Dodgers 6, Braves 3

How the game was won: The Dodgers tied the score with a run off Luis Avilan in the seventh, then blew the game open with four runs on three eighth-inning homers off Braves reliever Nick Masset in a 6-3 win to open a three-game series at Dodger Stadium. Braves rookie Williams Perez worked out of two bases-loaded jams early and pitched six innings of one-run ball while allowing seven hits and one run with seven strikeouts in his second major league start.

Number: 3. Homers allowed by Masset in a six-batter span in the eighth inning, which equaled the total number of homers he gave up in 51 appearances (45 innings) for the Rockies in 2014.

What's next: The Braves and Dodgers play the second game of a three-game series Tuesday at 10:10 p.m. (EDT), with right-hander Julio Teheran (4-1, 3.91 ERA) facing Dodgers lefty Clayton Kershaw (2-3, 4.32), the two-time reigning National League Cy Young Award winner who current has an ERA nearly two runs above his career mark.

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