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Dodgers hold off Braves to win pitchers’ duel in Atlanta

AP photo by Mike Stewart / Atlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies loses his bat after striking out in the second inning of Friday night's game against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers at Truist Park.
AP photo by Mike Stewart / Atlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies loses his bat after striking out in the second inning of Friday night's game against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers at Truist Park. AP photo by Mike Stewart / Atlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies loses his bat after striking out in the second inning of Friday night's game against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers at Truist Park.

By The Associated Press 2 min read

ATLANTA — Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed only one hit through six scoreless innings, Mookie Betts hit a home run and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 2-1 on Friday night for their sixth consecutive win.

Austin Riley doubled with two outs in the sixth inning for Atlanta’s first hit off Yamamoto (4-2). The right-hander lowered his ERA to 0.90, the best mark in Major League Baseball this season. He left the game with a 2-0 lead.

Matt Olson led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a homer off Dodgers right-hander Kirby Yates. Right-hander Evan Phillips walked Olson with two outs in the ninth before ending the game on Sean Murphy’s grounder to the mound for his first save.

There was a rain delay of 1 hour, 13 minutes in the final inning of the game, which opened a three-game weekend series at Truist Park.

Yamamoto walked Marcell Ozuna on 11 pitches in the first inning and walked Ozuna again in the fourth for Atlanta’s only baserunners before Riley’s double.