Braves walk off the Red Sox 3-2, as the offense does just enough
The Braves scraped by, as the offense did the bare minimum to back up strong pitching.
The Braves started their series against Boston off with Spencer Strider on the mound, looking to build on his strong start against the Dodgers. Spencer worked around a leadoff walk with two contact outs and a nice pickoff for a clean first inning. It didn’t take long for the Braves to give him some help, as Drake Baldwin hit his sixth home run against left-handed pitching this season, just barely eluding Ceddanne Rafaela’s glove in centerfield.
The Braves got another couple of baserunners, as Ozzie was hit by a pitch and Austin blistered a single, but to no avail. Exactly half of Baldwin's 12 homers have come against left-handed pitchers. His six left-on-left HRs matches Yordan Alvarez for the MLB lead.
David Justice (1993) and Fred McGriff (1996) share the Braves single-season record of 11 left-on-left HRs pic. twitter. com/cL8clUS6bc — Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) May 15, 2026 Strider walked another in the second, but struck out two batters on high heat and got a groundout to end the frame.
Both pitchers settled in and pitched around a few scattered baserunners until Michael Harris added on with another lefty-on-lefty solo shot to lead off the fourth. Michael Harris II smacks a solo shot! 💸 pic.