Overview

• Verlander tossed five scoreless innings, allowing one hit and overcoming five walks to secure his first victory after 16 winless starts.
• Rafael Devers delivered two home runs and four RBIs to provide decisive run support in San Francisco’s 9-3 win over the Braves.
• The win snapped the longest single-season winless start streak in franchise history and ended the longest drought of Verlander’s 20-year career.
• San Francisco’s series-clinching victory at Truist Park halted a six-game team skid and bolstered its position in the National League wild-card race.
• Verlander’s 263rd career win under his one-year, $15 million contract brings the veteran ace closer to the 300-win milestone.