SAN FRANCISCO -- The trio of home runs the Braves hit Wednesday night not only generated their 9-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants, they also reflected the enviable balance within their roster.

The Braves have fresh youth, ready-to-remove-the-training-wheels youth and a handful of veterans to provide stability.

Wednesday’s home run log verified this.

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Shortstop Dansby Swanson belted Atlanta’s first homer, highlighting a six-run, second-inning shellacking of Giants starter Jeff Samardzija with a three-run clout. Swanson represents the fruition of the Braves’ development efforts, a No. 1 overall draft choice (by Arizona in 2015 and acquired via trade by Atlanta that December) who secured an everyday role in 2017.

“He knows he belongs,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “He’s swinging the bat more like he’s capable of.”

Freddie Freeman, a 10-year veteran and three-time All-Star who’s nevertheless only 29, made it a back-to-back combination by belting his 12th homer of the season to follow Swanson.

“It’s rare to hit this many home runs on this field,” Freeman said.

Rookie Austin Riley concluded Atlanta’s scoring in the seventh inning with a three-run homer, his fourth in his 29th career at-bat. Riley is batting .367 with a ridiculous 1.206 OPS despite the fact that he was playing at Triple-A Gwinnett 10 days ago.

“He has been a complete player so far,” Freeman said.

The beneficiary of this offensive bonanza was Max Fried (7-2), who took sole possession of the National League lead in victories. Primarily complementing a fastball that reached 96 mph with a curve and changeup, Fried surrendered two runs and four hits in six innings while striking out five.

But he wasn’t satisfied.

“I definitely would have liked to [have thrown] a little better,” he said after totaling 61 strikes in 94 pitches.

Even a proven big league starter is vulnerable to squandering a large early lead such as the one that Fried received. But he insisted that he was in no danger of a collapse.

“If the offense is putting up runs for you, I want to keep [the opponent] down,” he said.

When Fried started to falter, his defense usually defused his mistakes. Center fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. made two more slick plays on deep fly balls, and Riley, playing third base after starting six of his previous seven games in left field, dove to snare Buster Posey's sixth-inning smash to rob him of a hit and stop a potential rally.

Ultimately, the Braves’ power left the most lingering impression.

“They’re a powerful lineup,” said Samardzija (2-3), who yielded six unearned runs -- though it was his poor throw to second base on Ozzie Albies’ comebacker that accounted for the costly error. “They’re a deep roster and they can match up every game with one through eight. They even had [Josh] Donaldson on the bench tonight, and [Johan] Camargo.

“The guys they’re calling up young are playing well. They’re a tough lineup. You’ve got to be on your game the whole time. You can’t give them extra chances. And then if you do, you’ve got to shut the door. That’s what I didn’t do, and that’s what will frustrate me all night.”