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Rain suspends Braves-Giants opener, game to resume Wednesday

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Rain halted the opening contest of the three‑game series between Atlanta and San Francisco, forcing a suspension after the bottom of the second. The Giants held a 3-2 edge when play stopped, and the game will resume Wednesday at 2 p.m. as part of a day‑night doubleheader, with the nightcap slated for 7:15 p.m. Rain persisted for almost two hours, forcing the crew to pull the tarp.

In his first at‑bat after a 23‑game oblique layoff, Drake Baldwin launched a 473‑foot homer to center, the season’s longest blast. The Giants answered early: Jung Hoo Lee’s sacrifice fly scored Luis Arraez in the first, and two second‑inning runs came via a Bryce Eldridge walk and Matt Chapman’s sacrifice fly off Grant Holmes. Center fielder Michael Harris II left after one inning with lower‑back tightness.

Manager Walt Weiss will assess Harris’s condition Wednesday, but the Braves already lost a key bat who had singled and later scored on Mauricio Dubón’s RBI. The suspended game now counts as the first of a doubleheader, meaning Atlanta must play two full contests in one day, a scenario that could tax a bullpen already stretched thin.