SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (Interstat) — Austin Riley hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning, lifting the Atlanta Braves to a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday afternoon in Game 1 of their playoff series at Truist Park. Chris Sale struck out nine over 6 1/3 innings for Atlanta, allowing three earned runs and four hits. Dylan Lee earned the win in relief, Raisel Iglesias posted his 37th save, and Jhoan Duran took the loss. Philadelphia’s Jesús Luzardo allowed one earned run and three hits in five innings with six strikeouts. Alec Bohm doubled in the first, and J.T. Realmuto tripled in two runs in the seventh for the Phillies. Ozzie Albies tripled and drove in a run for Atlanta. The game took 2 hours, 26 minutes and was played before 30,127. Atlanta leads the series 1-0. Atlanta improved to 97-69, while Philadelphia fell to 90-76.