ATLANTA — Proper-handed rookie beginning pitcher Roki Sasaki earned his first MLB win because the Dodgers downed the Braves, 10-3, on Saturday evening at Truist Park after a three-hour, six-minute rain delay previous to first pitch.
Sasaki — who made his seventh Main League begin — improved to 1-1 as he allowed three earned runs on six hits with two walks and 4 strikeouts over 5 innings, throwing a career-high 98 pitches (56 strikes).
The 23-year-old’s ERA is 3.86, and he has not allowed greater than three earned runs in a begin, with the Dodgers successful 5 of these seven video games.
Los Angeles blitzed Atlanta beginning pitcher Spencer Schwellenbach with six earned runs on eight hits and one stroll over 3 2/3 innings. Every of the primary 5 batters within the Dodgers’ order had a number of hits and not less than one RBI.
Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman led the best way. Ohtani went 3-for-4 with a house run, two singles and a stroll, and Freeman went 3-for-5 with a three-run residence run, two singles and 4 RBIs.
