LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — Bryce Elder allowed one hit in 5 2/3 scoreless innings, Mauricio Dubón delivered a three-run double in a four-run second inning and the Atlanta Braves defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-2 on Sunday afternoon at Dodger Stadium.

Elder struck out eight and walked three in lowering his ERA to 2.01. The right-hander retired 11 of the first 12 batters he faced and did not allow a hit until Andy Pages singled with two outs in the first. Elder then worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth, striking out Max Muncy to end the threat.

Dubón’s double to left field with two outs in the second scored Michael Harris II, Sean Murphy and Jorge Mateo to give the Braves a 4-0 lead. The inning began with Austin Riley singling and Harris reaching on a bunt single. Eli White then lined an RBI single to right. After Murphy grounded into a forceout and Mateo walked, Dubón cleared the bases.

Atlanta added a run in the eighth when Drake Baldwin led off with a solo home run to left center off Justin Wrobleski. The homer was Baldwin’s 10th of the season.

Los Angeles got both of its runs in the bottom of the eighth. With one out, Kyle Tucker walked and Max Muncy followed with a two-run homer to right, his 10th. The rally came against Braves reliever Robert Suarez, who had entered in the seventh and allowed only that blast.

Atlanta answered immediately in the ninth. Matt Olson led off with a solo home run to center, his 14th. Later in the inning, Mike Yastrzemski was hit by a pitch, Dominic Smith singled and Jorge Mateo lined an RBI single to center to make it 7-2.

Raisel Iglesias pitched a scoreless ninth, striking out one, to close the game.

Atlanta’s offense totaled nine hits. Mateo went 2 for 3 with a walk and an RBI. Olson and Baldwin each homered. Dubón finished 1 for 5 with three RBIs.

Los Angeles managed only two hits in the game: Pages’ first-inning single and Muncy’s eighth-inning homer. Dodgers batters struck out 14 times.

Wrobleski (5-1) took the loss despite pitching 8 2/3 innings. He allowed seven runs, seven hits and struck out seven. He had allowed five runs combined in his first six starts this season.

The Braves improved to 28-13, best in the National League. The Dodgers fell to 24-16. Atlanta won two of three in the weekend series between division leaders, taking the final two games by identical 7-2 scores. The Braves are 11-1-1 in series this season.

Elder (4-1) was the winning pitcher. He has won three of his last four decisions.

The game took 2 hours, 13 minutes in front of an announced crowd of 49,514.

Atlanta’s bullpen combined for 2 1/3 scoreless innings. Suarez allowed one hit, the homer, and struck out one in 1 1/3 innings. Iglesias struck out one in a perfect ninth.

Defensively, the Braves turned a double play in the eighth inning when Dubón grounded into a forceout, but the play was nullified by a catcher’s interference call in the seventh that put a runner on base for the Dodgers. Atlanta escaped that inning when Shohei Ohtani grounded out.

The Braves scored their four runs in the second on three hits. White’s single opened the scoring. After a forceout and a walk, Dubón doubled to left. The hit was his 10th double of the season.

Atlanta’s first two hitters were retired in the first inning. Elder then worked a 1-2-3 bottom of the first on nine pitches, striking out Ohtani and Muncy around a flyout.

The Dodgers had scoring chances in the third and fourth but could not convert. Alex Freeland struck out to end the third, and in the fourth Pages grounded out, Tucker flew out and Muncy lined out.

Elder faced his biggest test in the sixth. With two outs, Freddie Freeman walked, Pages walked and Tucker walked to load the bases. Elder got Muncy to fly out to right to preserve the shutout.

The Braves’ pitching staff combined for 14 strikes, 34 balls and 14 balls in play. The Dodgers’ pitching staff combined for 15 strikes, 54 balls and 15 balls in play.

Atlanta’s next game is Tuesday at home against the Chicago Cubs. The Dodgers host the San Francisco Giants on Monday.

In the series opener Friday, the Dodgers won 3-1. The Braves won Saturday 7-2 before Sunday’s victory.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Atlanta Braves 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 5. Interstat’s ELO system had projected the Dodgers with a 61.20 percent probability to win. Los Angeles had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The total score of nine went under the over/under line of 8.5.