ATLANTA (AP) — Nick Gonzales and Jack Suwinski had RBI hits in the sixth inning and Bubba Chandler pitched one-run ball through 5 2/3 innings as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Saturday night.

Chandler, from Bogart, Georgia, allowed one run on four hits with six strikeouts and no walks and improved to 4-1 on the season.

The Braves got on the board first with Marcell Ozuna’s RBI single in the second inning. Pittsburgh tied the game on catcher Henry Davis’ seventh homer of the season, a solo shot, in the third.

The Pirates went ahead to stay in the sixth when Gonzales hit an RBI double and Suwinski followed with a run-scoring single.

Dennis Santana worked one inning and picked up his 16th save.

Braves starter Spencer Strider (7-14) allowed three runs on eight hits

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