Spencer Schwellenbach stymies Red Sox on 25th birthday in Braves’ 5-0 victory

ATLANTA AP Spencer Schwellenbach struck out in innings on his th birthday to help the Atlanta Braves beat the Boston Red Sox - on Saturday Schwellenbach - allowed five hits and didn t walk a batter He rebounded against the Red Sox after giving up a grand slam to Rafael Devers in a - loss May in Boston Schwellenbach has gone six-plus innings in four consecutive starts and it was the ninth time in starts he s made it into at least the sixth inning this season Ronald Acu a Jr and Austin Riley hit fourth-inning home runs off Walker Buehler - Buehler allowed five earned runs on hits with two walks and six strikeouts over innings Key moment The Braves scored four runs in fourth to take a - lead It was just the third time since May the Braves have scored at least four runs in an inning Key stat Schwellenbach threw pitches mph or more in the first two innings Those were the fastest pitches of his career Before Saturday his fastest was mph Up next LHP Garrett Crochet - ERA was set to start for Boston against RHP Bryce Elder - on Sunday in the series finale AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb