Seager powers Dodgers past Braves
LOS ANGELES -- Corey Seager homered three times, including the go-ahead home run, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves before 46,366 at Dodger Stadium on Friday night.
Seager gave the Dodgers the lead with his second home run in the fourth inning off Braves starter Julio Teheran. He launched his third homer to lead off the eighth. He became the first Dodgers' hitter to homer three times in a game since Adrian Gonzalez did so on April 8, 2015, against the San Diego Padres.
Seager became the first rookie to accomplish the feat since Don Dementer, who homered three times in 1959.
Trayce Thompson also homered for the Dodgers (29-27), who ended a two-game skid. They have beaten the Braves six times in their last seven meetings at Dodger Stadium.
Kenta Maeda (4-3) allowed two runs on six hits with five strikeouts and two walks in 6 1/3 innings.
Relievers Adam Liberatore pitched a scoreless two-thirds of an inning and Joe Blanton worked a perfect eighth for the Dodgers. Closer Kenley Jansen gave up a hit before earning his 16th save in the ninth.
Teheran (1-6) gave up three runs on three hits with seven strikeouts and a pair of walks in 5 2/3 innings. All three of the hits were home runs.
The loss dropped the Braves to 16-38.
An RBI single by Adonis Garcia that scored Freddie Freeman, who reached on a walk and advanced to second on a Maeda wild pitch, gave the Braves a 1-0 lead with two outs in the first.
Mallex Smith's run-scoring base hit drove home Tyler Flowers in the second to boost Atlanta to a 2-0 advantage.
But the Dodgers rallied. Seager cut the deficit in half with a solo shot to right on the first pitch from Teheran to open the fourth. It was Seager's 10th home run this season.
In the fifth, Thompson ripped a solo blast to right-center field to tie the score at 2. For Thompson, it was his ninth homer of the season.
NOTES: The Dodgers placed RF Yasiel Puig on the 15-day disabled list with a left hamstring strain. The club activated OF Scott Van Slyke to take Puig's roster spot. Van Slyke has been out since April 10 with lower back irritation. ... The Braves activated RHP Jim Johnson (right groin strain). Before going on the 15-day DL, Johnson, a former Dodger, compiled a 7.90 ERA in 13 2/3 innings and 15 appearances. To make room, the club optioned RHP Ryan Weber to Triple-A Gwinnett. ... Los Angeles INF/OF Howie Kendrick wasn't in the starting lineup for the second consecutive game because of a sore shoulder. Kendrick might start Saturday's game, manager Dave Roberts said. ... Braves RHP Mike Foltynewicz (2-2, 3.51 ERA) will face Dodgers LHP Clayton Kershaw (7-1, 1.56) on Saturday.