PHOENIX — — Ozzie Albies and Matt Olson opened the ninth inning with back-to-back dwelling runs, sending the Atlanta Braves to a 2-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night time.
Grant Holmes held the Diamondbacks to at least one hit by means of six innings, matching zeros with Arizona starter Eduardo Rodríguez.
Albies and Olson linked off reliever Paul Sewald (0-1), serving to the Braves enhance to 6-2 whereas the Diamondbacks dropped to 3-5. Arizona has scored solely three runs in its final three video games.
Robert Suarez (1-0) pitched an ideal eighth inning and Raisel Iglesias labored a 1-2-3 ninth for his first save this season.
Albies, who had three of Atlanta’s six hits, drove an 0-1 pitch from Sewald over the right-field fence for his second homer of the yr.
Olson despatched Sewald’s subsequent supply to left for his second dwelling run as properly.
In the early innings, each starters had been in command. Holmes did not surrender a success till Ketel Marte singled on a pointy line drive to left with one out within the sixth. The right-hander walked three and struck out 4.
In his solely two earlier begins in opposition to the Diamondbacks, each final yr, Holmes allowed 9 runs in 9 innings.
Rodríguez tossed seven sturdy innings of his personal, scattering 4 hits whereas strolling one and placing out three. It’s the primary time the left-hander has opened a season with consecutive scoreless begins.
The third recreation of the four-game collection is Saturday, with Braves RHP Bryce Elder (1-0) going through Michael Soroka (1-0).
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