After a rough outing from Julio Teheran in the team’s most recent contest, the Atlanta Braves entered Thursday evening’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in need of an improved performance in the area of run prevention. While that transpired for at least part of the night on the back of Anibal Sanchez, Atlanta’s offense went silent at an inopportune time and, in combination with some dreadful bullpen work, the end result was a 8-2 defeat to begin the weekend series.
The first four innings of action were (very) quiet on both sides, with only four combined base-runners.