Dodgers ride two-out rally off Jansen, take reunion series in Atlanta in extras

by Rowan Kavner

Down two runs, all the way down to their final out and final strike, the Dodgers introduced a late shock to this weekend’s reunion Sunday in Atlanta.

On a 1–2 cutter from Braves nearer Kenley Jansen, the primary route Dodger outfielder Trayce Thompson seemed was straight up. He thought he might need fouled it off. By the point he realized the place the ball landed, deflecting off the highest of first baseman Matt Olson’s glove, his staff had tied the sport.

Thompson rallied from down 0–2 within the depend, the Dodgers rallied from down 2–0 within the ninth inning, and after blown saves by Jansen in opposition to his former staff and Dodger nearer Craig Kimbrel in opposition to his former staff, the Dodgers finally took the sequence in Atlanta with a 5–3 win.

Almost each character concerned on this weekend’s reunion performed a task in Sunday’s wacky end, which resulted within the Dodgers’ first extra-inning win of the season and reliever Brusdar Graterol’s first profession common season save.

Jansen seemed effectively on his technique to wrapping up the save in opposition to his previous membership with strikeouts of Justin Turner and Cody Bellinger to start the ninth innings earlier than a Gavin Lux single. Chris Taylor, who went 3-for-3 after getting into off the bench within the seventh inning, additionally adopted with a single and a stolen base to place the tying run at second base.

Thompson saved the rally going with a 3rd straight single, handing Jansen his first blown save of the month and getting Dodger starter Tony Gonsolin off the hook for what would have been his first lack of the 12 months.

Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman then began the tenth inning knocking within the go-ahead run in opposition to his former staff earlier than the person who changed him in Atlanta, Olson, answered along with his personal run-scoring single in opposition to Kimbrel to tie it again up.

The sport would go to the eleventh inning, the place Taylor despatched a run-scoring line drive double off third baseman Austin Riley’s glove and Trea Turner adopted with an insurance coverage run on his first hit of the sport to provide the Dodgers some respiration room.

With Daniel Hudson tearing his ACL earlier within the sequence, the Dodgers have been operating low on late-inning choices. Graterol acquired the decision for a 3rd straight evening and acquired his redemption after taking the loss the evening prior, putting out Dansby Swanson on a 102-mph sinker to complete off the win.

The Dodgers have been 0–5 in further innings this 12 months earlier than their comeback victory.

Neither staff had struck till the sixth inning, when Marcell Ozuna singled with two outs off Gonsolin, who begrudgingly departed at 94 pitches. His Main League-leading ERA remained at 1.58 after permitting one run in 5 2/3 innings.

Three of the 4 batters Dodger reliever Alex Vesia confronted within the seventh inning reached base, however Phil Bickford entered and allowed solely a sacrifice fly. The deficit was manageable if the Dodgers might get going with runners on base.

They completed 4-for-18 with runners in scoring place however acquired the hit they wanted in crunch time from Thompson, which helped finish Freeman’s emotional weekend again in Atlanta with a sequence win. The Dodgers are 5–1 on their street journey, which can wrap up in Colorado.