Atlanta Braves at Tampa Bay Rays

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Atlanta Braves

3-10, 0-8 Away

Final
3 - 6

Tampa Bay Rays

6-7, 6-4 Home

Danny Jansen homers and drives in 4 runs to help the Rays to a 6-3 win over the Braves

Christopher Morel hooks a HR down left-field line

Jansen, who had one hit in his first 27 at-bats through the Rays' first 12 games, hit a two-run homer on a first-pitch sinker from Bryce Elder in the fourth inning, scoring Kameron Misner. In his next at-bat in the sixth, the 29-year-old catcher hit an RBI single to center and added a ground-rule double in the eighth that scored another run.

Morel hit a solo shot in the sixth and finished with three hits.

Rays starter Taj Bradley (2-0) struggled to get through the first, needing 32 pitches to get through the inning and allowing one run. Atlanta's Matt Olson drove in Austin Riley with a single to give the Braves a 1-0 lead before Bradley struck out Bryan De La Cruz and Jarred Kelenic with the bases loaded to end the threat.

Bradley worked six innings and limited Atlanta to one run on five hits, with two walks and seven strikeouts.

The Braves, who didn’t arrive at their Tampa Bay-area hotel until 4:45 a.m. after a rain-delayed, extra-inning win over Philadelphia on Thursday night, tried to rally late.

The Braves hit two homers off Edwin Uceta in the eighth. Marcell Ozuna launched a 425-foot shot to left-center field with one out. Ozzie Albies took advantage of the short porch in right for his second homer of the season.

Elder (0-1) took the loss, allowing nine hits and five runs with four strikeouts.

Atlanta (3-10) lost its eighth straight road game and became the first National League team to reach the 10-loss mark.

Key moment Right after the Rays had a run taken away on an overturned call at the plate, catcher Jansen hit his 358-foot, two-run shot to left.

Key stat Bradley struck out seven batters, pushing him past the 300 mark with 304 career strikeouts.

Up next Atlanta sends RHP AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2, 5.19) against Tampa Bay's RHP Drew Rassmussen (1-0, 1.38) on Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Harris II grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Arcia grounded out to shortstop, Baldwin to third.
	9th Inning	Baldwin doubled to right.
	9th Inning	Fairchild flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Fairbanks relieved Uceta
	8th Inning	Mangum struck out swinging.

Statistics

ATL		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	15
9	Strikeouts	6
3	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	3
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
35	At Bats	33
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
19	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
132	Pitches	126
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
16	Total Bases	19
37	Plate Appearances	35
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
4	Extra Base Hits	4
4.5	Runs Created	6.7
.229	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.457	Slugging Percentage	.576
.286	Secondary Average	.364
.270	On Base Percentage	.343
.727	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.919
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
4.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.5
30.0	Batter Rating	48.0
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	16.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.57	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.60
.229	Isolated Power	.242
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.054	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
.057	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.030
6.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
80.5	MLB Rating	95.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0