ATLANTA -- Chris Johnson drove in two runs, Alex Wood overcame control problems on a hot night and the Atlanta Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 on Tuesday night.
The Braves, who had lost seven of nine overall, improved to 18-6 at home in games decided by two runs or fewer.
It was a tough evening for the NL West-leading Dodgers, who have lost consecutive games for the first time since June 22-23 at the Chicago Cubs.
Los Angeles starter Brett Anderson left the game in the third after irritating his left Achilles tendon. Then, former Dodger Juan Uribe drove in the go-ahead run in the fifth with a bloop single. Also, manager Don Mattingly, who tried unsuccessfully to have a tag play overturned three innings earlier, was ejected by home plate umpire James Hoye after a heated argument in the eighth.
Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes catches a pop fly off the bat of Atlanta Braves' Ryan Lavarnway as third baseman Justin Turner collides with him during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, July 21, 2015, in Atlanta.Justin Turner, likely still disturbed that he hadn't drawn a walk, appeared to exchange words with Hoye as he jogged back to the dugout after grounding out. That prompted Mattingly to come out.
Wood (7-6) had allowed just six homers this season but gave up two in the first six batters he faced.
Turner made it 1-0 in the first with his 12th homer and Yasiel Puig forced a 2-2 tie in the second with his fifth homer.
Though he pitched behind in the count for much of the night -- throwing just 59 of his 107 pitches for strikes -- Wood won for just the second time in seven starts at home this year. The left-hander gave up six hits, three runs, four walks and struck out three in 6 2/3 innings.
Jason Frasor and Luis Avilan recorded the next four outs before closer Jim Johnson faced the minimum in the ninth to earn his eighth save in 11 chances.
Atlanta took a 2-1 lead in the first on Nick Markakis' infield single and Chris Johnson's groundout.
The Braves went ahead 3-2 in the third when Markakis tripled for the first time this year and scored on Johnson's single.
Los Angeles tied it at 3-all in the fifth. Reliever Chin-hui Tsao, who replaced Anderson, led off with a double and scored from third on Howie Kendrick's single.
Tsao (1-1) was chased in the fifth after giving up consecutive singles to Markakis and Johnson. Markakis scored from third to put the Braves up 4-3 on Uribe's bloop single into shallow center field.
Tsao gave up two hits, one run, one walk and struck out two in 1 1/3 innings.
Anderson, who left trailing 3-2, allowed five hits, three runs, two walks and struck out two in 2 2/3 innings.