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Reynaldo López fans 8 in 6 strong innings and Jarred Kelenic hits 2-run double as Braves top A's 4-2

ATLANTA (AP) Reynaldo López set a season high with eight strikeouts, Jarred Kelenic hit a two-run double and the Atlanta Braves beat Oakland 4-2 on Friday night, giving the Athletics their third straight loss.

López (3-2) raised both arms as he walked off the mound after closing the sixth with two strikeouts. The right-hander allowed only four hits and one run in six innings. Given an extra day's rest before the start, López was still strong in his final inning.

“I feel healthy, I feel strong,” López said through a translator. “I think I just felt good about being able to hold them there.”

López also said Kelenic's two-run double in the second put him in a mood to celebrate.

“It was somewhat of a celebration we were able to get some runs early,” López said.

With one out in the second, Michael Harris II singled to right field against JP Sears (4-4), who then walked former Oakland teammate Sean Murphy. Kelenic lined a double off the base of the wall in left-center, driving in both runners for a 3-0 lead.

It was an important at-bat for Kelenic, who had hit only .226 in May and had only 10 RBIs for the season. Kelenic had been platooning with Adam Duvall in left field before reigning NL MVP Ronald Acuña Jr. suffered a season-ending torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on Sunday in Pittsburgh.

With only Marcell Ozuna able to avoid an offensive slump that has affected the remainder of Atlanta's lineup, the Braves need improved production from Kelenic, acquired in an offseason trade with Seattle. The big hit against Sears, a left-hander, was a statement Kelenic is ready for his new full-time role.

“I feel like just to get the momentum early was huge for us,” Kelenic said. “It felt like the last week we were always coming from behind.”

The Braves were 13-14 in May, with all 14 losses coming in games the opponent scored at least three runs.

The Athletics scored their only run off López in the fourth. Zack Gelof's sacrifice fly drove in Miguel Andujar, who singled.

Oakland's JJ Bleday led off the eighth with a walk from Joe Jiménez and moved to second on Brent Rooker's infield hit. Seth Brown's fourth strikeout of the game helped spoil the scoring threat. Jiménez also struck out Kyle McCann to end the inning.

Raisel Iglesias gave up a double to Gelof, who scored on a groundout by Aledmys Díaz, in the ninth but earned his 14th save.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Athletics: RHP Dany Jiménez and LHP Brady Basso were recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas. ... RHP Lucas Erceg (forearm tightness) was placed on the 15-day injured list retroactive to May 26. ... RHP Tyler Ferguson was optioned to Las Vegas. ... IF Tyler Nevin was outrighted to Las Vegas after he was designated for assignment Tuesday.

UP NEXT

LHP Chris Sale (8-1, 2.12) will try to extend his streak of wins in seven consecutive starts for Atlanta on Saturday against Oakland RHP Aaron Brooks (0-2, 3.63).

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Athletics ATH23-36	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0
Braves ATL32-23	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	4	6	0

Truist ParkAtlanta, GA

W: R. Lopez (3-2)L: J. Sears (4-4)S: R. Iglesias (14)

ATHAthletics

ATLBraves

.R. LopezReynaldo Lopez
P
6.0 IP, ER, 2 BB, 8 SO, 87 P
.R. IglesiasRaisel Iglesias
P
1.0 IP, ER, 6 P

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
A. Toro 3B	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	.288	.332	.429	.761	0.5
J. Bleday CF	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	.248	.329	.476	.805	2.0
B. Rooker DH	4	0	1	0	0	2	3	.280	.363	.542	.905	0.0
M. Andujar LF	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	.375	.360	.583	.943	6.0
S. Brown RF	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	.201	.242	.329	.571	-2.0
K. McCann C	4	0	1	0	0	2	3	.322	.412	.525	.937	0.0
Z. Gelof 2B	3	1	1	1	0	1	1	.179	.242	.278	.521	3.5
T. Soderstrom 1B	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	.182	.308	.318	.626	1.5
A. Diaz SS	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1.0

HITTERS	AB
A. Toro 3B	5
J. Bleday CF	2
B. Rooker DH	4
M. Andujar LF	4
S. Brown RF	4
K. McCann C	4
Z. Gelof 2B	3
T. Soderstrom 1B	2
A. Diaz SS	4

