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Postgame reaction after the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Atlanta Braves 6-1 on Thursday.

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SOUNDBITE (English) Freddie Gonzalez, Atlanta Braves Manager
"Absolutely, and that was our game plan. Make him pitch a little bit and you're absolutely right, when you look up and you see 77 pitches in the third inning, fourth inning, you feel like you have a chance. But he is what he is, he turned it up the next three or four innings and we didn't really get good swings at him. But offensively I thought we had a good game plan, we followed it, we were patient. We had some people on base, but we had 1, 2 out RBI out of Chris Johnson, and that's pretty much all we got out of him. ."

SOUNDBITE (English) Don Mattingly, Los Angeles Dodgers Manager
"It feels good, obviously to put a win on the board really in a series, try to get that first game kind of under your belt as far as a team, not really worrying about myself so much. But feel good about putting a win on the board."

SOUNDBITE (English) Don Mattingly, Los Angeles Dodgers Manager
"With Clayton (Kershaw), you're not quite sure, but there's a lot of times that he's able to, as the game goes on, all of a sudden the innings will come quick. We've seen him do this a few times. I thought they did a nice job with him early, battling and forcing him to throw more pitches to get outs. I think we walked Simmons early that one inning that kind of elevated his pitch count. No, but kind of as the game goes, he seems to get stronger and stronger. You don't get too concerned, but we talked about letting him go back out. He was probably strong enough to go back out again at 120. He would have went back out. But he's that guy. We've been kind of protecting him. He's thrown a lot of innings but still maybe only once that he's been to 120, protecting him all year long and kind of letting him get to this point."