"There are not too many nights when you can point to a position and say the man playing a certain position for the Dodgers makes $17 million less this season than the opposing player at the same position. This was one of them. The Atlanta Braves are paying Chris Sale, the nine-time All-Star, $18 million this season. The Dodgers are paying Emmet Sheehan a little less than $1 million."
"The Dodgers dented Sale for three runs in seven innings - one on a home run by Freddie Freeman ($27 million this year), one on a double by Kyle Tucker ($55 million), and one on a single by Shohei Ohtani ($70 million). Final score: Dodgers 3, Braves 1."
"In the fifth inning, Alex Vesia relieved Sheehan and induced a two-on, two-out fly out from Matt Olson, who might be the National League's most valuable player to date. In the sixth inning, Kyle Hurt stranded two runners on base to complete a scoreless inning and lower his earned-run average to 0.90. In 2021, Friedman acquired Vesia and Hurt from the Miami Marlins for middle reliever Dylan Floro."
"Will Klein, Brock Stewart and Tanner Scott finished off the Braves on a night the bullpen delivered 4⅓ shutout innings. Vesia's one-batter, one-out performance earned him his first victory of the season, with Scott working the ninth for the save. Each team scored once"
Dodgers defeated the Braves 3-1 with Emmet Sheehan providing a strong start and the bullpen maintaining control. Freddie Freeman hit a home run, Kyle Tucker added a double that drove in a run, and Shohei Ohtani delivered a run-scoring single. Atlanta’s Chris Sale was held to three runs over seven innings. Alex Vesia relieved Sheehan in the fifth and recorded a key out, while Kyle Hurt stranded two runners in the sixth to keep the game scoreless. Will Klein, Brock Stewart, and Tanner Scott combined for 4⅓ shutout innings. Vesia earned his first win of the season, and Tanner Scott finished with a save.
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