The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 on May 8, 2026 at Dodger Stadium.
Final · Dodger Stadium
Top performers
- Austin Riley went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Braves.
- Chris Sale pitched 7.0 innings for the Braves, allowing 2 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
- Freddie Freeman went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Dodgers.
- Emmet Sheehan pitched 4.2 innings for the Dodgers, allowing 1 earned run with 7 strikeouts.
Atlanta Braves box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ozzie Albies | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Olson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Riley | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Yastrzemski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Harris II | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dominic Smith | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Jarvis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Drake Baldwin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Kyle Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 35 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Sale | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Aaron Bummer | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Los Angeles Dodgers box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shohei Ohtani | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Will Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Freddie Freeman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Tucker | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Max Muncy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Miguel Rojas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Pages | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teoscar Hernandez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmet Sheehan | 4.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Tanner Scott | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Hurt | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Will Klein | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brock Stewart | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Vesia | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
Before and after
- Braves · 2026 season · Previous May 6, 2026: ATL 1, SEA 3 · Next May 9, 2026: ATL 7, LAD 2
- Dodgers · 2026 season · Previous May 6, 2026: LAD 12, HOU 2 · Next May 9, 2026: ATL 7, LAD 2