Max Fried strikes out 13 as Braves beat Red Sox
Jun 4, 2024; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Atlanta Braves shortstop Orlando Arcia (11) is congratulated by third baseman Austin Riley (27) after hitting a home run against the Boston Red Sox in the seventh inning at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports Ozzie Albies and Orlando Arcia each homered and Max Fried struck out a career-high 13 to propel the visiting Atlanta Braves to an 8-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.
The score was 3-3 until Albies hit a three-run home run against Red Sox starter Kutter Crawford (2-5) in the sixth inning. Austin Riley and Marcell Ozuna scored on Albies' fourth homer of the season.
Arcia stretched the lead to 7-3 when he hit a solo home run off reliever Chase Anderson in the seventh. It was his sixth home run of the season.
Fried (6-2) went seven innings. He surrendered four hits and three runs (two earned).
First baseman Dominic Smith hit his second home run of the season for the Red Sox. Smith also made two errors in the second inning that led to two unearned runs.
Boston was without outfielder Wilyer Abreu, who was placed on the 10-day injured list Tuesday. Abreu injured his right ankle going down the dugout stairs in the eighth inning of Sunday's loss to Detroit.
The Braves took a 2-0 lead in the second. Matt Olson reached on Smith's first error, and took third on Albies' double. Both Olson and Albies scored on Smith's second error.
After Smith's home run in the third trimmed Atlanta's lead to 2-1, the Red Sox took a 3-2 lead when Bobby Dalbec drove in Rafael Devers and Connor Wong with a bases-loaded single in the fourth.
Atlanta made it a 3-3 game in the fifth. Jarred Kelenic doubled and scored on Sean Murphy's single to left. Murphy left the game in the ninth inning after being hit on the elbow by a pitch from Anderson.
The home runs by Albies and Arcia made it 7-3, and then the Braves finalized the scoring when a single by Michael Harris drove in Zack Short in the ninth.
--Field Level Media
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