After much sturm and drang on a much-dreaded West Coast road trip, the Braves dropped Sunday’s afternoon finale to the Dodgers by a 7-2 score, losing their second series in a row and finishing 2-4 on their sojourn. Ozzie Albies and Freddie Freeman homered off of Los Angeles starter Ross Stripling, but Sean Newcomb and the bullpen struggled as the offense managed nothing else.
The Braves had their hands full with Stripling, who pitched about as advertised (i.e., very, very good). Stripling needed just an insane 24 pitches to record his first nine outs of the afternoon, collecting three strikeouts in the process.