The Atlanta Braves (37-22) and Los Angeles Dodgers (25-33) will open their weekend series at Dodger Stadium Thursday night in a game set for 10:10 p.m. ET. The game will stream live on MLB.com with a paid subscription.
Los Angeles fell short in its bid for a three-game home sweep of San Diego with a 6-2 loss on Wednesday. Highly touted Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig went 5 for 8 with two homers and five RBIs in his first two games, but was 0 for 4 with two strikeouts Wednesday.
"He's going to be fine, he's going to make outs," manager Don Mattingly said.
Zack Grienke (2-1) looks to avoid a fourth consecutive rough outing and help the Dodgers prevent the visiting Braves from a sixth straight victory. Grienke went 5.1 innings and allowed four earned runs in a no decision.
After losing two of three to open an eight-homestand, Atlanta won the last five, capped with a 5-0 victory over Pittsburgh on Wednesday. Julio Teheran came within four outs of a no-hitter and rookie Evan Gattis hit his 13th homer as the Braves won for the 15th time in 19 games.
Atlanta has hit 29 home runs and posted a 2.48 ERA during that span.
"We're playing winning baseball right now," outfielder Jason Heyward told the Braves' official website. "Everybody's contributing in their own way, timely hits, we're playing pretty good defense and our pitchers are keeping runs off the board.
"We'll go out and have some fun, a change of scenery a little bit, time change out there, but go play baseball and have fun."
Tim Hudson (4-4) will start for the Braves. Hudson holds a 4.80 ERA and went 7.1 innings while allowing zero earned runs in a no decision during his last start.
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