ATLANTA DODGERS SCORE FREE

But it was just outside the foul pole, narrowly missing a game-tying home run. The Dodgers were down by three at this point, but Cody Bellinger nearly tied the game with a towering shot down the right field line. This was not the last time this would happen. A single by Justin Turner gave the Dodgers their first time with two runners on against Fried this year.įried struck out Trayce Thompson and Hanser Alberto to nearly get out of the jam.

ATLANTA DODGERS SCORE FREE

In the seventh inning, Chris Taylor walked, the first free pass issued by Fried against Los Angeles this season. Trea Turner’s one-out double in the sixth inning was the first Dodgers extra-base hit against Fried this season. But what at the time seemed like only incremental gains grew larger in importance. That counted as progress for the Dodgers, who collected just two hits in seven innings at Dodger Stadium against the left-hander on April 19. In a tie game in the eighth inning that would have normally gone to Daniel Hudson, at least before he tore his ACL on Friday, Brusdar Graterol allowed a double to Travis d’Arnaud and a home run to Marcell Ozuna to his first two batters, giving the Braves the final margin.īraves Max Fried struck out nine in his 6⅔ scoreless innings, allowing just six hits.

The back-and-forth affair went Atlanta’s way in this one, a 5-3 win that highlighted the cost of the two most recent pitching injuries for Los Angeles. Braves on Saturday looked very much like the intense playoff atmosphere of the last two Octobers.

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