Los Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta Braves

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Los Angeles Dodgers

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Atlanta Braves

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Chris Sale strikes out 11 in 5-hit shutout as Braves beat Yamamoto and Dodgers 1-0 for 3-game sweep

Chris Sale goes the distance and blanks the Dodgers

Sale (13-9) threw 80 of his 109 pitches for strikes and did not walk a batter, lowering his ERA to 2.06 with his first complete game in more than seven years. The 10-time All-Star posted his fourth double-digit strikeout game this season and the 95th of his career, which ranks seventh in major league history.

Fans in the sellout crowd of 39,650 cheered when the left-hander strolled out to the mound for the ninth inning even though relievers were ready in the Atlanta bullpen. Braves manager Walt Weiss stuck with his 37-year-old ace after Freddie Freeman singled leading off the ninth.

Teoscar Hernández popped out, pinch-runner Alek Thomas was out at second on Miguel Rojas' fielder's-choice grounder and Sale struck out Alex Call for his 17th complete game and first since 2019 with Boston at Kansas City.

It was Sale's fourth career shutout and first since that three-hitter against the Royals on June 5, 2019. Sale threw a 100.1 mph fastball to Shohei Ohtani in the third, reaching triple digits on a pitch for the first time since July 2018 with the Red Sox.

Baldwin lined the first pitch from Yamamoto (12-8) into the right-field Chop House restaurant. It was Baldwin's fourth leadoff shot this season and 22nd homer overall. Yamamoto allowed only four hits with eight strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.

The NL East-leading Braves won the season series 5-1 against the Dodgers, who sit atop the NL West.

Braves shortstop Ha-Seong Kim, hitting .078, was rewarded with a start after his game-winning, pinch-hit single with two outs in the ninth inning of Wednesday night's 6-5 win over the Dodgers. Kim singled and stole second base in the third.

Up next Dodgers: LHP Tarik Skubal (8-7, 2.91 ERA) will make what is expected to be an emotional Detroit homecoming when he starts Friday night's series opener at the Tigers.

Braves: RHP Grant Holmes (8-5, 3.64 ERA) is scheduled to start when the Braves open a three-game series against RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7, 4.96) and the Colorado Rockies.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Call struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Tucker ran for Rojas
	9th Inning	Rojas grounded into fielder's choice to third, Thomas out at second. Atlanta Braves challenged: call on the field was upheld.
	9th Inning	T. Hernández flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Thomas ran for Freeman
	9th Inning	Freeman singled to right.

Statistics

LAD		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	8
11	Strikeouts	11
0	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	2
0	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	27
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	5
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
14	Fly Balls	8
0	Caught Stealing	0
109	Pitches	122
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
6	Total Bases	7
34	Plate Appearances	28
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
0.7	Runs Created	1.2
.156	Batting Average	.148
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.188	Slugging Percentage	.259
.031	Secondary Average	.222
.206	On Base Percentage	.179
.393	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.438
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
0.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.4
7.0	Batter Rating	13.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	27.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.21	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.36
.031	Isolated Power	.111
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.09
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.036
-.125	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.074
0.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
61.0	MLB Rating	64.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0