Braves beat Giants 3‑1 in pitchers’ duel at Oracle Park

SAN FRANCISCO (Interstat) — The Atlanta Braves defeated the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Friday night at Oracle Park, improving to 49-31 while the Giants dropped to 33-48.

Atlanta scored single runs in the second, third and fifth innings. Dominic Smith singled in Austin Riley in the second, Ozzie Albies singled in Mauricio Dubón in the third, and Albies added a sacrifice fly to score Dubón again in the fifth. San Francisco had taken a 1-0 lead in the first on Rafael Devers’ double that scored Casey Schmitt.

Dylan Lee (4-0) earned the win with 1 2/3 scoreless innings of relief. Trevor McDonald (2-6) took the loss after allowing three runs on seven hits over 5 1/3 innings. Raisel Iglesias picked up his 16th save with a perfect ninth.

A crowd of 39,051 watched the game, which lasted 2 hours, 34 minutes. The Braves outhit the Giants 8-7.