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
O. Albies 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.278	.346	.401	.747	1.0
A. Riley 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	.228	.295	.353	.648	1.5
M. Ozuna DH	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.310	.388	.601	.989	0.0
M. Olson 1B	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	.235	.322	.426	.748	3.0
A. Duvall RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.198	.281	.386	.667	1.5
O. Arcia SS	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	.234	.257	.378	.635	0.5
M. Harris CF	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	.256	.297	.367	.664	2.0
S. Murphy C	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	.125	.176	.125	.301	1.5
J. Kelenic LF	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	.260	.300	.397	.697	4.0

HITTERS	AB
O. Albies 2B	3
A. Riley 3B	4
M. Ozuna DH	4
M. Olson 1B	3
A. Duvall RF	4
O. Arcia SS	2
M. Harris CF	3
S. Murphy C	2
J. Kelenic LF	3

2B - M. Andujar (2), Z. Gelof (4)
SF - Z. Gelof
RBI - Z. Gelof (11), A. Diaz
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - B. Rooker, K. McCann

2B - A. Duvall (4), J. Kelenic (7)
SF - M. Olson (2), O. Arcia (5)
RBI - M. Olson (30), O. Arcia (20), J. Kelenic 2 (12)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - A. Riley, S. Murphy

SB - M. Andujar

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Sears (L, 4-4)	7.0	6	4	4	2	5	0	4.01	1.11	6.5
B. Basso	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	3.5

PITCHERS	IP
J. Sears (L, 4-4)	7.0
B. Basso	1.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
R. Lopez (W, 3-2)	6.0	4	1	1	2	8	1.73	1.08	25.0
P. Johnson (H, 6)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	3.78	1.56	2.5
J. Jimenez (H, 11)	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	2.86	1.05	2.0
R. Iglesias (S, 14)	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	2.53	1.03	8.0

PITCHERS	IP
R. Lopez (W, 3-2)	6.0
P. Johnson (H, 6)	1.0
J. Jimenez (H, 11)	1.0
R. Iglesias (S, 14)	1.0

Pitches-Strikes - J. Sears 97-62, B. Basso 8-6
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J. Sears 8-7, B. Basso 1-1
Batters Faced - J. Sears 29, B. Basso 3

Pitches-Strikes - R. Lopez 87-57, P. Johnson 15-8, J. Jimenez 19-10, R. Iglesias 6-4
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - R. Lopez 8-1, P. Johnson 2-0, J. Jimenez 1-1, R. Iglesias 2-0
Batters Faced - R. Lopez 24, P. Johnson 4, J. Jimenez 5, R. Iglesias 4

.R. LopezReynaldo Lopez
P
6.0 IP, ER, 2 BB, 8 SO, 87 P
.R. IglesiasRaisel Iglesias
P
1.0 IP, ER, 6 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Athletics ATH23-36	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0
Braves ATL32-23	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	4	6	0

Truist ParkAtlanta, GA

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
A. Toro 3B	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	.288	.332	.429	.761	0.5
J. Bleday CF	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	.248	.329	.476	.805	2.0
B. Rooker DH	4	0	1	0	0	2	3	.280	.363	.542	.905	0.0
M. Andujar LF	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	.375	.360	.583	.943	6.0
S. Brown RF	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	.201	.242	.329	.571	-2.0
K. McCann C	4	0	1	0	0	2	3	.322	.412	.525	.937	0.0
Z. Gelof 2B	3	1	1	1	0	1	1	.179	.242	.278	.521	3.5
T. Soderstrom 1B	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	.182	.308	.318	.626	1.5
A. Diaz SS	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1.0
Total	32	2	6	2	4	11	20	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
A. Toro 3B	5
J. Bleday CF	2
B. Rooker DH	4
M. Andujar LF	4
S. Brown RF	4
K. McCann C	4
Z. Gelof 2B	3
T. Soderstrom 1B	2
A. Diaz SS	4
Total	32

