ATLANTA (AP) - Trea Turner hit a pair of two-run home runs off Max Fried, Aaron Nola earned his 100th career victory and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 8-6 on Friday night.
The NL East-leading Phillies extended their lead over second-place Atlanta to 10 games by winning the opener of the weekend series.
Nola (10-4) retired Atlanta’s first 10 batters before giving up a one-out single to Ozzie Albies in the fourth inning. Austin Riley followed with a two-run homer to center field. Albies had three hits, including a homer, and Marcell Ozuna added a three-run shot in the eighth off José Alvarado.
The Braves’ three homers were not enough to overcome the power show from Turner, the shortstop who on Wednesday was voted one of Philadelphia’s three National League All-Star Game starters. Third baseman Alec Bohm and first baseman Bryce Harper also were voted as starters by fans, but Harper’s left hamstring strain leaves his All-Star status uncertain.
Turner hit his first homer off Fried (7-4) in the Phillies’ three-run fourth. Turner’s second two-run shot carried 459 feet into the left field seats in the sixth for his 16th career multi-homer game.
Nola improved to 100-75 in his career. He have up three runs with eight strikeouts in six innings.
Fried allowed five runs and a season-high 11 hits in six innings.
Three Atlanta errors led to two unearned runs in the Phillies’ three-run seventh.
Jeff Hoffman pitched a perfect 10th for his eighth save.
