The Braves' offense ended up having eight hits in the game, but could only push across one run. That run came in the fourth inning when Dan Uggla singled to left to score Freddie Freeman. Freeman had a fantastic night as he led the Braves with three hits. Andrelton Simmons, Jason Heyward and Justin and B.J. Upton each had a hit for the Braves in the loss.
Atlanta once again had great pitching but they couldn't cash in on Paul Maholm's performance. Maholm went seven and a third innings and gave up only a run on four hits and struck out three, the run was another Yasiel Puig homer. Jordan Walden came in and replaced Maholm by getting the final two outs of the inning. Luis Avilan pitched a perfect ninth for Atlanta and struck out a batter. Anthony Varvaro was only able to record one out before giving up the winning run to the Dodgers, who had two hits off him. What killed Varvaro is he threw two wild pitches in the inning which allowed L.A. to win. Varvaro is now 3-1 on the season.
The Braves are now 37-24 on the year and they will play the Dodgers again tomorrow night at 10:05 p.m. Kris Medlen (2-6) will start for Atlanta against Stephen Fife (1-0) of the Dodgers.
Paul Maholm pitched a great game, but the Braves' offense let another one of their starting pitchers down by not providing run support as the Braves lost 2-1 on Friday night.
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