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
O. Albies 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.278	.346	.401	.747	1.0
A. Riley 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	.228	.295	.353	.648	1.5
M. Ozuna DH	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.310	.388	.601	.989	0.0
M. Olson 1B	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	.235	.322	.426	.748	3.0
A. Duvall RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.198	.281	.386	.667	1.5
O. Arcia SS	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	.234	.257	.378	.635	0.5
M. Harris CF	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	.256	.297	.367	.664	2.0
S. Murphy C	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	.125	.176	.125	.301	1.5
J. Kelenic LF	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	.260	.300	.397	.697	4.0
Total	28	4	6	4	2	6	7	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
O. Albies 2B	3
A. Riley 3B	4
M. Ozuna DH	4
M. Olson 1B	3
A. Duvall RF	4
O. Arcia SS	2
M. Harris CF	3
S. Murphy C	2
J. Kelenic LF	3
Total	28

2B - M. Andujar (2), Z. Gelof (4)
SF - Z. Gelof
RBI - Z. Gelof (11), A. Diaz
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - B. Rooker, K. McCann

2B - A. Duvall (4), J. Kelenic (7)
SF - M. Olson (2), O. Arcia (5)
RBI - M. Olson (30), O. Arcia (20), J. Kelenic 2 (12)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - A. Riley, S. Murphy

SB - M. Andujar

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Sears (L, 4-4)	7.0	6	4	4	2	5	4.01	1.11	6.5
B. Basso	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	3.5
Total	8.0	6	4	4	2	6	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
J. Sears (L, 4-4)	7.0
B. Basso	1.0
Total	8.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
R. Lopez (W, 3-2)	6.0	4	1	1	2	8	1.73	1.08	25.0
P. Johnson (H, 6)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	3.78	1.56	2.5
J. Jimenez (H, 11)	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	2.86	1.05	2.0
R. Iglesias (S, 14)	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	2.53	1.03	8.0
Total	9.0	6	2	2	4	11	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
R. Lopez (W, 3-2)	6.0
P. Johnson (H, 6)	1.0
J. Jimenez (H, 11)	1.0
R. Iglesias (S, 14)	1.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - J. Sears 97-62, B. Basso 8-6
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J. Sears 8-7, B. Basso 1-1
Batters Faced - J. Sears 29, B. Basso 3

Pitches-Strikes - R. Lopez 87-57, P. Johnson 15-8, J. Jimenez 19-10, R. Iglesias 6-4
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - R. Lopez 8-1, P. Johnson 2-0, J. Jimenez 1-1, R. Iglesias 2-0
Batters Faced - R. Lopez 24, P. Johnson 4, J. Jimenez 5, R. Iglesias 4

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

1ST INNING
Olson hit sacrifice fly to right, Riley scored 0 1
2ND INNING
Kelenic doubled to deep center, Murphy and Harris scored 0 3
4TH INNING
Gelof hit sacrifice fly to left, Andujar scored 1 3
6TH INNING
Arcia hit sacrifice fly to center, Olson scored, Duvall to third 1 4
9TH INNING
Diaz grounded out to shortstop, Gelof scored 2 4

