The one person who didn’t care about ending his homerless drought was the man who did it, Atlanta Braves outfielder Nick Markakis. Atlanta didn’t sign the veteran outfielder to a four-year deal for his power, but not having a home run over 90 games into the season was rather concerning.

"I was just trying to get on base with a hit, no matter how it came, no matter whether it was a single, double, triple or home run," Markakis said postgame.

Tonight, with a runner on base in the first inning, Markakis would take former Atlanta starter, now Los Angeles Dodger, Brandon Beachy deep to dead center field to give the Braves an early 2-0 lead. He would also score the go-ahead run in the fifth inning as the Braves would take game one of the series with a score of 7-5.

The aforementioned Brandon Beachy is making his second start after recovering from his second Tommy John surgery. It wasn’t a great showing by the right-hander as he went four innings allowing four runs on five hits. It’s expected that guys coming off Tommy John will have control issues with their secondary pitches and that was no different tonight as Beachy walked three batters while striking out only three.

Matt Wisler (4-1, 3.60 ERA) picked up the win tonight as he went six innings allowing four runs on eight hits. The key for Wisler was the fact he didn’t walk a batter. He gave up five hits and all four of those runs in the fifth inning that would tie the game at four.

Los Angeles’ offense got on the board thanks to a two-out, two-run double by Dodgers second baseman Howie Kendrick. All-Star first baseman Adrian Gonzalez followed that up with a two-run homer to right field to tie the game up.

Aside from Nick Markakis, Braves rookie second baseman Jace Peterson had himself a night going 2-for-5 with three RBI. Two of those came in the fourth inning when he smacked a bloop double down the left field line to score Eury Perez and Andrelton Simmons, giving Atlanta a 4-0 lead.

After the Dodgers tied the game up in the fifth inning, former Dodger third baseman Juan Uribe gave Atlanta the lead right back in the bottom of the inning on a single to left field to score Markakis. Jace Peterson would further the lead in the sixth inning as he singled to right scoring Simmons, and then when Peterson tried for second base Pedro Ciriaco would come around and score giving the Braves a 7-4 lead.

What ended up being a huge play came in the eighth inning as Los Angeles had runners at first and second nobody out. Scott Van Slyke came on as a pinch-hitter and singled to left field, but Gonzalez would be thrown out at home plate on a beautiful throw by Braves outfielder Eury Perez. With that stellar defensive play, combined with nice pitching by Arodys Vizcaino, Atlanta would get out of the inning unscathed.

The Dodgers tried to mount a rally in the ninth inning as they got the bases loaded with nobody out on Braves closer Jim Johnson. Despite the threat, Johnson remained composed as the induced a double-play off the bat of Howie Kendrick which would score one run. He followed that up by getting Adrian Gonzalez to ground out to first base to end the game. Jim Johnson picked up his seventh save of the season as the Braves would hold on to win 7-5.

Dodger reliever Adam Liberatore (2-2, 4.15 ERA) would take the loss, and in a losing effort third baseman Justin Turner would go 4-for-4 seeing only seven total pitches on the night.

Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton was inducted into the Braves Hall of Fame as a broadcaster today at a team luncheon. Sutton won 324 games as pitcher for the Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, and Los Angeles Angels. He started his broadacast work in 1989 and has been doing Braves games for over 20 years that included two seperate stints. This is the fourth Braves broadcaster inducted into the teams Hall of Fame (Ernie Johnson, Skip Caray, Pete van Wieren).

GAME TWO MATCHUP:

The Los Angeles Dodgers will send veteran left hander Brett Anderson (5-5, 3.17 ERA) to the mound Tuesday night. In his last six starts he holds a record of 3-1 with an ERA of 2.48. On top of that, Anderson faced the Braves this year where the Dodgers won as he went seven innings allowing only two runs back on May 25th.

The Atlanta Braves will give the ball to Alex Wood (6-6, 3.76 ERA) Tuesday night. In four games (two starts), Wood is 1-0 with a microscopic 1.08 ERA. Back on May 27th in Los Angeles, Wood went seven innings allowing only one run as he picked up the win. What is worrisome is that the left-hander is terrible at home this season with a 1-3 record and a 5.18 ERA. Maybe facing a team he has success against can turn around his home woes.