LOS ANGELES -- Corey Seager's first-career three-homer game propelled the Dodgers to a 4-2 win over the Braves on Friday night at Dodger Stadium.
The Dodgers only had five hits, but four of them left the yard, as Trayce Thompson, Seager's roommate, added to Seager's three solo shots with one of his own. Braves starter Julio Teheran, who allowed Thompson's homer and two of Seager's, had allowed a total of two in all of May. Those were the only hits Teheran allowed in his 5 2/3 innings.
Dodgers right-hander Kenta Maeda had one of his best starts since his four-game, one-run stretch to begin the season, allowing two earned runs over 6 1/3 innings with five strikeouts. After allowing runs in the first two innings, Maeda allowed just one hit for the remainder of his appearance.
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Thrice is nice: Seager entered Friday night's game leading the Dodgers in home runs and extended his lead with his second multi-homer game of the season. If you combine Seager's 12 homers with Thompson's nine and the eight from their other roommate, Joc Pederson, the household of young Dodgers has seven more homers (29) than the entire Braves team (22).
Encouraging, yet frustrating: The three solo home runs accounted for the only hits Teheran surrendered during an effort that left him with a 1.89 ERA over his past nine starts. The Braves right-hander held the Dodgers hitless through the first three innings and then saw Seager hit his first pitch -- a changeup -- of the fourth inning over the right-center-field wall.
Jack Baer is a reporter for MLB.com based in Los Angeles.
Mark Bowman has covered the Braves for MLB.com since 2001. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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