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- Updated: April 29, 2016
BOSTON — The Braves put together a steady offense against Clay Buchholz and salvaged the finale of a four-game series with the Red Sox by pulling out a 5-3 victory at Fenway Park on Thursday night. The win snapped an eight-game losing skid for Atlanta.
“We did a lot of good stuff on the whole game — pitchingwise, offensively,” Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. “It’s a good baseball game. It really is a good baseball game.”
After Boston scored one in the first, the Braves rallied for three in the second and led for the rest of the night.
Nick Markakis had four hits and three RBIs from the leadoff spot. Freddie Freeman and No. 9 hitter Mallex Smith added three hits each, with Smith driving in two runs.
Jhoulys Chacin did enough to get the win, going five-plus innings, allowing six hits and two runs. Buchholz took the loss, giving up eight hits and five runs over 6 1/3 innings.
“They are a tough lineup, so I was trying to keep the ball down, trying to make pitches,” Chacin said. “Just want to keep going, keep giving my team the most that I can. Just trying to maybe go a little bit longer in games.”
Buchholz has given up five earned runs in four of his five starts.
“I wouldn’t ever go on a bad streak if I knew what I had to do not to go on them,” Buchholz said. “I think it just happens sometimes. Team is going good and everybody is throwing the ball well, and it’s falling on me right now. I haven’t been throwing the ball as well as the other guys. It usually stops and turns and goes the other way at some point, too.”
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED Keep the line moving: Trailing by a run after the first inning, the Braves sent seven batters to the plate in the second. With one out, four straight batters reached and three scored to take the lead. Jace Peterson started it off with a walk, followed by a bunt single by Erick Aybar, a run-scoring ground-rule double by Smith and a two-run single by Markakis.
Confusion for Bogaerts in first: With the Red Sox rallying in the bottom of the first, a strange play unfolded. After Dustin …
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