Braves-Giants Game Suspended by Rain, Set to Resume at Doubleheader

June 17, 2026 / 6:44 AM EDT / AP

The opening game of a three-game series between the Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giants was suspended due to rain and will resume on Wednesday at 2 p.m. with the Giants leading 3-2 and the Braves batting in the bottom of the second inning. This will be part of a day-night doubleheader, with the second game scheduled to start at 7:15 p.m.

Atlanta's Drake Baldwin made an impressive comeback, hitting MLB's longest home run this season in his first at-bat after missing 23 games with a strained oblique. The Braves catcher hit a 473-foot fastball from San Francisco's Adrian Houser to center field, leading off the game for the Braves.

The Giants scored a run in the first when Jung Hoo Lee hit a sacrifice fly that scored Luis Arraez, and they added two more off Grant Holmes in the second on a walk by Bryce Eldridge and a sacrifice fly by Matt Chapman.

After the top of the second inning, the grounds crew started tending to the field in steady rain. Following almost two hours of intermittent rain, the tarp came out and the game was suspended.

Braves center fielder Michael Harris II left the game after one inning with lower back tightness. He singled in the first and came home from second on an RBI by Mauricio Dubón. Braves manager Walt Weiss said Harris would be evaluated on Wednesday regarding his availability.

Braves rookie RHP JR Ritchie will pitch the second game on Wednesday, according to Weiss, and the Braves will use a bullpen game for the afternoon game. San Francisco had not made a decision on when Wednesday's scheduled starter LHP Robbie Ray would pitch.