Braves tie it in 9th before Freeman’s walk-off

ATLANTA — Freddie Freeman hit his third career walk-off homer to complete a comeback that provided the Braves a 5-4, 11-inning win over the Giants on Wednesday night at Turner Field. Freeman hit the first pitch Derek Law threw in the bottom of the inning over the right-center field wall.

Giants right-hander Albert Suarez pitched effectively in his first Major League start, allowing three runs over five innings. Suarez, who started in place of the injured Matt Cain, also notched his first career hit — a sixth-inning infield single that would have served as the game-winning hit had the Braves not taken advantage of some miscues that allowed them to erase a one-run ninth-inning deficit.

Brandon Belt gave the Giants an early lead with a two-run homer in the fourth inning and the Giants capitalized on some defensive mistakes that influenced the other two runs Williams Perez surrendered over 5 2/3 innings. Perez was taken off the hook when …

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