SAN FRANCISCO (Interstat) — Robbie Ray pitched eight dominant innings and the San Francisco Giants scored three runs over the sixth and seventh frames to edge the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Sunday afternoon at Oracle Park.

Ray allowed four hits, no earned runs and struck out two to improve to 7-6. The left-hander retired the first 10 batters he faced and allowed only two singles through the first six innings. He needed just 86 pitches to complete eight efficient innings, marking his third consecutive start without allowing an earned run. In his previous two outings, he threw eight scoreless innings against the Athletics on June 23 and 6 1/3 scoreless frames against these same Braves on June 16.

Chris Sale took the loss despite a dominant performance of his own. The Atlanta lefty struck out 10 over six innings, scattering eight hits and allowing one earned run. Sale exited with the game tied at 2, but the Giants broke the deadlock in the seventh off the Braves’ bullpen.

The Giants improved to 35-48, while the Braves slipped to 49-33.

Attendance was 33,138, and the game lasted 2 hours, 23 minutes.

Atlanta struck first in the top of the first inning, though the runs came in an unusual manner. Mauricio Dubon grounded out, and Michael Harris II grounded out, and Ozzie Albies struck out, but the Braves were credited with two runs in the inning. The play-by-play listed a score of 2-0 after the top of the first, but the sequence of outs did not include any hits or walks. The Braves did not add to that lead until the late innings.

Ray set down the Braves in order in the second, third and fourth innings. Matt Olson singled with one out in the fifth for Atlanta’s first hit, but he was stranded. Eli White singled in the sixth, and Ha-Seong Kim walked, but Ray got a pop-out and two groundouts to escape.

Sale matched Ray’s early dominance, striking out five of the first nine Giants he faced. Luis Arraez singled in the first but was left on base. Willy Adames singled in the second and Eric Haase walked, but Sale struck out Jonah Cox to end the inning. Matt Chapman singled in the third, but a forceout and a strikeout ended that threat.

The Giants broke through in the bottom of the sixth. Arraez led off with a single to third. Heliot Ramos followed with a line-drive single to center, sending Arraez to second. Rafael Devers then grounded a single to third baseman Austin Riley, and Arraez scored. The throw from Riley to first base was errant, allowing Ramos to take third. With one out, Victor Bericoto struck out swinging. Jung Hoo Lee then grounded a single to second baseman Ozzie Albies, scoring Ramos. The throw from Albies to first was also errant, allowing Devers to take third and Lee to advance to second. Eric Haase struck out to end the inning, but the Giants had tied the game 2-2.

The decisive rally came in the bottom of the seventh against the Braves’ bullpen. Dylan Lee relieved Sale to start the inning. Drew Gilbert lined a single to center field. Matt Chapman followed with a double to left field, sending Gilbert to third. Luis Arraez then lifted a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Gilbert and sending Chapman to third. Heliot Ramos walked, but Rafael Devers struck out swinging and Willy Adames struck out swinging to end the inning. The Giants led 3-2.

Atlanta mounted a comeback in the top of the eighth against Ray. Eli White reached on a fielding error by Chapman. Ha-Seong Kim flied out. Dubon doubled to right field, moving White to third. Michael Harris II then lifted a sacrifice fly to left field in foul territory, scoring White and cutting the deficit to 3-2. Ozzie Albies flied out to center to end the inning.

In the top of the ninth, the Braves faced closer Caleb Kilian. Matt Olson led off with a double to left field. Drake Baldwin grounded out, moving Olson to third. Austin Riley grounded out to first base, scoring Olson and tying the game 3-3. Dominic Smith singled to center field, but Mike Yastrzemski struck out swinging to end the game. However, the final score was 3-2 in favor of the Giants, as the Braves’ run in the ninth was their second of the game, not a tying run. The play-by-play indicated that Olson’s run scored on Riley’s groundout, making the score 3-2, and Smith’s single did not produce a run. The Braves ultimately fell short.

Kilian earned his sixth save despite allowing two hits and one earned run in the ninth. He struck out one.

Dylan Lee pitched two-thirds of an inning for Atlanta, striking out two without allowing a hit. Tyler Kinley tossed a scoreless eighth inning, giving up no hits. Didier Fuentes allowed two hits and one earned run in one-third of an inning in the sixth.

Offensively, Olson went 3 for 4 for Atlanta, including a double. Dubon doubled and drove in a run. For San Francisco, Arraez collected two hits and drove in a run. Chapman had two hits, including a double. Lee went 1 for 4 with an RBI.

The most critical stretch of the game occurred in the bottom of the sixth inning when the Giants erased a 2-0 deficit with two runs. The inning featured four consecutive singles from Arraez, Ramos, Devers and Lee, with two throwing errors contributing to the rally. That sequence tied the game and shifted momentum firmly to the Giants, who then took the lead in the seventh.

The Giants captured the series victory after losing Friday’s opener 3-1 and winning Saturday’s game 5-0. The teams split the four-game season series with two wins apiece.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of San Francisco 5, Atlanta 3. Interstat’s ELO system gave Atlanta a 55.70 percent probability to win. Atlanta was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The total score of 5 went over the over-under line of 7.5.