Braves’ homer troubles continue in LA finale

LOS ANGELES — Two home runs from Corey Seager and one each from Kiké Hernandez and Yasmani Grandal keyed a wave of offense that the Dodgers rode to a 12-6 win over the Braves and their third series sweep of the season.

Every starter from the Dodgers had a hit, including pitcher Scott Kazmir, who recorded the first multi-hit game of his career. Seager’s star shined brightest, going 3-for-5 with two homers and four RBIs. It was his second multi-homer game of the series and the third of his career. He went deep three times in Friday’s opener.

“Corey’s doing what Corey’s doing, but there were a lot of productive at-bats and you see Trayce [Thompson] on base three times,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “Some big hits throughout. It was good to see us open up a little bit.”

Braves starting pitcher Matt Wisler took his worst start of the season, allowing a career-high eight earned runs, at least one in each of his four innings. That snapped the right-hander’s streak of six straight quality starts and raised his ERA from 3.16 to 3.98.

“It was a pretty bad effort from me today,” Wisler said. “I think I cost this team pretty bad. I got the first two outs quick and after that I fell behind. They really made me pay today.”

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDSeager seeing double: Two days after his first three-homer game, Seager went deep in the fourth and seventh innings and added an RBI single in the fifth. Seager’s five home runs …

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