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
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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 |
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 |