SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (Interstat) — Ozzie Albies homered and drove in three runs, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 7-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night at Truist Park.

Albies went 2 for 4 with a three-run homer in the seventh inning that broke open a close game and sealed Atlanta’s second straight win over Toronto. The Braves improved to 42-20, while the Blue Jays fell to 29-33.

Atlanta starter Grant Holmes earned the win, allowing two earned runs on five hits over six innings with four strikeouts. He improved to 4-2. Toronto starter Patrick Corbin took the loss, giving up four earned runs on six hits in five innings with one strikeout. He dropped to 2-2.

The Blue Jays struck first in the top of the first. Nathan Lukes singled, Yohendrick Piñango singled and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. walked to load the bases with no outs. Jesús Sánchez grounded into a double play that scored Lukes. Ernie Clement struck out to end the inning with Toronto ahead 1-0.

Toronto added a run in the third when Lukes led off with a home run to right field, his first of the season, to make it 2-0.

Atlanta answered in the bottom of the second. With two outs, Eli White walked and Ha-Seong Kim singled to left, scoring White. Kim advanced to second on a throwing error by left fielder Lukes, but Chadwick Tromp grounded out to end the inning with Toronto leading 2-1.

The Braves seized control in the third. After Ronald Acuña Jr. grounded out and Michael Harris II flied out, Matt Olson singled. Ozzie Albies doubled to put runners at second and third. Mauricio Dubón then homered to center field, his fourth, scoring Olson and Albies to give Atlanta a 4-2 lead.

Holmes settled in after that, retiring nine of the next 10 batters he faced. Toronto put two runners on in the fourth on singles by Kazuma Okamoto and Andrés Giménez, but Brandon Valenzuela struck out to end the threat.

The Braves extended their lead in the seventh. After Dominic Smith walked, Acuña popped out and Harris popped out. Olson singled to center, sending Smith to third. Albies then launched a three-run homer to left field, his 10th, scoring Smith and Olson to make it 7-2.

Toronto got one run back in the ninth when Valenzuela homered to right, his fifth, but the Braves closed it out. Tyler Kinley allowed the homer and struck out two in the ninth but earned the save.

Lukes finished 2 for 5 with a homer and an RBI for Toronto. Valenzuela went 1 for 3 with a homer and a walk. Toronto managed eight hits but left five runners on base.

Dubón went 1 for 4 with a homer and three RBIs for Atlanta. Olson had two hits and scored twice. The Braves totaled nine hits.

Attendance was 37,178, and the game lasted 2 hours, 21 minutes.

Atlanta has won two straight against Toronto after a 4-3 victory Tuesday. The Blue Jays have lost six of their last seven games. The Braves have won four of their last five.

The series concludes Thursday at Truist Park. Toronto returns home Friday to host Baltimore, while Atlanta hosts Pittsburgh.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Atlanta 6, Toronto 5. Interstat’s ELO system gave Atlanta a 56.90 percent probability to win. Atlanta was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total of 10 runs went under the over-under line of 9.