San Diego, CA- After almost throwing the San Diego Padres first ever no-hitter last sunday,Odrisamer Despaignestruggled to match that success today against the Braves as the Atlanta Braves defeated the San Diego Padres 5-3.
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Chris Johnsongot the Braves on the board early with an RBI groundout to scoreJason Heywardand give the Braves a 1-0 lead.
Yasmani Grandalwould give the San Diego Padres the lead in the top of the fourth on a two-run double off Braves aceJulio Teheranto give the Padres a 2-1 lead.
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The Padres lead wouldn’t last for long, as Heyward would score on an RBI single byChris Johnsonin the bottom of the fourth to tie the game at 2-2.
The Braves would score three more runs in the fourth on a squeeze bunt by Teheran, a throwing error by Solarte, and an RBI single by Freeman to extend the Braves lead to 5-2. That would be all for Despaigne as he would exit the the game after only 3.2 innings of work.
Solarte would make up for his error in the top of the 5th with an RBI single to scoreChris Nelsonand cut the Braves lead to 5-3.
That’s as close as the Padres would get as the Braves bullpen would hold the San Diego Padres offense in check the rest of the game and all-star closerCraig Kimbrelstruck out all three Padres in the ninth to seal the win for the Braves.
RookieOdrisamer Despaignefell to (2-2) on the season for the San Diego Padres, after allowing 5 runs on six hits and five walks in only 3.2 innings of work.
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