Kim’s walk-off single gives Braves 6‑5 win over Dodgers

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (Interstat) — Ha-Seong Kim singled in Lane Thomas in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Atlanta Braves a 6-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday at Truist Park.

The Dodgers scored once in the second, twice in the third and twice in the seventh. Atlanta answered with one run in the first, three in the fourth, one in the sixth and Kim’s game-winning hit in the ninth. Atlanta outhit Los Angeles 14-10.

Matt Olson opened the scoring with a first-inning homer, Sean Murphy homered in the sixth and Drake Baldwin added three hits and two RBIs. Tommy Edman homered and drove in three runs for the Dodgers, who tied the score at 5 in the seventh on a Mookie Betts single and an Edman walk.

AJ Smith-Shawver allowed three earned runs over five innings for Atlanta. Victor Mederos pitched a scoreless seventh with two strikeouts to pick up the win. Tanner Scott took the loss for the Dodgers, who dropped to 80-53. Atlanta improved to 78-55. Attendance was 37,227, and the game lasted 3:17.