Atlanta Braves at Toronto Blue Jays

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Atlanta Braves

5-11, 2-9 Away

Final
8 - 4

Toronto Blue Jays

9-8, 5-3 Home

Riley hits 2 home runs, drives in 5 as Braves beat Blue Jays 8-4 for 2nd road win

Sean Murphy lasers 2-run homer in 1st for Braves

Braves right-hander Grant Holmes didn’t allow a hit until Myles Straw homered to begin the bottom of the sixth.

Holmes (1-1) pitched a career-best 7 2/3 innings. He allowed three runs and two hits.

Holmes left with two outs and runners at first and third. Tyler Heineman hit a two-run double off lefty Aaron Bummer, but Bo Bichette struck out.

Atlanta snapped a six-game losing streak in road meetings with Toronto.

The Braves won without regular designated hitter Marcell Ozuna, who went home following Sunday’s loss at Tampa Bay for tests on his sore hip. Ozuna is day-to-day.

After two scoreless starts to begin the season, Blue Jays left-hander Easton Lucas took a beating against the Braves. Murphy hit a two-run homer in the first, his fourth, and Riley made it 4-0 with a two-run shot in the third.

Ozzie Albies hit an RBI double in the fifth and Riley followed with a three-run homer.

Lucas (2-1) allowed a career-worst eight runs in five innings. The six hits against him matched a career worst.

Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. tipped his batting helmet before his first at-bat as the crowd of 21,595 rose to acknowledge the $500 million, 14-year contract the slugger signed earlier Monday. Guerrero drove one to the warning track but center fielder Michael Harris hauled it in.

Guerrero finished 0 for 4.

Key moment Riley’s home runs were his third and fourth. It was his seventh career multihomer game.

Key stat Atlanta is 2-9 on the road. The Braves also won at Tampa Bay on Saturday.

Up next Braves RHP Spencer Schwellenbach (1-0, 0.45 ERA) is scheduled to face Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman (1-1, 2.33) on Tuesday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Roden struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Clement to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Clement singled to left, Santander scored.
	9th Inning	Giménez grounded out to second, Santander to third.
	9th Inning	Santander doubled to right.
	9th Inning	Guerrero Jr. flied out to right.

Statistics

ATL		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	10
4	Strikeouts	6
8	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	5
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	4
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	31
3	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
5	Runners Left On Base	6
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
18	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
128	Pitches	120
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
17	Total Bases	10
36	Plate Appearances	33
486.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
5	Extra Base Hits	3
4.9	Runs Created	1.7
.194	Batting Average	.161
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.548	Slugging Percentage	.323
.516	Secondary Average	.226
.306	On Base Percentage	.212
.854	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.535
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
4.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.7
52.0	Batter Rating	28.0
10.3	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.56	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.64
.355	Isolated Power	.161
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.111	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.061
.323	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.065
16.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.2
92.3	MLB Rating	74.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0