Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Dodgers 4, Atlanta 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: 86°
Umpires: Home - Kerwin Danley, 1B - Mark Ripperger, 2B - Lance Barksdale, 3B - Gary Cederstrom
Attendance: 31904

Dodgers 4, Braves 2: Dan Haren spun six solid innings and visiting Los Angeles stretched its winning streak against Atlanta to five games.

Haren (10-9), who also singled and scored a run, allowed two runs and six hits while striking out seven. Darwin Barney delivered an RBI single in his first start with the Dodgers while Matt Kemp drove in the go-ahead run with a base hit in the fifth inning as Los Angeles expanded its lead in the National League West to six games.

Mike Minor (4-8) took the tough loss after giving up three runs and fanning seven in 6 2/3 frames. B.J. Upton homered and Justin Upton had a run-scoring double for the Braves, who have lost 11 of 13 to fall five games out in the NL East and remained 2 1/2 back of the second wild card.

Barney blooped a hit to right with two outs in the second to make it 1-0 before Justin Upton tied it in the third. B.J. Upton's ninth home run of the year put Atlanta on top in the fourth.

Haren's hit ignited a two-run rally in the fifth, when the tying run came in on a groundout by Yasiel Puig and the go-ahead run on Kemp's bloop single. Barney reached on an error and eventually scored on a wild pitch in the ninth before Kenley Jansen breezed through the bottom half for his 33rd save.

GAME NOTEBOOK:
The Dodgers have outscored the Braves by a 23-10 margin in the five meetings this season. ... Los Angeles LF Carl Crawford was 3-for-4 with a walk in his first start in the leadoff spot since April 22. ... Braves 1B Freddie Freeman was 0-for-4 after going 10-for-18 in his previous five games.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Dodgers   Atlanta
Dan Haren Player Mike Minor
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 6.2
7 Strikeouts 7
6 Hits 8
3.00 ERA 4.05
Hitting
LA Dodgers   Atlanta
Carl Crawford Player B.J. Upton
3 Hits 1
0 RBI 1
0 HR 1
4 TB 4
.750 Avg .333
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Dodgers 10 0 11 .278 15 10 3 1 0 1
Atlanta 6 1 10 .182 9 12 2 2 0 1