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Ex-Brave, Bulldog Alex Wood improves to 11-0 with Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers' Alex Wood delivers a pitch against the Miami Marlins, Saturday, July 15, 2017, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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Los Angeles Dodgers' Alex Wood delivers a pitch against the Miami Marlins, Saturday, July 15, 2017, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
By Mike Luck
July 16, 2017

Former Braves and Georgia Bulldogs pitcher Alex Wood has done something that Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Fernando Valenzuela and Clayton Kershaw never did.

Wood became the first Dodgers pitcher in more than a century to win his first 11 decisions in a season, helping the NL West leaders beat the host Miami Marlins 7-1 Saturday night.

Wood (11-0) pitched six scoreless innings, allowing just three hits and a walk. He struck out 10 and lowered his ERA to 1.56.

Wood pitched two and a half seasons for the Braves, going 21-20.

The Braves traded him to the Dodgers in 2015 in a three-team, 13-player trade that brought  Cuban prospect Hector Olivera to Atlanta.

Wood was 6-10 for the Dodgers before this 11-0 season.

Rookie Cody Bellinger hit for the cycle for the Dodgers Saturday night.

Alex Wood went 21-20 in a Braves uniform from 2013 to 2015. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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About the Author

Mike Luck is an Audience Specialist on the sports team at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has worked at the AJC since 1980.

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