 6-5.
In the nightcap, Sale (7-1) recorded nine strikeouts without a walk while
winning his sixth straight start. He has allowed no runs in three consecutive
starts, a streak covering 20 innings. He has 28 strikeouts and one walk in the
dominant stretch.
Pierce Johnson and Raisel Iglesias completed the seven-hitter. Iglesias pitched
a perfect ninth for his 11th save.
The second game was scheduled when rain postponed Saturday night's game.
Marcell Ozuna hit homers in each game and has 14 this season. Ozuna's
fifth-inning liner over the left-field wall off Randy Vsquez (0-3) gave
Atlanta a 3-0 lead in the second game.
Ronald Acua Jr. led off the game against Vsquez with his first triple of the
season and scored on Ozzie Albies' single.
The Braves blew a 5-0 lead in the first game, wasting a strong start from
Reynaldo Lpez. Machado's double off Joe Jimnez (1-1) drove in Jurickson
Profar and Jake Cronenworth to cap a four-run inning. Cronenworth singled in
two runs in the inning.
"It's been all year, we haven't really left the fight," Machado said. "This
team, until that last out is made, we're going to continue to fight."
Atlanta led 5-2 before San Diego's four-run eighth. The Padres had lost 117
consecutive games when trailing by three runs through seven innings since their
most recent such comeback on May 29, 2021, at Houston.
"Oh my gosh, I love this team, I just love this team," manager Mike Shildt said.
Shildt said Machado's go-ahead hit was "Manny doing Manny things."
Ozuna and Matt Olson hit back-to-back homers in the third inning for Atlanta,
which had 12 hits after being held to a combined two runs and 11 hits while
losing the first two games of the series.
Acua had three of the Braves' nine hits in four innings against Dylan Cease,
who previously had not given up more than six hits in a game this season.
Lpez allowed two runs in 6 1/3 innings in the matchup against Cease, his
former Chicago White Sox teammate.
Jhony Brito (1-2) gave up one hit in a scoreless seventh for the Padres. Robert
Suarez, helped by shortstop Ha-Seong Kim's diving catch of a popup hit by
Harris in shallow center field, pitched a perfect ninth for his 13th save.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Padres: Second baseman Xander Bogaerts suffered mild left shoulder inflammation
and left the first game in the third inning. Bogaerts was hurt while diving for
a bases-loaded single by Acua. Shildt said imaging test results were negative
and more tests are scheduled. Luis Arraez started at second base in the
nightcap. ... Right-hander Logan Gillaspie, promoted from Triple-A Texas-El
Paso to serve as the 27th man in the doubleheader, threw two scoreless innings
in the first game.
Braves: RHP Darius Vines was recalled and RHP Bryce Elder was optioned to
Triple-A Gwinnett between the games. Elder was 1-2 with a 6.46 ERA in five
starts with Atlanta. Vines has a 4.66 ERA in two starts with Atlanta. ... RHP
Daysbel Hernndez worked out of a jam in a scoreless ninth in the first game
after he was promoted from Triple-A Gwinnett to serve as the 27th man. ... RHP
Jackson Stephens elected free agency after declining his outright assignment to
Gwinnett. ... C Travis d'Arnaud (head contusion) had three hits while starting
the second game.
UP NEXT
Padres: Right-hander Joe Musgrove (3-3, 6.37) is expected to return from the
15-day injured list after recovering from right elbow inflammation when the
Padres open a three-game series at Cincinnati on Tuesday night.
Braves: Right-hander Charlie Morton (3-1, 3.52) will face right-hander Javier
Assad (4-0, 1.49) when the Braves open a three-game series at the Chicago Cubs
on Tuesday night.
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