Renfroe hits go-ahead 2-run single as Padres beat Braves
ATLANTA (AP) — Hunter Renfroe hit a go-ahead, tworun single in San Diego’s fiverun seventh inning, Freddy Galvis had a three-run homer and went 5 for 5, and the Padres beat the Atlanta Braves 9-3 on Friday night.
Freddie Freeman’s 15th homer gave Atlanta a 3-2 lead in the fifth. Jose Pirela hit a tworun homer for San Diego in the first. Sam Freeman (1-3) gave up three runs in the seventh.
Before Renfroe’s single, the Padres were on the verge of wasting a bases-loaded, noout opportunity for the second time in the game.
Pirela grounded into a double play in which pinch-runner Cory Spangenberg was forced out at the plate. Renfroe then hit Freeman’s 1-2 pitch up the middle, driving in Travis Jankowski and Eric Hosmer.
Galvis added a three-run homer just beyond the reach of leaping centerfielder Ender Inciarte, off Peter Moylan.
Galvis had a run-scoring single, giving him four RBIs, in the ninth. The five hits were a career high.
Freeman’s homer gave him hits in 25 of his last 26 games. He led the NL with his .342 batting average entering the game.
Pirela’s homer, his first of the season, drove in Travis Jankowski, who doubled down the left-field line on Brandon McCarthy’s first pitch.
McCarthy allowed two runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings.
Clayton Richard (6-6) allowed three runs, two earned, on six hits in six innings. Luis Castillo closed the game with two scoreless innings.
Home plate umpire Joe West ejected Padres manager Andy Green in the fourth after arguing West’s changed call on an apparent strikeout by Ozzie Albies. West initially clinched his right fist as if to call Albies out. He then changed his mind, apparently thinking Albies tipped the ball — which was not caught by catcher Raffy Lopez before it hit the dirt.