The Atlanta Braves bats had plenty of chances to put up runs in the early innings and squandered just about each one of them.

But, in a 9-0 Dodgers’ win that secured a four-game series split, Yamamoto managed to escape each jam, pitching four scoreless innings in another encouraging sign for his October prospects. “It wasn’t as sharp command-wise as his first one back,

The Braves had the upper hand for the first two games of this series and then it came crashing down in spectacular fashion. Blah.