Atlanta Braves vs San Diego Padres: Game player stats and box scores for March 27

The Atlanta Braves started their 2025 season on the road at Petco Park against the San Diego Padres on Thursday. Reigning Cy Young winner Chris Sale took the mound for the away team while Michael King pitched for the Padres.

In the top of the first inning, Ozzie Albies hit into a fielder’s choice, allowing Jurickson Profar to score for the first run of the game. The Padres quickly responded when Jackson Merrill singled to center, driving in Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. to put San Diego ahead 2-1.

The Braves regained the lead at the top of the third with a two-run homer by Albies, a 422-foot shot to deep right that brought home Marcell Ozuna. San Diego answered in the bottom of the third when Merrill grounded out, but managed to bring Machado home to tie the game at 3-3.

The Braves continued their offensive surge in the top of the fourth, with Austin Riley launching a 421-foot homer to deep left center, giving Atlanta a 4-3 lead.

Neither team produced much offense until the bottom of the seventh inning, where the Padres retook the lead before going full throttle to score four runs and take a pivotal 7-4 lead.

Gavin Sheets, Luis Arraez, Manny Machado and Jackson Merrill contributed with RBIs.

Padres reliever Robert Suarez held firm and protected the team's three-run lead to deliver an Opening Day victory.

Atlanta Braves vs San Diego Padres: Box Score

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	r	h	e
Atlanta Braves	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	0
San Diego Padres	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	7	10	0

Atlanta Braves Player Stats

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SB	BB	K	LOB	AVG
Jurickson ProfarLF	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	.200
Austin Riley3B	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	.200
Matt Olson1B	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	.500
Marcell OzunaDH	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	3	.333
Ozzie Albies2B	5	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	7	.200
Michael Harris IICF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250
Drake BaldwinC	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000
Orlando ArciaSS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	.250
Jarred KelenicRF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000
Totals	35	4	7	4	2	0	6	10

Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA WHIP FPTS C. Sale 5.0 6 3 3 1 7 0 5.40 1.40 8.5 D. Lee (H, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 3.0 H. Neris (L, 0-1) (BS, 1) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0 1 0.00 0.00 -11.0 A. Bummer 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 9.00 2.00 0.0 G. Holmes 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.00 4.0

San Diego Padres Player Stats

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SB	BB	K	LOB	AVG
Fernando Tatis Jr.RF	4	2	3	0	0	2	0	1	1	.750
Luis Arraez1B	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Manny Machado3B	3	3	2	1	0	2	1	1	1	.667
Xander BogaertsSS	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	3	.333
Jackson MerrillCF	3	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	.333
Yuli GurrielDH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000
Jake Cronenworth2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Brandon LockridgeLF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Gavin SheetsPH	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
Martín MaldonadoC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Elias DíazC	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.667
Jason HeywardPR-LF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	31	7	10	7	1	5	2	9	10

Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA WHIP FPTS M. King 2.2 4 3 3 4 3 1 10.13 3.00 -1.5 A. Jacob 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 1 9.00 3.00 -0.5 Y. Matsui 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.00 6.0 J. Estrada 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 0.75 3.5 W. Peralta (W, 1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 8.0 J. Adam (H, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 3.5 R. Suarez (S, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.00 1.00 10.0

Ozzie Albies, Austin Riley and Gavin Sheets hit home runs tonight

For Atlanta, Ozzie Albies hit a two-run homer off Michael King with two outs. Austin Riley followed suit in the fourth inning, launching a solo shot off Alek Jacob with two outs.

On the Padres' side, Gavin Sheets blasted a solo home run in the seventh inning off Héctor Neris.

The two teams meet again tomorrow with the Braves trying to level the series.