LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kris Medlen pitched 6 2-3 scoreless innings and hit his first major league home run, Dan Uggla also went deep, and the Atlanta Braves continued their recent stretch of dominant starting pitching in a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.

Medlen (3-6) scattered five hits, struck out six and allowed only one baserunner as far as third. That was in the sixth inning, when the right-hander retired Andre Ethier on a flyball to shallow center field and fanned Scott Van Slyke after Nick Punto led off with a double and advanced on a groundout by Adrian Gonzalez.

Craig Kimbrel pitched a scoreless ninth for his 18th save in 21 attempts.

Stephen Fife (1-1) allowed two runs and nine hits with seven strikeouts in his third start of the season.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Atlanta Braves wasted a solid start from their pitcher for the second straight game, and despite outhitting the Dodgers, they couldn't generate more than one run.

Anthony Varvaro's second wild pitch of the 10th inning allowed pinch-runner Skip Schumaker to score the winning run in Los Angeles' 2-1 victory on Friday night.

Paul Maholm gave up one run and four hits in 7 1-3 innings, struck out three and walked two.

"We've got a great offense, so we've got to go out there and give them a chance," Maholm said. "Unfortunately, we weren't able to capitalize on a number of situations."

Tim Hudson turned in a strong outing in the series opener on Thursday only to lose 5-0.

Maholm had received more than six runs of support per game coming in. The Braves had totaled 29 runs while winning the left-hander's four previous starts.

"Pauly was outstanding. He induced three double plays and he had those guys swinging aggressive early," Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez said.

"That's three straight terrific outings from our starters, if you go back to (Julio) Teheran on Wednesday. We got two outstanding outings here and we got two L's out of it. We scored one run in 19 innings, so that's the way it goes sometimes. That's baseball. It's a cruel game sometimes."

Ramon Hernandez started the Dodgers' rally with a one-out single, took second on the first wild pitch and advanced to third on a single by Luis Cruz.

Varvaro (3-1) then bounced another wild pitch to Juan Uribe, allowing Schumaker to score. Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig was on-deck, but he wasn't needed after homering for the fourth time in five career games.

Brandon League (2-2) got the win in relief.

The Dodgers have won four of five since Puig was called up on Monday from the minors. It was their second straight win over the NL East-leading Braves, who lost for the first time in six games on Thursday.

With a runner on second in the 10th, Justin Upton hit a dribbler picked up by catcher Hernandez, who fired the ball to first base. Umpire CB Bucknor called Upton out to end the inning, although the replay clearly showed he had beaten the throw. Gonzalez came out to argue to no avail.

"He thought he got it closer than what we thought in the dugout," Gonzalez said. "I haven't seen the replay, but in real life, I didn't think it was even that close. After I go back and watch the film, I think I'm going to be pretty correct on that."

The Dodgers had the potential go-ahead run on third with two outs in the eighth when reliever Jordan Walden intentionally walked Puig, the first time this week a team didn't want to pitch to the rookie. Mark Ellis flied out to end the inning.

Puig tied the game 1-all with his fourth homer and 10th RBI of the week with two outs in the sixth. He sent an 0-1 pitch into the left field pavilion not long after being shown losing the "Chopstick Challenge" on the video board. He managed just 12 points competing against a female fan in moving baseballs from one bin to the other using chopsticks.

Puig tied the record for most RBIs through five career games, shared by Danny Espinosa (2010) and Jack Merson (1951), according to information provided to the Dodgers by Elias Sports Bureau.

The Braves led 1-0 on Dan Uggla's RBI single with two outs in the fourth.

Hyun-Jin Ryu returned to the mound after missing his last start for the Dodgers. He bruised his left foot on May 28 against the Angels, when he tossed the first shutout of his career in a 3-0 victory. The left-hander allowed one run and six hits in 7 2-3 innings, struck out six and walked one.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rookie Yasiel Puig hit his first career grand slam, Zack Greinke pitched four-hit ball over seven innings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Atlanta 5-0 on Thursday night, snapping the Braves' five-game winning streak.

Clinging to a 1-0 lead, the Dodgers loaded the bases in the eighth after Cory Gearrin gave up one-out singles to Skip Schumaker and Luis Cruz, and then walked pinch-hitter Hanley Ramirez.

That set the stage for Puig, who had fans on their feet and clapping in expectation of more exploits from the 22-year-old Cuban defector. He was 5 for 8 with two homers and five RBIs in his first two games this week before going 0 for 4 on Wednesday.

Puig homered on the first pitch into the right field pavilion, extending the Dodgers' lead to 5-0. He took his fourth curtain call of the week from the top of the dugout steps, raising both arms to acknowledge the cheers.