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BOSTON (AP) – Marcell Ozuna homered for the second straight day, former Boston outfielder Alex Verdugo had three hits and the Atlanta Braves beat the Red Sox 10-4 on Sunday to win the three-game series.
Austin Riley also had three hits for the Braves (24-23), who moved a game above .500 for the second time after opening 0-7. Every starter except leadoff hitter Verdugo had at least one RBI.
Rafael Devers hit his sixth career grand slam for Boston, which has lost 11 of 17.
Spencer Schwellenbach (3-3) held the Red Sox scoreless for six of his seven innings, giving up four runs and six hits.
Ozuna´s two-run homer cleared the Green Monster in a three-run eighth.
A day after a walk-off homer, Devers hit Shwellenbach´s 1-0 fastball into the center-field bleachers for a 4-3 lead.
Atlanta Braves’ Marcell Ozuna (20) is welcomed to the dugout after scoring on a bases-loaded walk in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Brayan Bello (2-1) allowed seven runs, one shy of his career high, and matched career highs of 10 hits and five walks while pitching 4 1/3 innings.
After Bello walked two and gave up a hit that loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth, manager Alex Cora elected to leave him in. He walked Michael Harris II on four pitches, allowed Eli White´s RBI single and Nick Allen´s sacrifice fly, then was removed.
Boston’s previous slam was by Luis Urias on Aug. 19, 2023.
Braves: Washington’s LHP Mitchell Parker (3-3, 4.32 ERA) starts Tuesday’s opener of a three-game series.
Red Sox: RHP Hunter Dobbins (2-1, 3.90) is in line to face Mets RHP Kodai Senga (4-2, 1.02) Monday in the first of three at Fenway Park.
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Atlanta Braves’ Nick Allen hits a sacrifice fly, allowing Ozzie Albies to score, in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Boston Red Sox’s Rafael Devers, center front, exchanges a high-five with Alex Bregman, left, as he celebrates after scoring on his grand slam in the third inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Boston Red Sox’s Rafael Devers, right, follows through on his swing after hitting a grand slam in front of Atlanta Braves catcher Drake Baldwin, left, in the third inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Atlanta Braves’ Spencer Schwellenbach delivers a pitch to a Boston Red Sox batter in the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
