SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (Interstat) — Chris Sale pitched seven scoreless innings and Drake Baldwin drove in five runs as the Atlanta Braves crushed the Texas Rangers 15-1 on Friday night at Truist Park.

Sale allowed two hits, struck out six and walked none, improving to 10-6. Baldwin went 3-for-4 with a three-run home run in the fourth inning and an RBI single in the fifth. Austin Riley and Matt Olson also homered for Atlanta, which amassed 19 hits.

The Braves scored two runs in the second, four in the fourth, two in the fifth, four in the seventh and three in the eighth. Texas managed its only run in the eighth on Nicky Lopez’s RBI single. Cal Quantrill took the loss, falling to 3-2.

Texas fell to 49-48, while Atlanta improved to 56-40. Attendance was 40,147. The game lasted 2 hours, 54 minutes.