1ST INNING
	Olson hit sacrifice fly to right, Riley scored	0	1

2ND INNING
	Kelenic doubled to deep center, Murphy and Harris scored	0	3

4TH INNING
	Gelof hit sacrifice fly to left, Andujar scored	1	3

6TH INNING
	Arcia hit sacrifice fly to center, Olson scored, Duvall to third	1	4

9TH INNING
	Diaz grounded out to shortstop, Gelof scored	2	4

1ST INNING
Athletics
R. Lopez Pitching:
A. Toro: Strike looking, Foul, Toro flied out to deep right
J. Bleday: Ball, Bleday grounded out to second
B. Rooker: Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Rooker struck out swinging
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Braves
J. Sears Pitching:
O. Albies: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Albies walked
A. Riley: Foul, Ball, Riley reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Albies out at second
M. Ozuna: Ball, Ozuna singled to left, Riley to third
M. Olson: Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Olson hit sacrifice fly to right, Riley scored
A. Duvall: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Pickoff attempt, Strike swinging, Foul, Foul tip, Duvall struck out on foul tip
End of the 1st (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Athletics
R. Lopez Pitching:
M. Andujar: Ball, Strike looking, Andujar doubled to deep right center
S. Brown: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul tip, Brown struck out on foul tip
K. McCann: Strike swinging, Strike looking, McCann reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Andujar out at third
Z. Gelof: Gelof lined out to right
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Braves
J. Sears Pitching:
O. Arcia: Arcia lined out to right
M. Harris: Strike looking, Harris singled to right
S. Murphy: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Murphy walked, Harris to second
J. Kelenic: Ball, Ball, Kelenic doubled to deep center, Murphy and Harris scored
O. Albies: Strike looking, Albies popped out to shortstop
A. Riley: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Riley struck out swinging
End of the 2nd (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Athletics
R. Lopez Pitching:
T. Soderstrom: Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Soderstrom walked
A. Diaz: Strike looking, Diaz reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Soderstrom out at second
A. Toro: Ball, Toro singled to shallow left, Diaz to second
J. Bleday: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Bleday reached on fielder's choice to first, Diaz to third, Toro out at second
B. Rooker: Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Rooker struck out swinging
Middle of the 3rd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Braves
J. Sears Pitching:
M. Ozuna: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Ozuna struck out looking
M. Olson: Strike looking, Olson grounded out to shortstop
A. Duvall: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Duvall lined out to center
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Athletics
R. Lopez Pitching:
M. Andujar: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Andujar singled to shallow right center
S. Brown: Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Brown struck out looking
K. McCann: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Andujar stole second, McCann singled to left, Andujar to third
Z. Gelof: Ball, Strike swinging, Gelof hit sacrifice fly to left, Andujar scored
T. Soderstrom: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Soderstrom struck out swinging
Middle of the 4th (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Braves
J. Sears Pitching:
O. Arcia: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Arcia struck out swinging
M. Harris: Ball, Harris grounded out to first
S. Murphy: Murphy flied out to deep center
End of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Athletics
R. Lopez Pitching:
A. Diaz: Foul, Diaz grounded out to shortstop
A. Toro: Strike looking, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Toro struck out swinging
J. Bleday: Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Bleday walked
B. Rooker: Strike (foul tip), Rooker popped out to second
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Braves
J. Sears Pitching:
J. Kelenic: Strike looking, Foul, Kelenic grounded out to second
O. Albies: Albies flied out to right
A. Riley: Strike looking, Ball, Riley reached on an infield single to second
M. Ozuna: Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ozuna flied out to deep left
End of the 5th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Athletics
R. Lopez Pitching:
M. Andujar: Andujar grounded out to pitcher
S. Brown: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Brown struck out swinging
K. McCann: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, McCann struck out swinging
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Braves
J. Sears Pitching:
M. Olson: Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Olson singled to right
A. Duvall: Duvall doubled to deep left, Olson to third
O. Arcia: Ball, Arcia hit sacrifice fly to center, Olson scored, Duvall to third
M. Harris: Strike swinging, Ball, Harris lined out to third
S. Murphy: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Murphy struck out swinging
End of the 6th (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Athletics
Pierce Johnson relieved Reynaldo Lopez
Z. Gelof: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Gelof struck out swinging
T. Soderstrom: Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Soderstrom walked
A. Diaz: Strike looking, Diaz reached on fielder's choice to second, Soderstrom out at second
A. Toro: Ball, Strike looking, Toro grounded out to pitcher
Middle of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Braves
J. Sears Pitching:
J. Kelenic: Strike looking, Kelenic grounded out to first
O. Albies: Ball, Foul, Ball, Albies flied out to right
A. Riley: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Riley grounded out to second
End of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Athletics
Joe Jimenez relieved Pierce Johnson
J. Bleday: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Bleday walked
B. Rooker: Ball, Ball, Rooker singled to shallow left, Bleday to second
M. Andujar: Ball, Ball, Foul, Andujar flied out to center
S. Brown: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Brown struck out swinging
K. McCann: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike looking, McCann struck out looking
Middle of the 8th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Braves
Brady Basso relieved JP Sears
M. Ozuna: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Ozuna struck out swinging
M. Olson: Strike looking, Olson flied out to deep left
A. Duvall: Ball, Ball, Duvall grounded out to second
End of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Athletics
Raisel Iglesias relieved Joe Jimenez
Z. Gelof: Ball, Ball, Gelof doubled to left
T. Soderstrom: Soderstrom grounded out to second, Gelof to third
A. Diaz: Diaz grounded out to shortstop, Gelof scored
A. Toro: Toro lined out to shortstop
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)

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Reynaldo López fans 8 in 6 strong innings and Jarred Kelenic hits 2-run double as Braves top A's 4-2