ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 Zach Neto had three hits, including a homer, Nolan Schanuel added a two-run blast and Jos\u00e9 Soriano allowed only three hits in seven scoreless innings to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 5-1 victory over the weak-hitting Atlanta Braves on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
The Braves avoided a shutout on Jurickson Profar\u2019s ninth-inning homer off left-hander Brock Burke. It was Profar\u2019s second homer in two games since returning from an 80-game PED suspension.<\/p>\n
Soriano (6-5) had seven strikeouts and did not allow a baserunner to reach second base. Neto scored three runs.<\/p>\n
Bryce Elder (2-6) gave up four runs on eight hits and three walks in five innings. Elder\u2019s third consecutive loss is a disturbing trend for a team that placed right-hander Spencer Schwellenbach on the 15-day injured list with a fractured right elbow on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The rotation previously lost Chris Sale (broken rib), AJ Smith-Shawver (Tommy John surgery) and Reynaldo L\u00f3pez (shoulder surgery) to injuries. Manager Brian Snitker said he may use a bullpen game Saturday in the second game of a series against Baltimore.<\/p>\n
Key moment<\/p>\n
After allowing 10 runs, nine earned, and three homers in only two innings in a 13-0 loss to Philadelphia on Friday night, Elder gave up two more homers. Schanuel\u2019s two-run shot in the second drove in Neto, who doubled.<\/p>\n
Key stats<\/p>\n
Matt Olson\u2019s first-inning single to right field extended his streak of reaching base to 33 games, the majors\u2019 longest active streak. Jo Adell\u2019s first-inning single extended his hitting streak to 14 games, the Angels\u2019 longest this season.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
The Angels open a series at Toronto on Friday night when RHP Kyle Hendricks (5-6, 4.66 ERA) faces Blue Jays LHP Eric Lauer (4-1, 2.60).<\/p>\n
Braves right-hander Spencer Strider (3-6, 3.86) will face former Atlanta right-hander Charlie Morton (4-7, 5.63) in the home series opener against the Orioles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 Zach Neto had three hits, including a homer, Nolan Schanuel added a two-run blast and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2394],"tags":[1266,291,191,46,4166,5,192,1934,3765,4720,1078,919,1497,2179,3508,29339,56,541,4,144,5171,773,2052],"class_list":{"0":"post-150790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-braves","8":"tag-aj-smith-shawver","9":"tag-angels","10":"tag-atlanta","11":"tag-atlanta-braves","12":"tag-atlantabraves","13":"tag-baseball","14":"tag-braves","15":"tag-brian-snitker","16":"tag-brock-burke","17":"tag-bryce-elder","18":"tag-charlie-morton","19":"tag-chris-sale","20":"tag-eric-lauer","21":"tag-jo-adell","22":"tag-jose-soriano","23":"tag-kyle-hendrirrckrsr","24":"tag-los-angeles-angels","25":"tag-matt-olson","26":"tag-mlb","27":"tag-philadelphia","28":"tag-reynaldo-lopez","29":"tag-spencer-strider","30":"tag-zach-neto"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114793654950360778","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}