LOS ANGELES — When he reached the major leagues, Atlanta Braves pitcher Max Fried chose jersey No. 32 as an homage to his favorite pitcher growing up: Sandy Koufax.

Koufax famously threw the first perfect game in Dodger Stadium history, on Sept. 9, 1965. Fried, a 28-year-old San Fernando Valley native who starred at Harvard-Westlake, was bidding to become the latest on Tuesday. He held the Dodgers without a baserunner for five innings in Atlanta’s 3-1 victory before an announced crowd of 51,889.

The game – and the Dodgers’ seven-game winning streak – ended with Kenley Jansen on the mound as a visiting player for the first time. Jansen stunned the baseball world when he signed with Atlanta as a free agent in March. He slammed the door Tuesday by retiring Will Smith on a fly ball, striking out Mookie Betts, and getting Freddie Freeman to swing just under a deep fly ball.

It was Freeman, of course, who stunned the baseball world by leaving the Braves and signing with the Dodgers a day before Jansen’s contract became official. Each player spent 12 seasons in the opposite uniform.

Hanser Alberto was the Dodgers’ unlikely offensive hero. The utility infielder got the start at third base in place of Justin Turner, who served as the designated hitter. Alberto led off the sixth inning with a single to right field, then drove in the Dodgers’ only run when he grounded out softly in the eighth inning, allowing Chris Taylor to score from third base.

That was the extent of the Dodgers’ offense, and it came against reliever Tyler Matzek. The story of the game was Fried, who deployed his fastball, changeup, slider, sinker and curveball to near-perfection. The left-hander did not walk a batter and struck out eight.

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Dodgers starter Walker Buehler allowed three runs in five innings, walking one batter and striking out two. His biggest mistake came in the second inning, a first-pitch fastball that Travis d’Arnaud pounded into the left field bullpen for a home run.

Buehler got out of a two-on, no-out situation in the third inning by getting Austin Riley to ground into a double play and striking out Marcell Ozuna.

A two-out double by Orlando Arcia in the fourth inning scored Eddie Rosario with Atlanta’s second run. A two-out single by Riley in the fifth inning made it 3-0.

Buehler (1-1), the Dodgers’ Opening Day starter, allowed eight hits in total. He has a 4.02 ERA after three starts.

More to come on this story.