Dodgers on Deck: Thursday, August 27 at Braves

PHOENIX, ARIZONA - AUGUST 8: Yoshinobu Yamamoto #18 of the Los Angeles Dodgers has trouble with his PitchCom reciever during the fourth inning of a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on August 8, 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Mike Christy/Getty Images) | Getty Images The seri

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The series finale between the Dodgers and Atlanta Braves features a wonderful pitching matchup, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Chris Sale on the mound on Thursday night at Truist Park.

Sale (2.20) and Yamamoto (2.61) are second and third in the National League in ERA, with Yamamoto (3.03) third and Sale (3.06) fourth in xERA.

Yamamoto leads the majors averaging 6.59 innings per start and has allowed nine total runs in his last six starts. Sale since the All-Star break has allowed nine runs in six starts,

with 49 strikeouts and only three walks.

The Dodgers scratched together three runs against Sale on May 8 at Dodger Stadium, during which the left-hander struck out seven with no walks in seven innings of a tough-luck loss.