The Dodgers were limited to one baserunner over the final four innings and were 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position as the Atlanta Braves tied their National League Division Series at one game a piece with a 3-2 victory Sunday evening at Dodger Stadium.
Game 3 of the best-of-five series is set for Tuesday in Cumberland, Georgia.
Atlanta took the lead for good in the fifth inning when Michael Harris II tripled with two outs and scored three pitches later when Kris Bubic’s 84.3 mph sweeper went off the mitt of catcher Will Smith for a wild pitch.
The Braves added an insurance run in the seventh when Harris’ two-out double drove in Matt Olson who had singled with one out.
The Dodgers cut the deficit to 3-2 when Max Muncy hit Didier Fuentes’ 3-2 four-seam fastball an estimated 397 feet over the right center field fence.
Reliever Raisel Iglesias induced rookie pinch-hitter Josue De Paula to foul out to third baseman Austin Riley to end the game.
Bubic, the third of seven Dodger pitchers, was charged with the loss, allowing one hit and one run in two-thirds of an inning with one walk.
Dylan Lee, the third of six Atlanta pitchers, was credited with the victory, allowing one hit, walking one batter and striking out one in two-thirds of an inning.
Iglesias was credited with his second save of the postseason.
The Braves took their first lead of the series in the first. Ronald Acuña singled off Blake Snell with one out and stole second. The Braves loaded the bases on back-to-back walks to Olson and Ozzie Albies. Michael Harris II fouled out to third baseman Miguel Rojas for the second out.
Acuña scored on Mauricio Dubón’s single.
The Dodgers tied the score when Freddie Freeman hit a 2-2 slider from Grant Holmes an estimated 375 feet into the right field pavilion leading off the bottom of the fourth.
All seven Dodger runs in the series have come on home runs.