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Teoscar Hernandez hit a two-run home run in the first inning, Tyler Glasnow went five scoreless and the Los Angeles Dodgers remained perfect on the season with a 6-1 home victory over the sluggish Atlanta Braves on Monday.

Hernandez had two hits and three runs scored while taking over the third spot in the order from Freddie Freeman, who aggravated his surgically repaired right ankle while slipping in the shower and had the day off against his former team. Enrique Hernandez also hit a home run for Los Angeles.

Michael Conforto and Will Smith added RBI hits for Los Angeles, which improved to 6-0 on the season.

The Braves not only dropped their fifth consecutive game to start the season, but they saw their scoreless streak reach 29 innings before breaking through in the eighth inning on a home run from Michael Harris II.

In his first start of the season, Atlanta right-hander Grant Holmes (0-1) gave up four runs on four hits over four innings with four walks and three strikeouts. The Braves were without outfielder Jurickson Profar, who was given an 80-day PED suspension Monday.

Bryan De La Cruz started in left field for Profar and went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.

The Dodgers were off and running when Teoscar Hernandez hit his second home run of the season in the opening inning for a 2-0 lead. In the third, Conforto had an RBI double and Tommy Edman had a sacrifice fly for a run for a 4-0 lead.

Smith had an RBI single that gave the Dodgers a 5-0 lead in the fifth and Enrique Hernandez hit his second home run of the season in the sixth.

The Braves got on the scoreboard with Harris’ homer in the eighth off Dodgers left-hander Tanner Scott.

In his first start of the season, Glasnow (1-0) gave up two hits over his five scoreless innings with three walks and eight strikeouts.

Los Angeles is 6-0 to open a season for the first time since 1981 when they won the World Series.

–Field Level Media