[1] They finished the season in first place in the National League East, but lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS.

The Braves were losing future Hall of Famer Chipper Jones to retirement, and centerfielder and lead-off man Michael Bourn was lost to free agency.

's brother Justin Upton, a left fielder from the Diamondbacks, along with third baseman Chris Johnson, in exchange for Prado, Randall Delgado, and three minor league prospects.

[6] They also brought back a former teammate by claiming outfielder Jordan Schafer off waivers from the Houston Astros.

Infielders Other batters Coaches 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Turner Field in Atlanta Braves ace Kris Medlen struck out the side in the first inning, getting Carl Crawford looking and Mark Ellis and Hanley Ramírez swinging, throwing Turner Field into a frenzy.

Kershaw struck out Jason Heyward and their leading offensive power Freddie Freeman to end the first.

Skip Schumaker then hit a sac-fly to Jason Heyward scoring Puig and Uribe tagging to 2nd base with two outs.

Unfortunately, after a Brian McCann fly-out, surprise slugger Chris Johnson, who finished second in the National League Batting Race, flew out to Puig.

However, on the first pitch of his at-bat, Adrián González hammered a two-run homerun, extending the Dodgers lead to 4-0 and basically ending the game.

After Justin Upton grounded out to Kershaw for the second time, Freeman singled and Gattis walked.