The game was effectively decided before Atlanta had settled in. San Francisco scored 1 run in the first inning and 4 more in the second, building a 5-0 lead that the Braves spent the rest of the night chasing. The Giants' early power display proved too much to overcome.
Luis Arraez was the engine of the offense. He went 2-for-4 with a home run and 4 RBI, finishing with a .321 average on the season. In the first inning, Arraez scored on a Rafael Devers double to open the scoring. In the second, Arraez homered to right, a 380-foot shot that brought Eric Haase home and pushed the lead to 4-0. Willy Adames had added a solo homer to left earlier in that inning, and Bryce Eldridge capped the second-inning burst with a 406-foot shot to center — his sixth of the season — to make it 5-0. In the ninth, Arraez singled to left, scoring both Cox and Drew Gilbert to extend the lead to 7-2.
Carson Whisenhunt earned his first win of the season, working 5.0 innings and allowing 2 runs on 6 hits, with 2 strikeouts and 2 walks, carrying a 3.60 ERA. Tristan Beck closed it out, recording his first save with 0.2 innings of scoreless work.
Atlanta starter JR Ritchie absorbed the damage, allowing 5 runs on 5 hits over 5.0 innings with 4 strikeouts and 3 walks, falling to 1-2 with a 4.79 ERA. The Braves did not go quietly — Austin Riley went 3-for-5 with an RBI single in the sixth that started a two-run frame, and Mauricio Dubón hit a two-run homer to left center in the ninth to pull Atlanta within 7-4. Drake Baldwin then scored on a Tristan Beck wild pitch to make it 7-5, but the rally stalled there.
Adames, who went 1-for-4 with his homer, is now 2 hits away from 1,000 career hits. Ozzie Albies, who scored in the sixth and went 2-for-5, needs 1 stolen base to reach 100 for his career. San Francisco improved to 29-43. Atlanta dropped to 46-25.