The Los Angeles Dodgers avoided a four-game sweep with a 3-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves to complete their meeting of the NL's top two teams.
The numerous injuries across the Dodgers' pitching staff sometimes seem to be an insurmountable barrier to playoff success. Los Angeles' inferior arm quality was glaring while the Atlanta Braves took the first three games in this showdown series between the NL's top two teams.
Miller underlined his ace potential with this effort against the powerhouse Braves in his 17th career start. Less than four months after he made his major league debut with a solid victory in Atlanta, Miller challenged the majors' top lineup again and thrived. "An arm like Bobby Miller's is what it takes ," Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said."Good stuff, and we just couldn't get ahold of him. ... That's a good-looking young pitcher right there. He's a strong kid. Love his delivery. He's got a really bright future."
Miguel Rojas had an RBI double and Mookie Betts added a run-scoring single in the fifth for the Dodgers, who prevented Atlanta from sweeping a four-game series at Dodger Stadium for the first time. James Outman added an RBI single in the eighth for Los Angeles. Brusdar Graterol allowed two baserunners in the ninth, but hung on for his seventh save. He hasn't allowed a run in 15 appearances since July 24.
Neither team got a runner to third until Outman drew a leadoff walk in the fifth and scored on a 391-foot line drive by No. 9 batter Rojas, who has hits in nine of his last 10 games after a tepid offensive summer with his new team.
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