Chris Sale shut out the Los Angeles Dodgers to cap off the Atlanta Braves' sweep of their three-game series. Sale threw a complete game, recording his first shutout since 2019. According to Yahoo Sports, he struck out 11 batters and threw his fastest pitch in eight years against Shohei Ohtani.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a first-pitch home run to Atlanta, which proved to be the game's only run in the Braves' 1-0 victory. It marked the first complete-game shutout for the Braves since April 2024, and their first sweep of the Dodgers since 2013, per Yahoo Sports reporting.

The contest featured a battle between two aces, with Sale's dominant performance ultimately deciding the pitchers' duel in Atlanta's favor.