LOS ANGELES — Michael Harris II tripled and scored the go-ahead run on reliever Kris Bubic’s wild pitch in the fifth inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 on Sunday night to even the National League Division Series at a game apiece.<\/p>\n
Harris’ RBI double to right against reliever Edgardo Henriquez added an insurance run with two outs in the seventh in what turned into a bullpen game for both teams when the Braves chased Dodgers starter Blake Snell after 3 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
Harris also singled in the third, coming up a home run short of hitting for the cycle.<\/p>\n
Max Muncy’s two-strike, two-out homer off Didier Fuentes pulled the Dodgers to 3-2 in the ninth. Braves closer Raisel Iglesias earned his second save after getting pinch-hitter Josue De Paula to foul out to third to end the game.<\/p>\n
Runs were hard to come by after the teams combined for five homers in the Dodgers\u2019 5-3 victory in Game 1.<\/p>\n
After Mookie Betts walked and Shohei Ohtani singled to open the fifth, Atlanta’s bullpen retired the next 14 consecutive Dodgers hitters.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles stranded seven runners on base over the first five innings. Ohtani, the four-time MVP, wasn\u2019t a factor for the second straight game, going 1 for 4 with two strikeouts.<\/p>\n
The Braves retook the lead, 2-1, on Bubic\u2019s wild pitch after Harris’ two-out triple.<\/p>\n
Freddie Freeman tied it at 1 on a two-strike solo shot off Braves reliever Grant Holmes in the fourth while facing his former team for the first time in the postseason.<\/p>\n
Snell struggled throughout, never finding a rhythm. The two-time Cy Young Award winner threw 90 pitches and only 47 for strikes. He gave up one run and three hits, walked five and struck out five.<\/p>\n
Snell needed 27 pitches to get through the first, when he had only three more strikes thrown than balls.<\/p>\n
The Braves led 1-0 on Mauricio Dub\u00f3n\u2019s bases-loaded, two-strike single to shortstop with two outs in the first. Betts made a diving stop, but his throw to first was too late, allowing Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. to score after singling and stealing second.<\/p>\n
Ray Kerr started the game for the Braves, who elected to give Chris Sale extra rest ahead of his start in Game 3.<\/p>\n
Roki Sasaki, the Dodgers’ sixth reliever, loaded the bases in the eighth on a walk, a hit-by-pitch, and an intentional walk with one out. Acu\u00f1a hit into an inning-ending double play.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
After a travel day, Braves LHP Chris Sale starts Game 3 on Tuesday in Atlanta against Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto.<\/p>\n
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