Dodgers 6, Braves 3
LOS ANGELES -- Right fielder Andre Ethier, pinch-hitter Alex Guerrero and shortstop Jimmy Rollins each homered in the eighth inning, rallying the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves before 44,680 at Dodger Stadium on Monday.
All three went deep off Braves reliever Nick Masset (0-1), who was tagged for four runs and three hits in an inning.
Dodgers left-hander Adam Liberatore (1-1) captured his first career major league win, working a 1-2-3 inning in the eighth. Closer Kenley Jansen recorded his fourth save by retiring all three batters he faced after Chris Hatcher gave up a run and failed to get an out in the ninth.
First baseman Adrian Gonzalez's groundout to reliever Luis Avilan scored center fielder Joc Pederson, who went 3-for-5 with a double, to knot the score at 2 apiece with two outs in the seventh inning. Masset replaced Avilan and forced third baseman Justin Turner to ground out to short to end the inning, but the right-hander would be as fortunate in the eighth.
Braves rookie Williams Perez, in his second major league start, settled down after a shaky first inning to pitch five solid frames. Perez allowed a run on seven hits, six of those singles, with seven strikeouts and a walk in six innings. He also hit a batter in 106 pitches (59).
Dodgers starter Brett Anderson gave up two runs on seven hits with three strikeouts and two walks (one intentional) in seven innings. Anderson also threw a wild pitch.
Peterson, who went 1-for-4, robbed Gonzalez of a base hit with a diving grab in shallow right in the third for the defensive gem of the game.
Perez issued a bases-loaded walk to Ethier in the first for a 1-0 Dodgers lead.
Atlanta tied the score on a two-out RBI single by third baseman Pedro Ciriaco, bringing home left fielder Jonny Gomes, in the fourth.
First baseman Freddie Freeman put Atlanta up 2-1 in the fifth on a run-scoring single to right, scoring center fielder Cameron Maybin, who walked and advanced to second on a wild pitch.
NOTES: Retired Lt. Col. Robert Friend, a 95-year-old who is one of the last surviving members of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, was a guest of the Dodgers for pregame festivities at Dodger Stadium on Memorial Day. Representatives from each branch of the Armed Forces tossed ceremonial first pitches. ... Atlanta INF Chris Johnson, who was scheduled to begin a rehab stint Monday night at Triple-A Gwinnett, could return to the Braves on Thursday. ... Braves OF Eric Young Jr. celebrated his 30th birthday. ... Atlanta RHP Julio Teheran (4-1, 3.91 ERA) will face Los Angeles LHP Clayton Kershaw (2-3, 4.32) on Tuesday.