{"id":846244,"date":"2026-06-05T13:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/846244\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T13:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:51:17","slug":"chris-sale-struggles-as-braves-fall-7-2-to-blue-jays-snapping-atlantas-winning-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/846244\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Sale struggles as Braves fall 7-2 to Blue Jays, snapping Atlanta&#8217;s winning momentum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chad Dallas allowed one run in 3 2\/3 innings in his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BlueJays\/status\/2062685417640476988\/video\/1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">major league debut<\/a> and combined with five other Toronto pitchers on a four-hitter as the Blue Jays beat Chris Sale and the Atlanta Braves 7-2 on Thursday night to end a four-game losing streak.<\/p>\n<p>Myles Straw drove in three runs on two hits in Toronto&#8217;s 16-hit attack.<\/p>\n<p>Sale (8-4) allowed three runs on a season-high 10 hits in 5 2\/3 innings. Straw singled in two runs and Charles McAdoo added a run-scoring single in Toronto&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BlueJays\/status\/2062688840490360922\/video\/1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">three-run third<\/a> inning. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who doubled and scored in the third, and Ernie Clement each had three hits.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Heineman doubled in two runs off Reynaldo L\u00f3pez in Toronto&#8217;s four-run ninth.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto left-hander Mason Fluharty made his 33rd appearance of the season and recorded the first four outs as the opener in only his third career start. Dallas (1-0), who was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo, allowed two hits and one run with two walks and two strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gettyimages-2279141151.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"Toronto Blue Jays v Atlanta Braves \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  ATLANTA, GA &#8211; JUNE 04: Chris Sale #51 of the Atlanta Braves pitches in the first inning during the game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Truist Park on June 4, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>                Matthew Grimes Jr.Atlanta Braves \/ Getty Images \/ Matthew Grimes Jr.\/Atlanta Braves<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Rogers, Jeff Hoffman, Braydon Fisher and Louis Varland followed Dallas. Varland recorded the final four outs for his ninth save.<\/p>\n<p>Mauricio Dub\u00f3n hit his fifth homer off Fisher in the eighth. <\/p>\n<p>Blue Jays right-hander Simeon Woods Richardson, acquired from the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday, will join the team in Toronto on Friday. Blue Jays right-hander Hayden Juenger was optioned to Buffalo and right-hander Tanner Andrews was designated for assignment.<\/p>\n<p>Braves catcher Austin Wynns, acquired from the Los Angeles Angels for cash, entered the game in the eighth inning.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Jays: Return to Toronto to open a three-game series against Baltimore on Friday night with RHP Trey Yesavage (2-2, 2.19 ERA) scheduled to face Orioles RHP Brandon Young (3-1, 3.35).<\/p>\n<p>Braves: Continue their homestand on Friday night with LHP Mart\u00edn P\u00e9rez (3-3, 2.79) scheduled to face Pittsburgh RHP Mitch Keller (5-2, 4.35).<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chad Dallas allowed one run in 3 2\/3 innings in his major league debut and combined with five&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":846245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[41],"tags":[1280,95826,4139,1884,1266,62,8790,1290,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-846244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-brandon-young","tag-chris-sale","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-blue-jays","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116697832087269488","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}