SAN DIEGO — Max Fried held sputtering San Diego in test for 5 innings in his return from the injured record, and Austin Riley hit a two-run homer because the Atlanta Braves beat the Padres 2-0 Monday evening for his or her seventh straight win.
The Padres have been shut out for the second consecutive day and the third time in eight video games. They’ve misplaced six of eight since taking three of 4 in Atlanta from April 6-9.
The Padres fell two video games underneath .500 for the primary time because the first two video games of the season. They hope the return of Fernando Tatis Jr. on Thursday after his 80-game PED suspension will add a spark. San Diego was shut out at house in consecutive video games for the primary time since April 2016, each by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Fried (1-0) was activated to begin towards the Padres, who took him within the first spherical of the 2012 beginner draft. He restricted San Diego to 4 singles whereas placing out 4 and strolling none.
A.J. Minter pitched the ninth for his fourth save.
Fried, who completed second in NL Cy Young Award balloting final 12 months, was positioned on the IL after leaving his opening-day begin towards Washington with a strained left hamstring. He allowed one run and 4 hits over 3 1/3 innings in that sport.
PHOTOS: Fried shuts down Padres, Riley hits 2-run homer for Braves
“He looked really good,” Braves supervisor Brian Snitker mentioned. “It’s hard to believe he had a layoff like that. As sharp as he was, he was throwing the ball really well. It kind of went like exactly how we wanted it to go. Made it through five and he was very efficient with what he was doing. I told him, next time out, you take the gloves off and turn you loose.”
The left-hander was despatched from San Diego to Atlanta in a six-player commerce on Dec. 19, 2014, throughout the Padres’ failed win-now push for the 2015 season. He made his massive league debut on Aug. 8, 2017.
“I was just hoping to come out healthy,” Fried mentioned. “I wanted to go out and give us the best chance to win.”
The Braves took a 2-0 lead three batters in on Riley’s one-out homer to left discipline, his fourth. Ronald Acuña Jr. was aboard with a leadoff double on left-hander Ryan Weathers’ first pitch.
Fried mentioned Riley’s homer “allows me to go out there and know that a solo home run doesn’t beat me. Especially Austin comes up, two-run homer, and you can be a little bit more aggressive where one ball doesn’t beat you. As long as you can go out there and stay ahead, be aggressive and get those guys back in the dugout as quick as possible, you have the best chance to add on.”
Riley mentioned it’s enjoyable when Fried is pitching: “He’s so competitive and he’s into every pitch. He’s always thinking. I’ve never seen anyone game plan as well as he does, and good for him. He deserves to throw well because he prepares well and does his homework.”
Weathers (1-1) allowed 5 hits in six innings.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Braves: To make room for Fried, LHP Lucas Luetge was positioned on the 15-day IL with left biceps irritation, retroactive to Friday.
Padres: Tatis is spending the ultimate days of his 80-game PED suspension understanding with the Padres after ending a rehab task with Triple-A El Paso. Tatis, eligible to be activated on Thursday, hit a number of house runs throughout batting follow. He should depart earlier than the gates open. He hit seven homers in eight video games for El Paso, with 15 RBIs. … C Luis Campusano went on the 10-day IL with a left thumb sprain and INF/OF Brandon Dixon was recalled from El Paso. … RHP Joe Musgrove pitched five-plus innings in a rehab begin Sunday at Class A Lake Elsinore and mentioned he expects to be activated and make his season debut this weekend at Arizona. Musgrove broke his left massive toe in a spring coaching weight room accident after which injured his shoulder throughout a rehab begin with El Paso on April 6.
UP NEXT
Braves RHP Spencer Strider (1-1, 3.38 ERA) is scheduled to begin the center sport of the collection towards Padres LHP Blake Snell (0-2, 6.92).
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