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05/07 20:57 CDT Marcell Ozuna delivers run-scoring single in 8th as Braves end
3-game skid, beat Red Sox 4-2
Marcell Ozuna delivers run-scoring single in 8th as Braves end 3-game skid,
beat Red Sox 4-2
By CHARLES ODUM
AP Sports Writer
ATLANTA (AP) --- Marcell Ozuna's run-scoring single in the eighth inning gave
Atlanta the lead and the Braves beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Tuesday night to
snap a three-game losing streak.
Boston's Kutter Crawford and Atlanta's Reynaldo Lpez each allowed two runs in
a matchup of right-handers with ERA's under 2.00.
With the game tied at 2, Boston right-hander Justin Slaten (2-1) walked Ozzie
Albies and gave up a single to Austin Riley to open the eighth. With one out,
Ozuna bounced a grounder through the infield to drive in Albies for a 3-2 lead.
Riley advanced to third on the play and scored on Orlando Arcia's grounder to
first, extending the lead to two runs.
Crawford hit Travis d'Arnaud with a pitch in the third inning before Jarred
Kelenic pulled a belt-high cutter 368 feet over the high right-field wall for a
two-run homer, his first, giving Atlanta a 2-0 lead.
It was only the second homer allowed in eight starts for Crawford, each coming
in his last two starts.
Crawford (1.56) and Lpez (1.50) began the night ranked among the ERA leaders
in the majors for pitchers with at least five starts.
Lpez gave up at least one hit in each of his first five innings, but was
effective in pitching out of trouble. Jaren Duran was stranded after leading
off the game with a double and hitting a one-out triple in the fifth. Lpez
struck out Rafael Devers and Tyler O'Neill to end the fifth.
Lpez couldn't overcome three sixth-inning walks, including a bases-loaded pass
to Reese McGuire that forced in a run. Ceddanne Rafaela's infield single off
the back of left-hander Aaron Bummer's right knee, drove in Vaughn Grissom, who
reached on shortstop Orlando Arcia's fielding error, for a 2-2 tie.
Atlanta right-hander Joe Jimnez (1-0) stranded two runners in the eighth when
Adam Duvall made a sliding catch of Tyler O'Neill's drive toward the
left-center gap to end the inning.
Raisel Iglesias pitched a perfect ninth for his ninth save.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Red Sox: OF/DH Masataka Yoshida (left thumb strain), who was placed on the
injured list on May 1, will have a second opinion on Wednesday. ... RHP Garrett
Whitlock (left oblique strain) is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment next
week.
Braves: LHP Tyler Matzek, who missed the 2023 season following Tommy John
surgery on his left elbow, was placed on the 15-day injured list with
inflammation in the elbow. The move came after another reliever, RHP Pierce
Johnson, landed on the 15-day IL on Sunday with right elbow inflammation. LHP
Ray Kerr was recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett.
UP NEXT
Atlanta LHP Chris Sale (4-1, 3.44 ERA), who pitched for Boston from 2017-23
before being traded to the Braves in a deal that sent infielder Vaughn Grissom
to the Red Sox, will face his former teammates on Wednesday night. Boston RHP
Nick Pivetta (right elbow flexor strain) is expected to come off the IL and be
ready to pitch five innings.
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