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Braves, bound for playoffs, routed by last-place Red Sox as regular season nears end

AP photo by John Bazemore / Atlanta Braves reliever Grant Dayton, right, walks off the mound after being pulled in the fifth inning of Saturday night's home game against the Boston Red Sox.
AP photo by John Bazemore / Atlanta Braves reliever Grant Dayton, right, walks off the mound after being pulled in the fifth inning of Saturday night's home game against the Boston Red Sox. AP photo by John Bazemore / Atlanta Braves reliever Grant Dayton, right, walks off the mound after being pulled in the fifth inning of Saturday night's home game against the Boston Red Sox.

By PAUL NEWBERRY / The Associated Press 5 min read

ATLANTA – Boston rookie right-hander Tanner Houck struck out 10 batters in another dominant performance, and Christian Vazquez capped a big inning with a grand slam as the Red Sox routed the Atlanta Braves, 8-2 on Saturday night.

Giving the Red Sox reason to be hopeful after a dismal season, Houck (3-0) surrendered his first earned run in three MLB starts but thoroughly stifled this year’s most explosive offense.

Boston did all its scoring in an eight-run second capped by Vazquez’s second grand slam of his Major League Baseball career.

Houck, 24, surrendered only three hits, walked three and held the Braves scoreless until Dansby Swanson led off the fifth with his 10th homer of the season.

Marcell Ozuna and Adeiny Hechavarría had the only other hits off the right-hander, who turned it over to the bullpen after throwing 94 pitches in six innings. His ERA for an abbreviated debut season was 0.53.