Jackie Bradley Jr.’s solo homer blemished Julio Teheran’s best start of the season and provided Rick Porcello all the support he needed while helping the Red Sox claim a 1-0 win over the Braves on Monday night at Turner Field.

Bradley’s one-out homer in the seventh sunk Teheran, who notched a season-high eight strikeouts and scattered six hits over seven innings. Mookie Betts’ two-out double in the third inning accounted for one of the three hits recorded through the first six innings by the Red Sox, who didn’t arrive at their Atlanta hotel until 5:30 a.m. ET following Sunday’s 12-inning win in Houston.
Porcello (4-0, 3.51 ERA) scattered four hits over six scoreless innings and former Atlanta closer Craig Kimbrel completed a scoreless ninth against the Braves, who have lost six straight since snapping their 0-9 start with a four-game winning streak.
One night after Bradley delivered the go-ahead run with an RBI single in the top of the 12th in a win at Houston, the center fielder again had the biggest hit in the game for the Red Sox. This time, Bradley jumped on Teheran’s 1-0 changeup for a solo shot. It was Bradley’s first home run of the season.
After his strong effort was marred by Bradley’s homer and further threatened by a Porcello bunt that was misplayed, Teheran recorded a four-pitch strikeout of Betts and then proved victorious in a 10-pitch battle waged against Xander Bogaerts with two outs and the bases loaded. Bogaerts fouled six pitches before Teheran concluded his 115-pitch night with three consecutive 92-mph fastballs, the last of which was lined into center fielder Mallex Smith’s glove to keep the Braves within one run.
Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez made a strong throw to nail Jace Peterson on a stolen base in the bottom of the fifth. It was significant for Vazquez because it was his first caught-stealing in his comeback from Tommy John surgery. Vazquez had only one chance before Peterson tested him. Vazquez’s throw was at 80.1 mph, according to Statcast™.
Jeff Francoeur’s one-out double accounted for Atlanta’s only extra-base hit and also fueled a seventh-inning rally that was quieted when Freddie Freeman was called out attempting to reach second base on a Drew Stubbs grounder that Dustin Pedroia initially bobbled. Replays showed Freeman got to the bag around the same time as Pedroia’s throw, but the Braves opted not to request a review, despite still having a challenge remaining.
Looking to help Freeman break out of his early-season funk, Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez dropped his first baseman to the sixth spot, marking the first time since July 1, 2012, that Freeman was positioned lower than fifth in the batting order. Freeman laced a second-inning single and beat the shift with a fifth-inning bunt single that pushed his batting average (.203) above the Mendoza mark for the first time since Opening Day. He struck out to end the game, finishing with a .200 average.
Matt Wisler will take the mound for Atlanta during Tuesday night’s finale of this two-game set. Wisler threw a career-high 115 pitches while limiting the Dodgers to one unearned run over 6 2/3 innings on Thursday .

Destin Hood launched a solo homer in the 10th inning to give the New Orleans Zephyrs a 4-3 win over the Nashville Sounds Monday night in front of a sellout crowd of 10,338 at First Tennessee Park.

The home run was the second of the series for Hood who has driven in six runs in the first three games of the four-game set.

Nashville had a great opportunity to even the game in the home half of the inning when Chad Pinder and Max Muncy singled to put runners at the corners with one out.

New Orleans lefty Eric Jokisch buckled down and struck out Renato Nunez for the second out before retiring Jake Smolinski on a fly out to end the game.

Henderson Alvarez started for the Sounds on a major league rehab assignment start and went the first two innings. He allowed an unearned run on one hit with one strikeout.

The right-hander did his job in the first but the defense faltered behind him. Isaac Galloway led off the game with a bouncer to third that Muncy threw away. Two batters later, Alvarez got Xavier Scruggs to hit a ground ball to short, but Pinder threw it away allowing Galloway to score from second.

Nashville jumped in front in the fourth when the first three batters reached. Muncy started the inning with a sharp single to right field. Renato Nunez followed with a ground-rule double to left-center to put Muncy at third.

Smolinski cut into New Orleans’ lead with a run-scoring single to make it 1-1, and Andrew Lambo knocked in Nunez with a 4-6-3 double play.

They added a run in the next inning as Joey Wendle sliced a single down the left field line and Pinder lined a triple down the right field line.

It remained 3-1 until the Zephyrs battled back with a pair of runs in the seventh.

Dillon Overton had retired 11 consecutive batters before four straight reached. Robert Andino started the rally with a two-out double and came around to score on Austin Nola’s RBI single.

The next batter, Elliot Soto, lined a base hit to right to even the game at 3-3. It stayed that way until Hood’s shot in the top of the tenth.

The four-game series concludes Tuesday night at First Tennessee Park. Right-hander Zach Neal (2-1, 3.52) starts for Nashville against right-hander Dylan Axelrod (0-0, 0.00) for New Orleans. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 p.m.