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Padres, Braves resume four-game set in Dixie

Jun 10, 2015 - 11:43 AM (SportsNetwork.com) - Williams Perez takes aim at his second major league win on Wednesday when the Atlanta Braves continue their four-game series with the San Diego Padres at Turner Field.

Perez tossed seven scoreless innings to beat the defending world champion San Francisco Giants two starts ago, but did not get a decision on Friday against Pittsburgh. Perez was not sharp in that one, as he allowed four runs and five hits with five walks in five innings of his team's 10-8 loss.

"I wasn't commanding my sinker, especially to left-handed hitters," Perez said through an interpreter after the game. "I couldn't hit that outer third."

He is 1-0 with a 3.55 ERA in six games (4 starts) this season.

San Diego, meanwhile, turns to righty Tyson Ross, who is 3-5 with a 3.75 ERA. Ross picked up his first win in four starts on Friday in Cincinnati, as he yielded a pair of runs and five hits with three walks in five innings.

Atlanta rebounded from a loss in Monday's opener on Tuesday, as pinch-hitter Joey Terdoslavich blasted a fastball off Joaquin Benoit in the bottom of the eighth into the seats in right center to help the Braves to a 6-5 win.

Jason Grilli, who blew his second save of the season in the opener, hurled a scoreless ninth in this one for his 16th save.

It was just the second victory in the last seven tries for the Braves, as Jim Johnson (2-3) earned the win in relief of starter Mike Foltynewicz.

"Our bullpen did a nice job," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said of the 3 1/3 scoreless innings from his relievers.

Will Venable went 3-for-5 with a homer, two RBI and two runs scored in the setback for San Diego, which is 5-2 in its last seven.

San Diego was 4-3 versus the Braves last season.