Latest news with #BravesLoss
Reuters
04-07-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Jose Soriano pitches Angels to series win over Braves
July 4 - Jose Soriano threw seven scoreless innings and Zach Neto singled, doubled and homered as the visiting Los Angeles Angels beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Thursday in the decisive game of a three-game interleague series. It was the Angels' first series win over the Braves since 2017. The Angels have won six of their past games overall. Atlanta fell for the sixth time in the past eight and dropped to eight games under .500. Soriano (6-5) allowed three hits and two walks while striking out seven. It was a nice bounce-back for the right-hander, who allowed eight runs on nine hits in four-plus innings in his previous start against the Washington Nationals. Neto, who finished 3-for-5, scored three runs and drove in one. Braves starter Bryce Elder (2-6) pitched five innings and yielded four runs on eight hits -- two of them home runs -- with three walks and five strikeouts. The Angels jumped on top in the first inning. Neto singled, stole second and scored on a single by Jo Adell, who extended his hitting streak to 14 games. Los Angeles added a pair of two-out runs in the second inning when Neto doubled and Nolan Schanuel hit a 415-foot homer to straightaway center field. It was Schanuel's eighth homer, giving him five long balls and 13 RBIs in his past 16 games. Los Angeles added another run to take a 4-0 lead in the fourth. Neto hit his 13th homer, a solo shot to right-center field. The Angels touched reliever Enyel De Los Santos for a run in the sixth. With two outs, Mike Trout walked and scored on Taylor Ward's triple to left. The Braves didn't score until the ninth inning against reliever Brock Burke. Jurickson Profar hit a solo homer for the second straight night. Atlanta's Matt Olson went 1-for-4 and extended his on-base streak to 33 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the major leagues. Gary Sheffield holds the club record with a run of 52 games in 2002. --Field Level Media
Associated Press
04-07-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Neto and Schanuel homer as dominant Soriano and Angels again shut down weak-hitting Braves
ATLANTA (AP) — Zach Neto had three hits, including a homer, Nolan Schanuel added a two-run blast and José Soriano allowed only three hits in seven scoreless innings to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 5-1 victory over the weak-hitting Atlanta Braves on Thursday night. The Braves avoided a shutout on Jurickson Profar's ninth-inning homer off left-hander Brock Burke. It was Profar's second homer in two games since returning from an 80-game PED suspension. Soriano (6-5) had seven strikeouts and did not allow a baserunner to reach second base. Neto scored three runs. Bryce Elder (2-6) gave up four runs on eight hits and three walks in five innings. Elder's third consecutive loss is a disturbing trend for a team that placed right-hander Spencer Schwellenbach on the 15-day injured list with a fractured right elbow on Wednesday. The rotation previously lost Chris Sale (broken rib), AJ Smith-Shawver (Tommy John surgery) and Reynaldo López (shoulder surgery) to injuries. Manager Brian Snitker said he may use a bullpen game Saturday in the second game of a series against Baltimore. Key moment After allowing 10 runs, nine earned, and three homers in only two innings in a 13-0 loss to Philadelphia on Friday night, Elder gave up two more homers. Schanuel's two-run shot in the second drove in Neto, who doubled. Key stats Matt Olson's first-inning single to right field extended his streak of reaching base to 33 games, the majors' longest active streak. Jo Adell's first-inning single extended his hitting streak to 14 games, the Angels' longest this season. Up next The Angels open a series at Toronto on Friday night when RHP Kyle Hendricks (5-6, 4.66 ERA) faces Blue Jays LHP Eric Lauer (4-1, 2.60). Braves right-hander Spencer Strider (3-6, 3.86) will face former Atlanta right-hander Charlie Morton (4-7, 5.63) in the home series opener against the Orioles. ___ AP MLB:
