Swanson’s 3 RBIs help Teheran get 1st home win

ATLANTA — Along with distancing himself from the nagging ailments that hampered him over the past two months, Julio Teheran fueled the five-run third inning that soured Edwin Jackson’s homecoming and propelled the Braves to a 7-3 win over the Padres on Tuesday night at Turner Field.

Teheran scattered six hits, surrendered two runs and notched eight strikeouts over seven innings en route to his first home win of the season. The All-Star hurler aided his best start in more than a month by opening the five-run third with a double — one of the six hits Jackson surrendered in the inning. Dansby Swanson chased the Padres’ veteran with a single that accounted for the first of his three RBIs.

Jackson, an Atlanta native who pitched for the Braves last year, allowed five earned runs and seven hits over 2 2/3 innings — his shortest start of the season. Oswaldo Arcia who has played for three other Major League teams this year produced his first home run as a Padre when he hit a two-run shot off Teheran with two outs in the fourth inning.

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED Rookie support: Teheran entered the game with a Major League-low average run support of 2.9 runs per game, but Swanson did his part to increase this figure as he notched the last of the four RBI singles Atlanta recorded in the third inning and also provided some insurance with a two-run double in the fifth inning. The highly-regarded shortstop entered Tuesday with just one RBI …

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