Mookie Betts hit his first home run since April 14. The Dodgers picked up their sixth straight win.

The Dodgers (22-10) extended their winning streak to six games after they defeated the Braves (14-17) Friday night 2-1 in stormy Atlanta.

The Dodgers didn’t have much offense on the night aside from a Mookie Betts solo home run and a Will Smith sac fly, but they were able to edge out the Braves in the pitchers duel.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto made his fifth straight Friday start and once again dominated. He was in complete control and didn’t allow a hit until the sixth inning.

Old friend and former Dodgers first-round draft pick Grant Holmes got another shot at the Dodgers after losing to them at Dodger Stadium earlier in the season. The curly-maned pitcher came out strong and struck out the side in the top of the first using only 11 pitches to retire Shohei Ohtani, Betts, and Freddie Freeman all on swinging strikes.

Both starters cruised through the first three innings without surrendering a hit. Holmes struck out five through the first three frames, and Yamamoto fanned four.

Yamamoto not only flexed his pitching prowess over the Braves, but he also showed off his cat-like reflexes to snare a Sean Murphy scorcher.

The first base hit of the game came from a Betts comebacker that literally hit Holmes in the backside with one out in the top of the fourth.

The Dodgers managed another infield hit, a Freeman grounder off the glove of fellow first baseman Matt Olson. Teoscar Hernández walked to load the bases with one out.

The Dodgers grabbed the first lead with a patented Smith sacrifice fly. Other than the comebacker off his rear end and a misplay by Olson at first, Holmes attacked the strike zone and collected a career-high nine strikeouts.

The Dodgers began to chip away at Holmes in the sixth. Betts hit his first home run since April 14 with one out and two strikes to double the Dodgers lead.

Yamamoto’s no-hit bid was broken up by Austin Riley with two outs in the bottom of the sixth.

Matt Olson’s solo lead off home run against Kirby Yates in the home half of the seventh cut the Dodgers lead in half.

The rain came rolling in during the eighth inning. Tanner Scott did his best to quickly retire the side before the storm worsened. Unfortunately the rain arrived in a hurry, and the game was put into delay before the top of the ninth.

After an hour and 13-minute delay, the ninth inning resumed in soggy Georgia. Rafael Montero pitched a scoreless inning out of the Braves bullpen.

Evan Phillips used his sweeper to strike out Riley and Marcell Ozuna, but he walked Olson to bring up the tying run with Murphy at the plate. Phillips fielded the final out himself, a grounder toward the mound, to finish off the Braves and pick up his first save of the season.

Friday particulars

Home runs: Mookie Betts (5), Matt Olson (5)

WP — Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-2): 6 IP, 1 hit, no runs, 2 walks, 6 strikeouts (91 pitches)

LP — Grant Holmes (2-2): 6 IP, 4 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks, 9 strikeouts (94 pitches)

Sv — Evan Phillips (1): 1 IP, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts

Up next

Should the weather permit, Roki Sasaki (0-1, 3.55 ERA, 1.421 WHIP) will once again try for his first major league win. The Braves counter with their young ace Spencer Schwellenbach (1-2, 2.87 ERA, 0.98 WHIP) with first pitch at (4:15 p.m.; FOX).