Braves young left-hander Alex Wood struggled with his command, but managed to pick up his seventh win of the season in Tuesday's 4-3 victory over the Dodgers. Wood allowed three runs on six hits over 6 2/3 innings of work. He walked four and struck out three, throwing just 59 of his 107 pitches for strikes.
Wood improved his record to 7-6, but was fortunate to come away with the win. Wood gave up a solo home run to Justin Turner in the first inning to put the Braves down 1-0 early. But the Braves were able to score two in the bottom half to take the lead.
The next inning, Wood allowed another solo homer, this time to Yasiel Puig. The Braves tied it up, but again Wood coughed up the lead in the fifth. The Braves' bats bailed him out one last time, and they were able to hold on for the one-run victory.
The four walks match a season-high for Wood, whose ERA sits at 3.78 following Tuesday's game.