Toronto Blue Jays vs Atlanta Braves Match Player Stats On Sep 06, 2024

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