Riley's 3-run homer helps Fried, Braves beat Blue Jays 10-1

ATLANTA (AP) — Max Fried boosted Atlanta's depleted rotation by allowing only one run in six innings, Austin Riley hit a three-run homer and the Braves beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-1 on Tuesday night.

The Blue Jays played their first game since Thursday. Their weekend series against Philadelphia was postponed in this virus-interrupted season.

Riley pulled a 3-2 pitch from Matt Shoemaker into the Blue Jays' bullpen behind the left-field wall in the fifth.

It was the third homer allowed by Shoemaker (0-1), following shots by Matt Adams and Tyler Flowers in the second.

Fried (2-0) was thrust into the role of staff ace when Mike Soroka suffered a torn right Achilles tendon on Monday night, ending his season.

Adams' homer had a splash landing in the waterfall pool behind the center-field fence. Flowers' shot landed in the first row of the left-field seats.

Shoemaker gave up six hits and six runs in 4 2/3 innings in his first start since July 25.

Fried gave up only four hits, including a leadoff double by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the fifth. Guerrero scored when Anthony Alford's ball bounced off Riley's glove at third base and into left field for a single.

Dansby Swanson's eighth-inning double off Wilmer Font drove in Ronald Acuña Jr. and Ender Inciarte, who each had two hits. Adam Duvall and Johan Camargo also drove in runs in the four-run inning.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Blue Jays: INF Travis Shaw was activated after being placed on family medical leave on July 27. Manager Charlie Montoyo said he would see how Shaw feels Wednesday “and we'll go from there.” ... OF Randal Grichuk returned from a sore back. He said he tweaked his back while “kind of demonstrating some swings” during the team's opening series at Tampa Bay. ... Montoyo said RHP Chase Anderson (oblique)...

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