Baldwin, Sale Lead Braves Past Struggling Athletics

ATLANTA (Interstat) — Drake Baldwin drove in four runs with a pair of two-out hits and Chris Sale pitched one-hit ball over six innings as the Atlanta Braves beat the Athletics 5-1 on Wednesday afternoon at Truist Park.

Sale allowed one run on a solo homer to Shea Langeliers in the fourth. Baldwin delivered a two-run single in the second and a two-run double in the fourth off Athletics starter Luis Severino, who took the loss. managed just four hits total, dropping to 1-5. Atlanta improved to 4-2. The game took 2 hours, 26 minutes before a crowd of 27,568.