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LOS ANGELES — A batch tin hap successful 129 days.
One exception: the squad that has won the past 8 National League West titles did not clasp truthful overmuch arsenic a stock of archetypal spot successful the division.
That changed Wednesday night, erstwhile the Dodgers rallied for 2 runs successful the eighth inning of a 4-3 triumph implicit the Atlanta Braves earlier an announced assemblage of 47,473 astatine Dodger Stadium.
Trea Turner led disconnected the eighth inning with a treble against Tyler Matzek. Chris Martin relieved Matzek and allowed an RBI azygous by Justin Turner that snuck nether the mitt of diving shortstop Dansby Swanson.
Martin walked Corey Seager, past allowed an RBI azygous to near tract by AJ Pollock, scoring Justin Turner with the go-ahead run.
The first-place San Francisco Giants were losing 3-2 to the Milwaukee Brewers erstwhile the last retired was recorded successful Chavez Ravine. The Brewers added to their pb successful the apical of the ninth and won, 5-2, moving the Dodgers a half-game up of the Giants (84-49).
By sweeping the NL East-leading Braves (70-62) successful a three-game series, the Dodgers (85-49) grabbed astatine slightest a stock of archetypal spot for the archetypal clip since April 25.
The Dodgers grabbed an aboriginal 1-0 pb connected Max Muncy’s 30th location tally of the season. Muncy belted a 2-and-1 sinker from Braves starter Max Fried implicit the obstruction successful left-center field. Muncy tripled successful his 2nd at-bat but came nary person to achieving a cycle, finishing 2 for 4.
In the 3rd inning, Austin Barnes drew a afloat number against Fried, a erstwhile Harvard-Westlake standout, earlier pounding a fastball implicit the near tract fence. His sixth location tally of the play gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead.
When the Braves rallied to people the adjacent 3 runs, the crippled became a reflector representation of the Dodgers’ 3-2 triumph Tuesday, successful which they rallied from an aboriginal 2-0 shortage aft a beardown commencement by seasoned right-hander Charlie Morton.
The seasoned right-hander who shoved for six innings Wednesday: Dodgers starter Max Scherzer. In six innings, Scherzer allowed lone 3 harmless singles and did not locomotion a batter. Of his 72 pitches, 20 resulted successful a plaything and miss. He struck retired nine.
According to Baseball Reference, lone 4 pitchers since 1901 person made much vocation starts than Scherzer (32) with nary runs allowed and 9 oregon much strikeouts: Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez.
Despite a comparatively debased transportation count, Scherzer was replaced by right-hander Brusdar Graterol to statesman the seventh inning. Graterol promptly allowed a one-out azygous to Travis d’Arnaud, followed by a two-run location tally by Eddie Rosario. Both fateful hits came connected two-strike counts.
In the eighth inning, Dansby Swanson deed a solo location tally against Alex Vesia, breaking a necktie and giving Atlanta a 3-2 lead.
With person Kenley Jansen and apical set-up antheral Blake Treinen unavailable, Phil Bickford (3-1) closed retired the eighth inning and Joe Kelly tossed a 1-2-3 ninth inning to grounds his 2nd prevention of the season.
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— MLB (@MLB) September 2, 2021
"It doesn't substance wherever we're astatine tonight. What matters is astatine the extremity of the season." @redturn2 connected the #Dodgers closing the spread successful the NL West aft tonight's 4-3 triumph with @kirsten_watson. pic.twitter.com/FJF2Q7E2is
— SportsNet LA (@SportsNetLA) September 2, 2021
"I came retired due to the fact that I had a choky hamstring…I've had this hap successful the past and I've ever been capable to marque my adjacent start." @Max_Scherzer was cruising done six scoreless innings earlier exiting with hamstring tightness. He talks post-game with @kirsten_watson. pic.twitter.com/YzDS4Fubf4
— SportsNet LA (@SportsNetLA) September 2, 2021
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