Dubón powers Braves past Pirates, 6‑3

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (Interstat) — Mauricio Dubón homered and drove in three runs to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 6-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday at Truist Park.

Dubón went 2 for 4, hitting a two-run homer in the third inning and an RBI double in the fifth. Austin Riley added an RBI double for Atlanta, which improved to 43-21. Martín Pérez (4-3) allowed three earned runs on three hits over five innings, striking out five, to earn the win. Raisel Iglesias pitched a scoreless ninth for his 12th save.

Pittsburgh (34-30) scored all three runs in the third inning on a sacrifice fly by Henry Davis and RBI singles from Nick Gonzales and Marcell Ozuna. Mitch Keller (5-3) took the loss, surrendering six runs on nine hits in 4 2/3 innings.

The Braves scored one in the second on a Riley groundout, then Dubón’s homer tied it at 3-3. Atlanta broke the game open with three runs in the fifth, keyed by Dubón’s double and a sacrifice fly from Dominic Smith.

Attendance was 39,418. Game time was 2:30.