The Dodgers and Braves delivered on the drama on Saturday. The center recreation of the weekend sequence, which doubled as Fox Spors’ MLB Sport of the Week, was a backwards and forwards affair between the final two World Collection winners.
Atlanta hung three runs on Dodgers starter Mitch White to determine a 3-0 lead after 5 innings. LA strung collectively a pair of runs within the seventh, tied the sport a 3 a chunk within the eighth, solely to have reliever Brusdar Graterol hand over a two-run bomb to Marcell Ozuna within the backside of the eighth.
Longtime Dodgers nearer Kenley Jansen entered the sport within the high of the ninth for Atlanta to shut out a 5-3 recreation towards his former group. Jansen struck out the facet to log his second profession save towards the Dodgers. Kenley is now simply eight saves behind Joe Nathan for ninth on the all-time profession saves checklist.
Dodgers hitters struggled to generate contact all through the sport and logged a season-high 16 strikeouts within the disappointing loss.
For the second time this yr, Braves starter, and Harvard-Westlake alumn, Max Fried dominated the Dodgers. Fried recorded 9 strikeouts in 6.2 innings of labor. He gave up simply two earned runs towards a Dodgers offense that entered the sport pink sizzling. Fried now has a 1.32 ERA towards LA in two begins this season.
Atlanta and LA will sq. off on ESPN Sunday Night time Baseball tomorrow for the rubber match. First pitch is about for 4:08PM PT.
Tony Gonsolin will get the ball for LA. Righty Spencer Strider will get the beginning for Atlanta.
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