Blake Snell Gets No Help From The Dodgers' Offense In Loss To Braves

It was Blake Snell bobblehead nighttime Saturday astatine Dodger Stadium but nan Atlanta Braves spoiled nan left-hander’s play debut pinch a 7-2 win.

Making his first quality since nan eighth inning of Game 7 of nan World Series, Snell showed rust early, allowing a leadoff azygous to Mauricio Dubón and stepping Drake Baldwin. Ozzie Albies’ bunt azygous loaded nan bases and aft Matt Olson struck out, Dubon scored from 3rd connected Austin Riley’s fielder’s prime to shortstop. Snell struck retired Michael Harris II to extremity nan inning connected his 25th pitch.

Atlanta loaded nan bases again successful nan 2nd and Albies poked a two-run azygous to left. Two much runs scored connected Olson’s azygous to correct and aft an inning and a half nan Dodgers trailed 5-0. In nan bottommost of nan inning, Eli White made a sprinting drawback connected nan informing way successful correct section to rob Max Muncy of other bases.

Snell started nan play connected nan injured database pinch near enarthrosis fatigue and was brought backmost from his rehab duty early to switch Tyler Glasnow, who was placed connected nan injured list Friday pinch backmost spasms. Snell gave up 4 earned runs connected six hits, pinch 2 walks and 5 strikeouts complete 3 innings and 77 pitches.

While Snell struggled, Atlanta’s Spencer Strider was locked successful from nan start, giving up 1 deed and striking retired 7 batters successful six innings earlier being relieved by Dylan Lee.

National League East frontrunner Atlanta (27-13) widened its spread to 8 games complete Washington while nan Dodgers dropped to 24-15 and saw its National League West lead narrowed to 1 crippled complete San Diego, which hit St. Louis 4-2 earlier successful nan day.

Jack Dreyer, who relieved Snell, gave up 1 deed successful 1⅓ innings earlier being relieved by Edgardo Henriquez, who walked Riley and gave up an RBI double to Harris — nan 5th deed successful 2 days for nan 2022 NL Rookie of nan Year. Henriquez went 1⅔ innings earlier Paul Gervase allowed an RBI azygous to Baldwin.

One nighttime aft dealing Braves ace Chris Sale his 2nd nonaccomplishment of nan season, nan Dodgers’ discourtesy did not aftermath up until nan ninth inning.

Shohei Ohtani went 1 for 4 pinch a azygous and 2 strikeouts. Freddie Freeman had 2 alert outs and a crushed retired earlier Dalton Rushing took his spot astatine first successful nan seventh.

The Dodgers avoided their 2nd shutout nonaccomplishment of nan play and yet gave nan crowd of 50,209 logic to cheer successful nan ninth erstwhile Andy Pages belted a two-run location tally — his ninth of nan play — disconnected reliever Reynoldo Lopez.

Players connected some teams played pinch dense hearts pursuing nan decease of erstwhile Braves head Bobby Cox astatine nan property of 84 connected Saturday.

Freeman, successful his 5th play of a six-year, $162-million woody pinch nan Dodgers, talked astir Cox earlier nan game.

“I woke up to nan news this morning,” he said. “It’s a sad time successful Braves state and each of baseball. My favourite representation of Bobby is seeing joyousness connected his look erstwhile he saw my 6-year-old. He had our backs. He wanted to triumph arsenic overmuch arsenic you do. What stands retired is nan genuine attraction he had for each personification successful that clubhouse.

“My first time of outpouring training I locomotion successful and he joked ‘Why did it return you truthful agelong to get to nan large leagues?’ He cared astir nan 19-year-old and 40-year-old nan aforesaid way. I person an autographed Bobby Cox jersey astatine home.”

Cox’s decease came conscionable 4 days aft nan decease of Ted Turner, who owned nan Braves from 1976-96.