Final: Braves 5, Red Sox 0 - Red Sox get shutout for first time this season

The Red Sox lose the second game of their series against the Braves 5-0 only recording five hits on the day.

Spencer Schwellenbach got the start for Atlanta, and the righty went 6.1 innings, striking out 11 batters and allowing all five of Boston's hits. The Red Sox did not record an extra base hit in this game.

Walker Buehler got the start today, and he had a couple shaky innings on the mound. In the first inning, Buehler allowed an RBI hit to Matt Olson giving the Braves an early 1-0 lead.

Buehler had a rough 4th inning where he allowed four runs, the remaining amount of runs the Braves scored in this game. It started with a solo home run from Austin Riley, then an RBI single from Michael Harris, and lastly a Ronald Acuna Jr. home run.

Buehler struggled to keep runners off the base path, but he was able to pitch 5.2 innings.

Boston had a quality win yesterday, and they did absolutely nothing today to build off of it. Surprisingly, this is the first time the Red Sox have been shutout this year.

Tomorrow, Garrett Crochet will wrap up the series taking the start on the mound. First pitch will be at 1:35 p.m.

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WHO: Red Sox (28-31) vs Braves (26-30)
WHEN: 4:10 p.m.
WHERE: Truist Park, Atlanta
SERIES TO DATE: (1-0), (2-2)
STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Walker Buehler (4-2, 3.95 ERA) vs. RHP Spencer Schwellenbach (3-4, 3.42 ERA)
TV/RADIO: NESN, MLB Network, WEEI-FM 93.7

LINEUPS

RED SOX

Jarren Duran (L) LF
Rafael Devers (L) DH
Wilyer Abreu (L) RF
Carlos Narváez (R) C
Marcelo Mayer (L) 3B
Abraham Toro (S) 1B
Trevor Story (R) SS
Kristian Campbell (R) 2B
Ceddanne Rafaela (R) CF

SP Walker Buehler

BRAVES

Ronald Acuña Jr. (R) RF
Drake Baldwin (L) C
Marcell Ozuna (R) DH
Matt Olson (L) 1B
Austin Riley (R) 3B
Ozzie Albies (S) 2B
Alex Verdugo (L) LF
Michael Harris II (L) CF
Luke Williams (R) SS

SP Spencer Schwellenbach

WHAT'S UP

Walker Buehler takes the mound as the Red Sox look to win their series against the Atlanta Braves after winning the first game of the series last night.

Craig Breslow on Alex Cora: “We have a lot of confidence in Alex’s ability to lead this group,“ Breslow said. ”That doesn’t mean that we don’t have conversations every day about what we might be missing or what more we can do.

The Red Sox have promoted pitching prospect Shea Sprague to High-A Greenville. He posted a 1.46 ERA (24 ⅔ innings, four runs) over his final five outings for Low-A Salem.

 Jhostynxon Garcia is 15-for-37 (.405) with a .421 on-base percentage, .703 slugging percentage, 1.124 OPS, three homers, two doubles, six RBIs, six runs, one walk and eight strikeouts in nine games.