It went the way we all knew it was going to go, and that in it of itself is just frustrating.
The Los Angeles Dodgers kept chugging along doing exactly what they have all season, and unfortunately the Atlanta Braves did the same as the Dodgers ran out of Truist Park with a 9-5 victory in the opening game of the series.
The Dodgers draw a lot of walks, Braves pitchers walk a lot of batters, and sure enough the Dodgers drew eight walks.
The Braves’ bullpen has been among the worst in baseball, the Dodgers feast on relief pitching, and what was a 2-1 game when Ian Anderson departed became an 8-1 game before the end of the inning.