Los Angeles Dodgers maintain perfect start to the season with a dominant performance against the struggling Atlanta Braves. (GV Wire Composite/Paul Marshall)
- Glasnow's impressive debut for Dodgers: 5 shutout innings, 8 strikeouts in 6-1 victory over Braves.
- Dodgers continue hot start, improving to 6-0 for the first time since their 1981 World Series-winning season.
- Braves' struggles persist, falling to 0-5 for the first time since 2016 when they started 0-9.
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LOS ANGELES — Tyler Glasnow tossed five shutout innings in his season debut, Teoscar Hernández hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the winless Atlanta Braves 6-1 on Monday night.
The defending champions are 6-0 for the first time since 1981, when they won the World Series.
Atlanta fell to 0-5 for the first time since starting 0-9 in 2016.
Glasnow’s Dominant Performance
Glasnow (1-0) gave up singles to Jarred Kelenic and Michael Harris II in the fifth — and that was it. The right-hander struck out eight and walked three in a series opener between perennial National League pennant contenders.
Hernández’s 436-foot shot to center field in the first scored Shohei Ohtani, who walked. Ohtani has scored in all six games this season.
The Dodgers extended their lead to 4-0 in the third on Michael Conforto’s RBI double and Tommy Edman’s sacrifice fly. Will Smith added an RBI single in the fifth.
Braves’ Struggles Continue
Kiké Hernández homered leading off the sixth against 41-year-old Jesse Chavez, called up from Triple-A earlier in the day for his fifth stint with Atlanta since 2021.
Braves starter Grant Holmes (0-1) gave up four runs and four hits over four innings in his season debut. He struck out three and walked four.
Atlanta put right-hander Reynaldo López on the injured list with shoulder inflammation.
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Key Moments and Stats
Harris’ homer to center in the eighth off Tanner Scott snapped a streak of 29 consecutive scoreless innings for Atlanta.
Ohtani went 0 for 3 with three strikeouts and two walks, dropping his batting average under .300.
Up next
LHP Chris Sale (0-0, 5.40 ERA), last season’s NL Cy Young Award winner, starts Tuesday night for the Braves.
Dodgers RHP Dustin May pitches in the majors for the first time since May 2023. May had Tommy John surgery that year and last summer underwent emergency surgery to repair a tear in his esophagus caused by a salad.
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