Dodgers-Braves: Swoon Continues For LA Inl 8-2 Loss to Atlanta

Eric Stults made his first start since May 30 for the Los Angeles Dodgers on a beaming Sunday afternoon at Dodger Stadium. Despite a decent outing, he couldn’t do enough as the Los Angeles Dodgers (67-45) fell to the Atlanta Braves (58-54) 8-2.The Dodgers have lost four of the last five and 11 of the last 18 games. Stults has been pitching in triple-A Albuquerque since coming off the DL on July 1, but was called on to start Sunday’s game after Jason Schmidt suffered yet another injury to a strained shoulder. Fellow southpaw Scott Elbert was announced as the starting pitcher before the game on Friday, but Elbert pitched the 12th inning of a 9-5 defeat that evening and was optioned back to triple-A before the game yesterday.Stults went five innings and gave a solid effort on short notice. He allowed three runs on five hits and also struck out three while throwing only 75 pitches on the night, 51 of which went for strikes.Atlanta scored first when Matt Diaz homered to right...