Melky Cabrera's two-run single capped a three-run ninth and lifted the Atlanta Braves to a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday.

Dodgers closer Hong-Chih Kuo (3-2) pitched a perfect eighth but couldn't finish the two-inning save. Alex Gonzalez flared a single to left to start the ninth and Brian McCann followed with a single through the right side. After getting Troy Glaus to pop out, Kuo walked Brooks Conrad to load the bases before giving way to Octavio Dotel.

Dotel issued a run-scoring walk to David Ross, then gave up Cabrera's soft single through the left side to score the winning runs.

Peter Moylan (4-2) pitched a perfect ninth for the win.

The Braves' rally spoiled a strong start by Chad Billingsley, who allowed one run on five hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts.

The Dodgers took a 3-1 lead in the eighth when Brooks Conrad's throwing error on a soft roller up the third base line by Ryan Theriot allowed two runs to score. But Cabrera cut down Theriot at the plate on a potential sacrifice fly to keep the lead to two runs.

Los Angeles had grabbed a 1-0 edge in the first on Andre Ethier's RBI double. Atlanta tied it in the sixth when Omar Infante tripled and scored on Jason Heyward's sacrifice fly.