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May 8, 2026 · NL West

Atlanta Braves vs Los Angeles Dodgers

May 8, 2026UNIQLO Field at Dodger StadiumClear 69°F · 6 mph, L To R
AWAY
Atlanta Braves
26-13
1
vs
HOME
Los Angeles Dodgers
24-14
3

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T2 Austin Riley Austin Riley singles on a ground ball to center fielder Andy Pages. Michael Harris II scores. Dominic Smith to 3rd. ATL 1, LAD 0
B2 Kyle Tucker Kyle Tucker doubles (9) on a line drive to right fielder Mike Yastrzemski. Teoscar Hernández scores. ATL 1, LAD 1
B5 Shohei Ohtani Shohei Ohtani singles on a ground ball to right fielder Mike Yastrzemski. Miguel Rojas scores. ATL 1, LAD 2
B6 Freddie Freeman Freddie Freeman homers (4) on a fly ball to center field. ATL 1, LAD 3

Box score

  123456789 R
ATL 010000000 1
LAD 010011000 3

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Braves AWAY 1

Chris Sale started for Braves, leaving trailing 1–3.

workload · innings pitched
  • Chris Sale Starter 7.0 102 3 7 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Chris Sale threw
    CSW 35% 1st-pitch strike 67% 3.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 41 40% 7 7 8 10 9
    Slider 35 34% 5 10 7 9 4
    Changeup 15 15% 3 2 4 4 2
    Sinker 11 11% 1 1 2 3 4
  • Aaron Bummer Reliever 1.0 9 0 0
Dodgers HOME 3

Emmet Sheehan started for Dodgers, leaving with the game tied 1–1.

workload · innings pitched
  • Emmet Sheehan Starter 4.2 88 1 7
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Emmet Sheehan threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 70% 4.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 39 44% 7 1 16 11 4
    Slider 20 23% 2 3 9 4 2
    Changeup 19 22% 3 0 5 6 5
    Curveball 10 11% 1 3 2 3 1
  • Alex Vesia Setup 0.1 5 0 0 W inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Kyle Hurt Setup 1.0 19 0 1 HLD
  • Will Klein Middle 1.0 23 0 1 HLD
  • Brock Stewart Reliever 1.0 18 0 1 HLD inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Tanner Scott Closer 1.0 11 0 1 SV

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 5th · off Sale
  • Ohtani 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · ATL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Drake Baldwin C 3 0 0 0 2 2 .297 .380 .500 .880
Ozzie Albies 2B 5 0 0 0 0 2 .311 .363 .523 .886
Matt Olson 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .293 .379 .653 1.032
Michael Harris II CF 4 1 4 0 0 0 .319 .349 .529 .878
Mauricio Dubón LF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .267 .327 .407 .734
Austin Riley 3B 4 0 2 1 0 1 .211 .282 .361 .643 2B
Mike Yastrzemski RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .202 .260 .254 .514
Kyle Farmer PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .308 .286 .385 .671
Dominic Smith DH 3 0 1 0 1 0 .324 .358 .527 .885 2B
Jim Jarvis SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400
HOME · LAD
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Shohei Ohtani DH 4 0 1 1 0 1 .248 .386 .436 .822
Will Smith C 4 0 0 0 0 2 .259 .325 .370 .695
Freddie Freeman 1B 4 1 1 1 0 0 .278 .342 .444 .786 HR (4)
Andy Pages CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .329 .368 .557 .925
Teoscar Hernández LF 2 1 1 0 0 1 .236 .312 .366 .678
Kyle Tucker RF 3 0 1 1 0 1 .254 .337 .401 .738 2B
Max Muncy 3B 3 0 0 0 0 2 .279 .380 .541 .921
Santiago Espinal 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .267 .467
Miguel Rojas SS 3 1 0 0 0 0 .259 .302 .362 .664

Pitching lines

AWAY · ATL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Chris Sale 7.0 5 3 2 0 7 1 102 2.20 L
Aaron Bummer 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4.85
HOME · LAD
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Emmet Sheehan 4.2 6 1 1 1 7 0 88 4.79
Alex Vesia 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.38 W
Kyle Hurt 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 19 0.90 HLD
Will Klein 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 23 2.87 HLD
Brock Stewart 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 18 0.00 HLD
Tanner Scott 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1.65 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · ATL
Walt Weiss
Lineup 2.3 R Bunts 0.0 R IBBs 0.5 R
HOME · LAD
Dave Roberts
Lineup 0.9 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 2.3 R

Recent form

AWAY · ATL
3-6 L2 -21 run diff
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HOME · LAD
6-4 W1 -9 run diff
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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.