The Dodgers hosted the Nationwide League main Atlanta Braves on Friday evening in an additional inning affair, with the Dodgers popping out on high by a remaining rating of 4-3 in 11 innings.
Gavin Stone made his sixth begin of the season for the Dodgers, as he regarded to copy the identical success he had in his earlier begin in opposition to the Toronto Blue Jays.
Charlie Morton made his sixth begin of the season for Atlanta, having pitched not less than six innings in every of his first 5 begins.
The Braves' batters broke early in opposition to Stone, as did leadoff man Ronald Acuña Jr. he hit a single on the primary pitch of the sport with Ozzie Albies advancing to second base on the following out. Austin Riley belted his third residence run of the season, and if it hadn't been for Stone selecting Acuña off at second, it will have been a 2-0 Atlanta lead.
A operating theme for the Dodgers has been their inconsistency to provide with runners in scoring place. The Dodgers wasted no time making an attempt to reverse their woes. Within the second inning, with two on and two outs, Gavin Lux hit a grounder to left discipline that will have scored Andy Pages had it not been for an ideal shot by left fielder Jarred Kelenic that struck out, ending the risk and the inning.
After Shohei Ohtani labored an eight-pitch stroll and stole his sixth base of the season, Will Smith hit his twentieth RBI with runners in scoring place, tying the sport at one and tying Mookie Betts for the staff lead in RBI.
Teoscar Hernández helped give the Dodgers their first lead of the evening with a solo residence run to make it a 2-1 recreation. It was Hernández's seventh residence run of the yr, tying Ohtani for the staff lead, and his sixth residence run at Dodger Stadium.
After getting ambushed by Riley within the first inning and throwing 27 pitches within the second inning, Stone was capable of get right into a groove his second time dealing with the Atlanta lineup as he held Braves hitters to only a .143 common over his final 4 innings. of labor
Over his final 13 innings, Stone has allowed simply seven hits and two earned runs, placing out seven and strolling three in that span. Total on the season, Stone lowered his ERA to 4.09 and a FIP of three.75.
Charlie Morton has now began six straight video games the place he has pitched six innings to start out the season, as he has restricted the Dodgers' hits to 2 runs whereas placing out 5 and strolling two.
Joe Kelly got here on in reduction of Stone within the seventh inning, and after the Dodgers used a profitable problem on a hit-by-pitch name, Kelly pitched a scoreless seventh inning, decreasing his season ERA to 4.85.
Daniel Hudson adopted Kelly to attempt to preserve the lead, however he allowed a towering solo residence run to Nationwide League MVP Ronald Acuña Jr. to tie the sport at two. It's been a tough patch for Hudson lately, as he's allowed not less than one run in his final 4 appearances.
The Dodgers had an opportunity to capitalize within the backside half of the eighth inning as they put two runners on with two walks, however Max Muncy struck out swinging in opposition to AJ Minter to forestall the Dodgers from retaking the lead .
Evan Phillips got here on for a no-hitter within the ninth inning and made comparatively mild work of the Atlanta lineup, together with a strikeout of Braves catcher Travis d'Arnaud to retire the facet.
Alex Vesia relieved Phillips within the tenth inning, however allowed former Dodger Luke Williams to attain on a sacrifice fly by Orlando Arcia, giving the Braves the lead again.
Shohei Ohtani was capable of exhibit his pace with two stolen bases, with one among them resulting in a Dodgers run. They then determined to maintain the sport going with an RBI single off Braves nearer Raisel Iglesias within the backside of the tenth inning to tie the sport at three.
Ohtani is now the fourth Dodger to this point to succeed in the 20 RBI mark.
Michael Grove got here on for the highest of the eleventh inning, and pitched a strong inning of scoreless ball. Grove discovered his kind over his remaining 9 innings of labor, posting a 3.00 ERA with 13 strikeouts to simply three walks.
Andy Pages saved up his sizzling begin to his main league profession as he prolonged his hitting streak to 9 video games. Pages was the one Dodger on the evening to gather a number of hits with 4, and now has a slashline of .333/.354/.567 with a 158 wRC+.
He additionally despatched Dodgers followers residence completely satisfied along with his first profession hit.
Options of the sport
- Residence runs: Teoscar Hernández (7); Austin Riley (3), Ronald Acuna Jr. (2)
- WP—Michael Grove (1-1): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 Okay
- LP – Jesse Chavez (1-1): 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 Okay
Subsequent
The Dodgers will look to win their fourth straight collection on Saturday evening as they ship in Tyler Glasnow for his eighth begin of the season. Bryce Elder will make his third begin of the season for Atlanta. First pitch is scheduled for six:10 pm PT (SportsNet LA).
