Josh Donaldson stars again as Braves beat Padres in 10 innings

Josh Donaldson, right, is greeted by rookie teammate Austin Riley after scoring on a single by Ozzie Albies during the 10th inning of the Atlanta Braves' victory against the host San Diego Padres on Saturday night.
Josh Donaldson, right, is greeted by rookie teammate Austin Riley after scoring on a single by Ozzie Albies during the 10th inning of the Atlanta Braves' victory against the host San Diego Padres on Saturday night.

SAN DIEGO - Josh Donaldson hit a two-run homer in the first inning and scored the go-ahead run on an Ozzie Albies single with one out in the top of the 10th, and the Atlanta Braves held on for a 7-5 victory over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night.

Donaldson, who scored three runs, started the winning rally when he drew a leadoff walk against Luis Perdomo (1-2). He advanced when Nick Markakis grounded out and scored when Albies singled to right. Tyler Flowers added a two-run double.

Sean Newcomb (3-1) pitched the ninth for the win. He struck out rookie Fernando Tatis Jr. with two runners on base to end the inning.

Luke Jackson struggled to get his 16th save this season. He allowed Manny Machado's second homer of the game with one out in the 10th and loaded the bases with two outs before striking out Perdomo on a full-count pitch to end it.

With two runners on, Markakis made a nice catch of Francisco Mejia's drive to the right-field wall.

Donaldson has three homers and six RBIs in the first two games of the three-game series. Ronald Acuna Jr. homered for the second straight night for the National League East Division leaders, who have won five of their past six games.

Machado hit his 22nd homer of the year in the first and his 23rd in the 10th. Mejia also homered.

All-Star reliever Kirby Yates blew a save chance for the Padres when he allowed rookie Austin Riley's sacrifice fly for a 4-all tie in the eighth. Yates came on after Gerardo Reyes issued a leadoff walk to Donaldson, who advanced on a single by Markakis and a grounder by Albies before scoring on the sac fly.

Yates was trying for his first six-out save.

San Diego went ahead 4-3 with two outs in the seventh when Manuel Margot stole home after Tatis - who had been intentionally walked - broke for second and drew a throw to first from left-hander A.J. Minter. First baseman Freddie Freeman's throw home was high and Margot slid in to score, but he was stepped on by catcher Tyler Flowers.

Margot stayed in the game.

After Mejia homered leading off the fifth to tie it at 2, the Padres went ahead without the benefit of another hit. Margot followed with a walk and advanced to third when Flowers allowed a passed ball and threw wildly for an error while trying to get Margot at second. Julio Teheran hit Greg Garcia with a pitch and then allowed a sacrifice fly by rookie pinch-hitter Josh Naylor.

Acuna tied it with a two-run shot off Craig Stammen with two outs in the seventh, his 23rd.

Donaldson gave the Braves a 2-0 lead with his shot to right-center off left-hander Joey Lucchesi that was estimated at 400 feet. It was his 21st homer of 2019.

Machado hit a line shot to left estimated at 413 feet with two outs in the bottom of the inning.

Lucchesi allowed two runs and three hits in five innings, struck out four batters and walked two.

Teheran allowed three runs (two earned) on three hits and one walk with six strikeouts in six innings.

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