The offense gathered nine hits while scoring their eight runs. Jason Heyward returned from the disabled list to lead Atlanta with two hits, he also drove in a run in the seventh inning. Justin Upton had a huge night, he hit a grand slam in the sixth inning which proved the be the difference. The home run was his Major League leading fourteenth of the year and he now has 28 RBI's, which leads the team, as he drove in five runs in the victory. Freddie Freeman also had an RBI single for the Braves, Andrelton Simmons, Chris Johnson, Jordan Schafer, Ramiro Pena and Paul Maholm all added a hit apiece.
Maholm didn't have his best stuff in the game, but he pitched well enough to keep the Braves in the game. He ended up going six innings and giving up four runs, only two earned, on eight hits. He also struck out three and is now 5-4 on the year. Luis Avilan pitched a perfect seventh inning for the Braves. Eric O'Flaherty pitched the eighth inning and gave up a solo homer to the Dodgers' Scott Van Slyke, who also homered off of Maholm earlier in the game. Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth inning and gave up a hit to the first batter, but then struck out the next two and got Matt Kemp to ground out to end the game and pick up his twelfth save of the year.
The Braves are now 23-18 on the season and they will play the Dodgers again tomorrow night at 7:10 p.m. at Turner Field. Kris Medlen (1-5) will try to get back into the winning column as he faces the Dodgers' Chris Capuano (1-2). Also in Braves' news, Jonny Venters had to undergo Tommy John surgery for the second time in his career. He will miss the rest of the season and possibly all of the 2014 season too, if he can even play baseball again.
Justin Upton follows through on his sixth inning grand slam that gave the Braves the lead and eventually the victory.
Photo Courtesy of the Associated Press
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