East Bay Times

Braves' four-run rally tops Padres

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Marcell Ozuna homered and Austin Riley hit a tiebreakin­g double during a four-run rally in the eighth inning Saturday that lifted the Atlanta Braves to a 6-5 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres.

The Braves tagged reliever Steven Wilson (3-1) for Ozzie Albies' RBI single, Ozuna's tworun homer and Riley's go-ahead hit.

The game appeared to turn in San Diego's favor in top of the eighth when first baseman Matt Olson misplayed Trent Grisham's grounder for a two-base error with one out. Grisham scored on Jorge Alfaro's single to tie it at 2.

After Jake Cronenwort­h doubled, Jurickson Profar drew a walk to set the stage for Braves closer Kenley Jansen (2-0) to face Manny Machado with the bases loaded. Machado hit a grounder to Riley at third base, but his throw to second sailed into shallow center field for an error that allowed two runs to score.

San Diego added another run to make it 5-2 on Eric Hosmer's RBI forceout.

Padres starter Sean Manaea struck out 12 in seven innings.

Braves starter Charlie Morton gave up one run and two hits in six innings and struck out nine.

TIGERS 3, ORIOLES 0 >> Starter Michael Pineda exited early after being hit in the hand by a line drive and the Detroit bullpen did the rest, teaming on a four-hitter to beat Baltimore.

Eric Haase and Willi Castro homered for the Tigers, who clinched their first series win at home this season. The Detroit defense also contribute­d, turning four double plays.

Pineda retired all four hitters he faced, but the righty had to leave after Ramon Urias' liner hit him in the pitching hand in the second.

Wily Peralta replaced him and set down eight batters and four more relievers finished.

BLUE JAYS 5, RAYS 1 >> Teoscar Hernandez and Danny Jansen homered in the eighth inning and visiting Toronto beat Tampa Bay to end a five-game skid.

Jansen was activated Saturday after being sidelined for more than a month with a strained left oblique and hit his third homer in only his ninth at-bat this year.

Both homers came off Ryan Thompson (1-2), who also gave up singles to Santiago Espinal and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. in the four-run inning.

Toronto's Hyun Jin Ryu, pitching for the first time since April 16 due to an inflamed left forearm, gave up one run on four hits in 4 2/3 innings, striking out three.

MARLINS 9, BREWERS 3 >> Jesús Aguilar, Jorge Soler and Brian Anderson homered, and Miami beat Milwaukee to end a five-game home skid.

Marlins starter Trevor Rogers (2-4) pitched 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball. He allowed five hits, struck out eight and hit a batter.

Solo homers from Aguilar and Soler and Anderson's two-run shot against starter Eric Lauer in the fourth helped the Marlins erase a 1-0 deficit. Aguilar's and Soler's blasts started the inning. Anderson connected after Jesús Sánchez reached on a two-out single.

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