The Dodgers could not complete the sweep against the Atlanta Braves after dropping the final game.
Record | 28-18
Monday | Win: The Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 6-3. The offense did better than usual, although it took until the eighth inning for the Dodgers to score most of their runs. Joc Pederson had a double in the game while Andre Ethier, Alex Guerrero and Jimmy Rollins all had homeruns. Andre Ethier, Adrian Gonzalez, Alex Guerrero, and Jimmy Rollins all had RBI's. Scott Van Slyke grounded into a double play and the team left ten men on base.
Defensively, the team did fairly well. Brett Anderson picked off a runner and the team turned a 6-4-3 double play. Brett Anderson started the game; he pitched seven innings, gave up two runs, seven hits, two walks and struck out three batters. Adam Liberatore pitched the eighth inning and was awarded the win.
Tuesday | Win: The Dodgers beat the Braves 8-0. Offensively, the team did very well. Alex Guerrero, Howie Kendrick, Andre Ethier, and AJ Ellis all had doubles while Adrian Gonzalez had a homerun. Howie Kendrick, Justin Turner, Andre Ethier, AJ Ellis, Clayton Kershaw and Adrian Gonzalez all contributed RBI's to this game; Kershaw's was a two-out RBI. However, the team did make some mistakes on offense. Jimmy Rollins was caught stealing and Alex Guerrero was picked off at second base. Clayton Kershaw also grounded into a double play and the team left one runner on base.
Defensively, the Dodgers did well, holding the Braves to no runs but there also were a couple of mistakes. Howie Kendrick had one fielding error. Clayton Kershaw started the game and pitched seven innings. He gave up zero runs, four hits and struck out ten batters. He was awarded the win.
Wednesday | Loss: The Dodgers lost to the Braves 3-2. Offensively the team did okay; it was very quiet. Alex Guerrero hit a homerun in the ninth inning. Justin Turner and Alex Guerrero had RBI's and Alex Guerrero grounded into a double play. Justin Turner's RBI was a two-out RBI. Zack Greinke also stole second base in the first inning. The team left six men on base.
Defensively, the Dodgers did pretty well. The team turned a 2-6-4 double play. Zack Greinke started the game and pitched six innings. He gave up one run, three hits, one homerun, two walks and struck out nine batters. Adam Liberatore pitched the eighth inning and gave up two runs.
The Dodgers next series is against the St. Louis Cardinals in St. Louis.
