The San Francisco Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 7-2 at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 16, 2026, using a mix of early situational scoring and late power to pull away. After Atlanta grabbed a 2-1 lead in the first inning, the Giants answered immediately and then scored five unanswered runs across the second, fifth, eighth and ninth to close out the MLB 2026 matchup.
Robbie Ray earned the win after working 6.1 scoreless innings with eight strikeouts and two walks. Grant Holmes took the loss for Atlanta, allowing three earned runs in 2.0 innings with three walks.
At the plate, Luis Arraez led the Giants with a 3-for-5 line that included a double and two runs scored, while Rafael Devers and Jung Hoo Lee each homered in the fifth inning as San Francisco turned a one-run deficit into a multi-run cushion.
How the scoring unfolded inning by inning
San Francisco struck first in the top of the first. Jung Hoo Lee lifted a sacrifice fly to center fielder Michael Harris II, bringing home Luis Arraez for a 1-0 Giants lead.
Atlanta responded right away in the bottom of the first with two runs. Drake Baldwin tied the game with a solo home run to center field, his 14th of the season. Later in the inning, Mauricio Dubón singled to right field to score Michael Harris II, pushing the Braves in front 2-1.
The Giants flipped the game in the second inning. With the bases active, Bryce Eldridge drew a walk that forced in Casey Schmitt to tie it 2-2. Moments later, Matt Chapman produced a sacrifice fly to center field, scoring Drew Gilbert to give San Francisco a 3-2 lead.
That 3-2 advantage held until the fifth, when the Giants created separation with back-to-back home runs. Rafael Devers homered to right-center field for his 10th of the year, and Jung Hoo Lee followed with a solo shot to right field, his fourth. The two-run burst made it 5-2.
San Francisco added on again in the eighth when Willy Adames homered to center field, his 12th, extending the lead to 6-2. The final run came in the ninth: Chapman grounded into a force out (pitcher Anthony Molina to second baseman Ozzie Albies), but Arraez scored on the play to make it 7-2.
Key pitching decisions and lines
Ray’s outing anchored the Giants’ win. He went 6.1 innings without allowing an earned run, striking out eight while issuing two walks. The Giants’ bullpen finished the game with Dylan Smith (1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 1 BB) and Caleb Kilian (0.2 IP, 0 ER, 2 K, 0 BB) combining to close it out.
For Atlanta, Holmes was tagged with the loss after 2.0 innings (3 ER, 2 K, 3 BB). The Braves also used James Karinchak (1.0 IP, 0 ER), Dylan Dodd (2.0 IP, 2 ER, 1 K, 0 BB), Reynaldo López (2.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB), and Anthony Molina, who was involved in the ninth-inning force out that still produced a run.
Adrian Houser logged 1.0 inning for San Francisco and allowed two earned runs with two strikeouts and a walk.
By the numbers: homers, hits, and runners left
The Giants finished with seven runs on 10 hits and left six on base, while the Braves scored two runs on seven hits and left nine on base. San Francisco’s scoring included three home runs—Devers in the fifth, Jung Hoo Lee in the fifth, and Adames in the eighth—plus two sacrifice flies and a run-scoring force out.
Arraez’s 3-for-5 night set the table throughout, and Devers added a home run, a walk, and an RBI in a 1-for-4 performance. With the early lead change in the second and the two-homer fifth inning, San Francisco controlled the game’s middle frames and then tacked on insurance in the final two innings to secure the 7-2 final at Truist Park.
