PHOENIX — Ozzie Albies and Matt Olson opened the ninth inning of Friday night’s game at Chase Field with back-to-back home runs, sending the Atlanta Braves to a 2-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Atlanta right-hander Grant Holmes held the Diamondbacks to one hit through six innings, matching zeros with Arizona starter Eduardo Rodríguez.

Albies and Olson connected off reliever Paul Sewald (0-1), helping the Braves improve to 6-2 a year after opening 0-7. They sit alone atop the National League East, the division they have won a record 18 times, including six straight seasons from 2018-23.

Atlanta reached the playoffs via a wild card in 2024, then missed out last year after finishing fourth in the division at 76-86. First-year manager Walt Weiss is 2-0 on his first road trip after winning back-to-back three-game series at home.

The Diamondbacks, who dropped to 3-5, have scored a combined three runs in their past three games.

Robert Suarez (1-0) pitched a perfect eighth inning for the win, and Raisel Iglesias worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his first save this season.

Albies, who had three of Atlanta’s six hits, drove an 0-1 pitch from Sewald over the right-field fence for his second homer of the year. Olson sent Sewald’s next delivery to left for his second home run as well, doing so a night after he got his first in Atlanta’s 17-2 rout to open the four-game series.

In the early innings, both starters were in command. Holmes didn’t give up a hit until Ketel Marte singled on a sharp line drive to left with one out in the sixth. He walked three batters and struck out four.

In his only two previous starts against the Diamondbacks, both last year, Holmes allowed nine runs in nine innings.

Rodríguez tossed seven strong innings of his own, scattering four hits while walking one batter and striking out three. It’s the first time the left-hander has opened a season with consecutive scoreless starts.

The scheduled starting pitchers for Saturday night’s game are right-handers Bryce Elder (1-0, 0.00 ERA) for Atlanta and Michael Soroka (1-0) for Arizona.