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Mike Bolsinger comes up big as Dodgers salvage finale with Braves

/ STAFF WRITER

Dodgers starting pitcher Mike Bolsinger pitched seven strong innings in Wednesday's 3-1 win over the Braves, allowing just three hits and one unearned run. BUTCH DILL, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATLANTA – Mike Bolsinger can’t give the Dodgers what they really need. That would involve sending a handful of minor-league prospects to the Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds or some other mystery team.

But for one day, the young right-hander avoided any bad oysters or faulty circuit breakers and gave the Dodgers a reasonable facsimile. Bolsinger went seven strong innings as the Dodgers avoided a sweep in Atlanta with a 3-1 victory over the Braves on Wednesday afternoon.