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Braves held to one hit in shutout as Red Sox roll

AP photo by Charles Krupa / Atlanta Braves third baseman Austin Riley watches the flight of his single off Boston Red Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta during the fourth inning of Wednesday's game at Fenway Park. Riley had the visiting Braves' only hit of the game.
AP photo by Charles Krupa / Atlanta Braves third baseman Austin Riley watches the flight of his single off Boston Red Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta during the fourth inning of Wednesday's game at Fenway Park. Riley had the visiting Braves' only hit of the game. AP photo by Charles Krupa / Atlanta Braves third baseman Austin Riley watches the flight of his single off Boston Red Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta during the fourth inning of Wednesday's game at Fenway Park. Riley had the visiting Braves' only hit of the game.

By The Associated Press 4 min read

BOSTON — The type of consistency that allowed the Atlanta Braves to win the National League East Division the past six years went missing after the first month of this season.

There have been some signs of improvement lately, but the Braves haven’t won more than two games in a row in almost a month — and on Wednesday afternoon, they were shut out for the first time this year.

Nick Pivetta combined with two relievers for a one-hitter, and Rafael Devers hit two home runs and drove in three runs as the Boston Red Sox beat the Braves 9-0 to force a split of their two-game set at Fenway Park.

Pivetta (3-4) pitched seven innings and allowed Atlanta’s only hit — a leadoff single by Austin Riley in the fourth inning. The 31-year-old right-hander finished with nine strikeouts, one shy of his season high set against the Seattle Mariners on March 29.

“I wouldn’t say I felt great, to be honest with you,” Pivetta said. “But, yeah, it was a good outing. I think throughout the game the guys were on the bats, gave me a lot of runs, so I was able to just kind of attack the strike zone, get ahead of guys, allow themselves to get each other out. It was a good team win today.”