SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (Interstat) — The Texas Rangers erased a four-run deficit with a four-run sixth inning Saturday afternoon and beat the Atlanta Braves 7-6 at Truist Park in front of 37,056.

The game lasted 2 hours, 52 minutes. Texas improved to 50-48 while Atlanta dropped to 56-41. MacKenzie Gore (6-8) earned the win despite allowing five earned runs in 5 2/3 innings, striking out seven. Jacob Latz notched his 18th save with 1 1/3 scoreless innings, striking out one. Tyler Kinley (5-4) took the loss.

Joc Pederson opened the scoring in the first inning with a solo home run to right field, his 16th of the season. Texas led 1-0 after one.

Atlanta responded in the second. Mauricio Dubón singled, and Eli White followed with a two-run homer to left, his fifth, to put the Braves ahead 2-1. Austin Riley then singled and Joey Bart walked. After Jim Jarvis grounded into a force out, Drake Baldwin singled to center to score Riley and make it 3-1. Ozzie Albies followed with a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Jarvis for a 4-1 lead.

The Rangers cut the deficit in the third. Kyle Higashioka reached on a fielding error by left fielder Dubón, and Pederson singled to put runners at first and second. Wyatt Langford singled to left, scoring Higashioka, and a single by Brandon Nimmo drove in Pederson to make it 4-3.

Atlanta immediately answered. Michael Harris II led off the bottom of the third with a solo home run to right, his 17th, restoring the Braves’ lead to 5-3.

Gore settled down after that, working through the fourth and fifth innings without further damage. He struck out five consecutive batters at one point.

Texas’s breakthrough came in the sixth. Ezequiel Duran led off with a double to left. Evan Carter then crushed a two-run homer to right field, his eighth, tying the game at 5-5. After Nicky Lopez flied out, Higashioka walked and Pederson grounded into a force out. Langford singled to put runners at first and second, and Josh Jung singled to load the bases. Nimmo followed with a two-run single to center, scoring Pederson and Langford to give Texas a 7-5 lead. Jake Burger struck out to end the inning.

Atlanta got one back in the seventh. With two outs, Harris singled, and Dubón doubled to left to drive in Harris, trimming the lead to 7-6. But Eli White lined out to center to end the threat.

Latz took over for Jakob Junis in the eighth. Junis had relieved Gore after 5 2/3 innings and recorded two outs, allowing one hit and no earned runs. Latz retired the Braves in order in the eighth and worked a scoreless ninth, striking out Matt Olson to start the frame before coaxing a flyout from Harris to end the game.

Evan Carter finished 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs. Pederson went 2-for-4 with a homer and an RBI. Nimmo had two hits and two RBIs. Harris went 2-for-5 with a homer and an RBI for Atlanta. White homered and drove in two. Dubón had two hits, including a double, and an RBI.

Gore’s line included six hits, five earned runs, two walks and seven strikeouts. He threw 20 strikes, 53 balls and had 20 balls in play. Atlanta starter Owen Murphy lasted only 2 2/3 innings, allowing three hits, three runs (two earned) and two walks while striking out three. He recorded 17 strikes, 42 balls and 17 balls in play. Kinley allowed four runs in the sixth without recording an out.

Texas turned two double plays, both on groundouts. The Rangers’ bullpen combined to allow one run over the final 3 1/3 innings. Dylan Dodd of Atlanta pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings with two strikeouts. Didier Fuentes worked a scoreless eighth with two strikeouts. JR Ritchie pitched a scoreless ninth with one strikeout.

The victory came one afternoon after Texas lost 15-1 to Atlanta in the series opener. The Rangers have now won four of their last five games, including a series win over Houston earlier in the week. Atlanta had won four of its previous five before Saturday’s loss.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Texas 5, Atlanta 4. Interstat’s ELO system gave Atlanta a 57.40 percent probability to win. Texas was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of 13 went under the over-under line of 9.5.