Braves 10, Phillies 3 (1st): Justin Upton and Tommy La Stella each drove in three runs while Ervin Santana ended a four-start winless streak as visiting Atlanta won the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
Freddie Freeman scored four times, Upton’s two-run double in the sixth inning snapped a 2-2 tie and La Stella, hitless in his previous 21 at-bats, blew it open with a three-run triple in the eighth for the Braves, who have won the first two games of the four-game series. Santana (6-5) gave up two runs on seven hits with five strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings, and Chris Johnson added two hits and two RBIs.
Tony Gwynn Jr. and Ben Revere collected two hits apiece for the Phillies, who led 2-0 after two innings and trailed 4-2 at the end of the sixth before surrendering five runs in the eighth. Roberto Hernandez (3-7) allowed four runs (two earned) on three hits in seven innings, but Antonio Bastardo gave up five runs on three hits in a third of an inning.
Ryan Howard’s single followed Gwynn’s triple in the first and Hernandez’s second-inning single plated Koyie Hill to stake Philadelphia to a 2-0 lead. The Braves took advantage of two Howard errors in the fourth, with Upton driving in Andrelton Simmons and Jason Heyward bringing home Freeman to tie it up.
Simmons reached on a fielder’s choice in the sixth and, after Freeman drew one of his three walks, Upton laced a 3-1 Hernandez pitch off the wall in left-center, scoring two runs to put the Braves ahead. Bastardo gave up two walks and a single with one out in the eighth before Johnson singled home Freeman and La Stella’s bases-loaded triple broke open the contest.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Philadelphia’s bullpen had not allowed a run in its past 11 1/3 innings before Bastardo’s five-run eighth. … Hernandez’s RBI was the first of his major-league career. … Atlanta C Evan Gattis (back muscle spasm) did not play; the Braves are hopeful he will be available for the nightcap.
Atlanta | Philadelphia | |
Ervin Santana | Player | Roberto Hernandez |
Win | W/L | Loss |
6.2 | IP | 7.0 |
5 | Strikeouts | 2 |
7 | Hits | 3 |
2.70 | ERA | 2.57 |
Atlanta | Philadelphia | |
Chris Johnson | Player | Tony Gwynn Jr. |
2 | Hits | 2 |
2 | RBI | 0 |
0 | HR | 0 |
3 | TB | 4 |
.400 | Avg | .667 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
Atlanta | 7 | 0 | 11 | .206 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Philadelphia | 9 | 0 | 13 | .250 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |