ATLANTA — Matt Waldron struck out a career-high 10 and the San Diego Padres bounced back after being swept in their last series, beating the Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Friday night.
Waldron (2-5) gave up 1 run and 5 hits and walked 2 in 5 2/3 innings. He kept the Braves off the board after giving up three hits and a run in the first inning.
“Sure, (the first inning) was shaky, but it just means I had to make some adjustments,” Waldron said.
Jurickson Profar was 2 for 5 with an RBI and a run scored, and Jake Cronenworth was 3 for 5 with an RBI for the Padres, who had 13 hits — all singles.
Jeremiah Estrada recorded his first save of the season with a three-strikeout ninth after the Padres used closer Robert Suarez in the eighth against the heart of the Braves’ order. Padres Manager Mike Shildt said he told his closer before the game he may be used earlier.
“We gotta commend Suarez,” Shildt said. “What a good teammate. Not everybody would say, yeah, I’ll take the eighth when you know you are the closer.”
Max Fried (3-2), who was coming off a six-inning, no-hit performance against the Mets, allowed 9 hits and 3 runs in 4 1/3 innings. He walked 3 and struck out 2 in 88 pitches.
The Braves struck out a season-high 18 times.
The Braves threatened in the eighth after a Chadwick Tromp double put runners at second and third with two outs. Suarez struck out Michael Harris II to end the threat.
“For me, it is just a mentality of coming in and pitching in whatever inning I’m told, and today it happened to be the eighth,” Suarez said through an interpreter.
Matt Olson went 2 for 4 with an RBI for the Braves.
DODGERS 7, REDS 3 Shohei Ohtani slugged a two-run home run and scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning when Los Angeles rallied after blowing a 3-0 lead to beat Cincinnati.
MARLINS 8, METS 0 Jesus Luzardo and three relievers combined on Miami’s third consecutive shutout, a win over New York. Miami pitchers extended their scoreless innings streak to 28, three short of the franchise record in April 2004. Luzardo (1-3) scattered 5 hits and struck out 7 over 6 innings.
PHILLIES 4, NATIONALS 2 Zack Wheeler struck out six over 7 1/3 innings and Philadelphia continued their scorching start with a victory over Washington. Wheeler (5-3) received a rousing standing ovation when he was lifted with one out in the eighth inning.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
ANGELS 9, RANGERS 3 Zach Neto and Taylor Ward homered, Tyler Anderson (4-4) pitched two-hit ball over seven innings and Los Angeles beat Texas to give Ron Washington a victory in his first game as a visiting manager in Arlington. Neto snapped a 1-all tie and put the Angels ahead to stay with his two-run home run in the fourth, a 405-foot drive to right field for his fifth of the season.
GUARDIANS 3, TWINS 2 Jose Ramírez homered with two outs in the eighth inning, sending Cleveland to a win over Minnesota in a game featuring the first infield shift violation this season. Ramirez connected for his 10th home run on a 2-1 pitch from Jhoan Duran (0-1).
ORIOLES 9, MARINERS 2 Gunnar Henderson’s fourth leadoff home run of the season sparked a five-run first inning that backed an effective pitching performance by John Means (2-0) and carried Baltimore past Seattle.
RAYS 4, BLUE JAYS 3 Tyler Alexander (2-2) took a perfect game bid into the eighth inning before Danny Jansen blooped an opposite-field, one-out single, and Tampa Bay hung on to beat Toronto. Richie Palacios hit a two-run home run as the Rays built a 4-0 lead and hung on for their 10th win in 14 games.
ROYALS 6, ATHLETICS 2 Cole Ragans allowed two hits in seven scoreless innings, Michael Massey and Maikel Garcia homered and Kansas City beat Oakland to extend the Athletics losing streak to a season-high six. Ragans (3-3) walked two and struck out seven.
YANKEES 4, WHITE SOX 2 Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton homered, Nestor Cortes won for the first time in 5 1/2 weeks and New York beat Chicago for their fifth consecutive victory. Alex Verdugo and Stanton hit consecutive RBI doubles off starter Mike Clevinger (0-2) in the fourth inning to give the Yankees a 3-1 lead.
INTERLEAGUE
ASTROS 5, BREWERS 4 Jake Meyers hit a two-run home run and Jeremy Pena’s three-run shot in the fifth inning gave Houston a victory over Milwaukee to extend its season-long winning streak to six games.
CARDINALS 10, RED SOX 6 Lars Nootbaar and Masyn Winn hit two-run home runs, and St. Louis beat Boston to drop the Red Sox below .500 for the first time since the season’s opening week. Nolan Arenado had three hits that included an RBI single in the eighth after entering in a 3-for-27 slide.
TIGERS 13, DIAMONDBACKS 0 Javier Baez broke out of a season-long slump with five RBI, Tarik Skubal pitched six dominant innings and Detroit pounded Arizona. Tigers Manager A.J. Hinch insisted he was going to keep sending Baez out despite the shortstop’s meager .167 batting average. Baez rewarded him with a 3-for-4 night that included a pair of two-run doubles and a run-scoring single.
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