SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (Interstat) — The Atlanta Braves defeated the San Diego Padres 3-2 on Monday at Truist Park behind 6 strong innings from Bryce Elder. Elder allowed 2 runs on 5 hits with 4 strikeouts to improve to 6-6. Victor Mederos earned his first save with 2 1/3 scoreless innings.

San Diego took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on Ty France’s home run. Atlanta answered in the fifth, tying the game on Joey Bart’s double that scored Mauricio Dubón and scoring another run to go ahead 2-1. Michael Harris II homered in the sixth to extend the lead to 3-1. Manny Machado cut the deficit to 3-2 with a solo homer in the seventh, but Mederos retired the final seven batters.

JP Sears took the loss, falling to 2-3, after yielding 3 hits and 1 earned run in 5 innings. Ozzie Albies added a home run for Atlanta. The Braves improved to 58-41, while the Padres dropped to 49-51. Attendance was 31,263, with the game lasting 2 hours, 20 minutes.