In what began out wanting like a blowout win for the Braves after they jumped out to an early lead, the gritty, underdog, scrappy (and many others) Dodgers clawed again into it and made it dramatic late. Nevertheless, one final rally within the ninth fell wanting finishing the duty, and the Dodgers took an 8-7 loss to start out the four-game set.

That ends their four-game profitable streak, and places their sequence streak on the road tomorrow.

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Whereas the Dodgers obtained 4 runs and a win earlier this yr towards Spencer Strider, solely two of these have been earned and he struck out 11 in six innings, so it figured to be one other check for the offense.

The Dodgers obtained began instantly at this time behind a Mookie Betts stroll and Freddie Freeman single that cornered the runners. After a strikeout, Max Muncy hit a ball laborious to the fitting aspect that appeared destined for a single, however Nicky Lopez made a diving cease for an out. Although it did rating a run, that helped Strider escape the inning down simply 1-0.

Max Muncy and getting robbed, no higher combo this yr. pic.twitter.com/usYzoHxxku

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) September 1, 2023

Whereas I’m not going to look an excessive amount of into the outcomes of this sequence, it does function a great check for guys like Lance Lynn to see how he may fare within the playoffs towards groups that can have quite a lot of pop.

It, uh, didn’t go properly.

After a 24-pitch inning within the 1st that noticed Ronald Acuna Jr. single however nothing else, Lynn then had a nightmare of a 2nd. A single began issues, and after an out, Lynn hit a batter, gave up an infield single, and walked in a run through the #9 hitter Lopez to tie issues up. Going again to Acuna, properly he completely shit on a pitch for a grand slam to make it 5-1.

GRAND SLAM FOR RONNIE'S THIRTIETH HOME RUN OF THE SEASON!#ForTheA pic.twitter.com/4naw5y8Xiw

— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) September 1, 2023

Austin Riley adopted with a homer of his personal later to push the result in 6-1, and the sport was successfully over.

Or so it appeared.

Lynn did settle in for a bit, getting clear frames within the third and 4th, however the fifth began with a Michael Harris II homer to push the rating to 7-1, and after a single and a stroll whereas simply getting one out, his evening was executed.

MONEY MIKE! ?@MoneyyyMikeee | #ForTheA pic.twitter.com/y5c3iJOwvT

— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) September 1, 2023

Not good, to say the least: 4.1 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 2 BB, 1 Okay, 104 Pitches.

Lynn having two strikeouts in his final 52 batters confronted and 5 in his final 77 might be probably the most worrying pattern.

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) September 1, 2023

In reduction of him was Alex Vesia, who threw one pitch and obtained a double play to flee the fifth.

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In the meantime, Strider was cruising and obtained 12 in a row at one level. Fortuitously, that ended to start out the underside of the fifth when Jason Heyward singled. After a James Outman stroll, two outs adopted that put the rally on the brink, however in fact it was Mookie hitting his thirty seventh homer of the yr over Acuna’s glove to chop the result in 7-4.

The Dodgers are sorta again on this due to Mookie, in fact. pic.twitter.com/oCpr6iesKr

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) September 1, 2023

Vesia got here again out for the sixth and obtained two fast outs, then appeared to get a 3rd. Nevertheless, a Muncy error led to the inning being prolonged, and after an intentional stroll to Acuna, Harris singled to deliver dwelling a run and put the Braves in entrance by an 8-4 rating. That might show vital.

Fortuitously, Strider’s evening ended after a sixth wherein the Dodgers stranded a lead-off single.

Lucky as a result of Anyone-However-Strider gave up homers to Michael Busch (2nd) after which Mookie (thirty eighth) once more to chop the Braves result in 8-6.

Busch might've fairly simply had two homers himself. pic.twitter.com/aBRTHZTKm3

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) September 1, 2023

The precise recreation shouldn’t be the Dwelling Run Derby and also you don't get additional time for hitting them far. pic.twitter.com/4AuqE20hok

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) September 1, 2023

That paid off once more within the eighth, when Muncy redeemed his error with a solo shot (thirty second) to make it 8-7.

Max tied a Dodgers document for consecutive video games with an XBH to deliver them inside one. pic.twitter.com/b9ksrDHI73

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) September 1, 2023

Extra drama adopted after a stroll and a single, however a pair of strikeouts ended a possible game-winning rally.

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In the meantime, because the comeback was on, so was the Dodgers pen. Following Vesia was one other lefty in Victor Gonzalez, who was spectacular within the seventh, getting a pair of groundouts and a strikeout. The eighth then belonged to Shelby Miller, coming again off the IL, and he appeared sharp in a 1-2-3 body of his personal.

After a few week off, Brusdar Graterol entered for the ninth. Whereas Acuna led off with one other hit and in addition stole second, Graterol labored round it to maintain the sport at 8-7 going into the underside half.

It was the highest of the order for the Dodgers’ final licks, and Mookie began by hitting a ball to proper once more … simply wanting the monitor for an out. Freddie walked and Will Smith adopted with a single to set the desk, however whereas Muncy obtained forward 3-1, he obtained out in entrance of a change and flew out to proper. Enrique Hernandez adopted with a strikeout, and that was it.

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*Both nonetheless taking part in or will play later.

The 2 groups will do it once more tomorrow on the similar time of 4:10 PM HT/7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET. It’ll be a matchup of lefties in Julio Urias and Max Fried.