SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (Interstat) — Payton Tolle pitched eight innings and Willson Contreras hit a two-run homer in the eighth to lift the Boston Red Sox past the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Saturday at Truist Park. The crowd of 39,336 watched a crisp game lasting 2 hours, 6 minutes.

Boston opened the scoring in the fourth on Masataka Yoshida’s sacrifice fly that brought home Mickey Gasper. Atlanta had taken a 1-0 lead in the first and tied it in the fifth on Drake Baldwin’s run-scoring single, but Baldwin was thrown out trying for second. Contreras’ ninth homer of the season, a drive to left-center, scored Wilyer Abreu and put Boston ahead.

Tolle (2-2) allowed two runs on four hits with three strikeouts. Bryce Elder (4-2) took the loss, giving up three runs on seven hits in eight innings. Aroldis Chapman earned his 10th save with a perfect ninth.

Baldwin had two hits, a homer and a single, and two RBIs for Atlanta. José Azócar also had two hits. Boston outhit Atlanta 7-4. The Red Sox improved to 19-26, while Atlanta dropped to 31-15.