SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (Interstat) — Bryce Elder pitched 6 2/3 innings of six-hit ball, striking out six, as the Atlanta Braves beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Tuesday night at Truist Park. Atlanta improved to 41-20, while Toronto fell to 29-32.

The Braves struck first, plating two runs in the first inning on Michael Harris II’s double and Ozzie Albies’ sacrifice fly. Toronto answered in the second when Kazuma Okamoto homered to right, scoring two. Albies tied the game in the third with an RBI single. The Blue Jays took a brief lead in the sixth on Daulton Varsho’s sacrifice fly, but Atlanta answered in the bottom half when Albies drove in his second run to make it 4-3.

Kevin Gausman took the loss, allowing four runs on five hits over six innings with eight strikeouts. Raisel Iglesias earned his 11th save with a scoreless ninth, giving up two hits and striking out one. Okamoto led Toronto with two hits, including a homer and two RBIs. Matt Olson and Albies each had two hits for Atlanta. Attendance was 30,937, and the game lasted 2:20.