SAN DIEGO (Interstat) — Manny Machado’s fourth-inning solo home run was all the offense San Diego needed as the Padres edged the Atlanta Braves 1-0 on Monday night at PETCO Park.

Michael King pitched seven innings of six-hit, shutout ball, striking out five and walking none to improve to 5-6. The right-hander allowed only one runner to reach scoring position after the second inning, repeatedly escaping jams with ground balls and strikeouts. Mason Miller worked a perfect ninth, striking out two to earn his 21st save.

Grant Holmes took the loss for Atlanta, falling to 4-4. The right-hander allowed three hits and one earned run over 4 2/3 innings, striking out four and walking three. He departed after walking two batters in the fifth inning, but James Karinchak, Dylan Dodd and Didier Fuentes combined to keep the Padres off the board the rest of the way.

The Braves outhit San Diego 7-4, but stranded nine runners and went 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position. Atlanta had a chance to tie or take the lead in the ninth inning. Austin Riley singled off Miller with one out, and Dominic Smith walked to put the tying run on base. But Miller struck out Mike Yastrzemski to end the game, sealing the Padres’ one-run victory.

The game’s decisive moment came in the bottom of the fourth inning. With one out, Machado drove a 1-0 pitch from Holmes deep to center field for his 14th home run of the season. The blast cleared the fence in straightaway center, giving San Diego a 1-0 lead. Machado also doubled in the eighth inning and finished 2 for 3.

Atlanta put a runner on base in every inning except the third and eighth, but King consistently pitched out of trouble. In the second inning, the Braves loaded the bases with two singles and a force out, but King induced a groundout and a lineout to escape. In the fifth, Yastrzemski singled with one out but was stranded. In the seventh, Riley singled again but was left on base.

Riley led the Braves with three hits in four at-bats, including singles in the second, seventh and ninth. No other Atlanta batter had more than one hit. Mauricio Dubón, Michael Harris II, Matt Olson and Yastrzemski each singled once.

San Diego’s bullpen preserved the lead after King departed. Adrian Morejon pitched a perfect eighth, striking out two. Miller then closed the door in the ninth, allowing only Riley’s single.

The Padres improved to 40-37 with the win, while the Braves dropped to 48-29. Atlanta had won three of its previous four games before Monday’s loss, including a 4-3 victory over Milwaukee on Saturday. San Diego entered the game having lost four of its last six, including a 4-3 defeat at Texas on Sunday.

King returned to form after a rough outing in St. Louis on June 16, when he allowed three earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. In his previous start at home against Cincinnati on June 10, he earned a win with 6 2/3 innings of three-run ball.

Holmes, who had won his previous two decisions, could not overcome Machado’s solo shot. The Braves’ bullpen performed admirably, with Karinchak tossing 1 2/3 scoreless innings, Dodd striking out three over 1 1/3 innings, and Fuentes recording one strikeout in a third of an inning.

The game lasted 2 hours, 36 minutes before a crowd of 42,572.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of San Diego Padres 5, Atlanta Braves 4. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Atlanta with a 51.60 percent probability to win. Atlanta had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The total score of 1 went over the over/under line of 7.