Braves lose to Dodgers on Kemp's 12th-inning HR

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LOS ANGELES – For the second straight series, Matt Kemp helped the Los Angeles Dodgers win the finale with a game-ending home run. This time, the Atlanta Braves were the victims.

Christhian Martinez surrendered the deciding hit on an 0-2 pitch, three innings after Casey Blake tied it in the bottom of the ninth with an RBI single on an 0-2 delivery from Craig Kimbrel.

The result: The Braves lost 5-3 Thursday, dropping a chance to split the four-game set.

"You can't make mistakes 0-2, and we did today," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "Anytime you do that late in the game, you're asking for trouble."

Both teams were down to their final strike much earlier.

David Ross hit a two-out, two-run single in the top of the ninth to put the Braves ahead 3-2. They rallied with two hits and a walk against Clayton Kershaw, who had held them to just two hits through the first eight.
 
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