ATLANTA (AP) — Pinch-hitter Ha-Seong Kim singled home Lane Thomas with two outs in the ninth inning, lifting the Atlanta Braves to a 6-5 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night.
Thomas doubled to right field against Tanner Scott (1-5) before the Dodgers intentionally walked Austin Riley to get to Kim. Scott also took the loss in Tuesday’s series opener.
Victor Mederos (3-1) pitched a perfect ninth.
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Matt Olson hit his 37th homer for Atlanta and Sean Murphy hit his first. Tommy Edman went deep for Los Angeles and drove in three runs in this back-and-forth matchup of NL division leaders.
Edman’s two-run shot in the third put the Dodgers ahead 3-1.
The Braves responded in the fourth. Austin Riley had a sacrifice fly and Drake Baldwin hit a two-run double for a 4-3 lead. Baldwin finished with three hits.
Murphy’s homer made it 5-3 in the sixth.
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The Dodgers tied it in the seventh when Mookie Betts singled to drive in Shohei Ohtani and Edman drew a bases-loaded walk. After issuing that free pass, Didier Fuentes got Kyle Tucker to line out and induced a double-play grounder from Alek Thomas to keep it tied.
The Braves loaded the bases in the eighth, but Mauricio Dubón grounded into a double play.
Atlanta starter AJ Smith-Shawver allowed three runs on five hits in five innings. The Dodgers’ Roki Sasaki allowed four runs on six hits before leaving with a blister with one out in the fourth.
Up next
Braves LHP Chris Sale (12-9, 2.20 ERA) faces Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7, 2.61) on Thursday night as Los Angeles seeks to avoid a three-game sweep.
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