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Message #: 16129
July 21 Gary Matthews homered at Fulton Co. Stadium where the blistering-hot Atlanta Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3 to 1. Atlanta scored the decisive runs in a big bottom of the 8th inning scoring 2 runs utilizing 3 base hits. Claudell Washington led off and started the rally when he doubled. Rafael Ramirez followed, but he was set down on strikes. Matthews then slapped a single. Dale Murphy followed and he stroked a single plating a run. Chris Chambliss stepped into the box and drew a walk to load the bases. Dave McKay added to the rally and hit a deep fly scoring the final run of the inning. Los Angeles threatened in the 9th but Atlanta was able to put down the rally. Rick Mahler(8-6) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 1 and 2/3 innings. Rick Camp was credited with his 23rd save. Alejandro Pena(4-1) absorbed the loss in relief. He surrendered 2 runs in 2 innings and saw his ERA increase from 2.25 to 2.77. With the win, Atlanta continued their winning ways; their streak now stands at 7 games and counting. [1] Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG R.Burleson SS 5 0 3 1 .307 C.Washington RF 4 1 2 0 .292 M.Scioscia C 4 0 1 0 .242 R.Ramirez SS 4 0 1 0 .184 D.Baker LF 3 0 0 0 .343 G.Matthews LF 4 2 2 1 .286 E-S.Braun PH 1 0 0 0 .213 C-E.Miller LF 0 0 0 0 .197 T.Puhl RF 4 0 1 0 .242 D.Murphy CF 4 0 1 1 .264 S.Garvey 1B 4 0 1 0 .272 C.Chambliss 1B 2 0 0 0 .218 L.Gomez 3B 3 0 0 0 .133 D.McKay 3B 3 0 1 1 .291 C.Geronimo CF 3 0 1 0 .164 B.Benedict C 4 0 1 0 .274 D.Lopes 2B 4 1 0 0 .231 G.Hubbard 2B 2 0 0 0 .210 B.Welch P 2 0 0 0 .213 P.Niekro P 2 0 0 0 .111 A-J.Nolan PH 1 0 0 0 .262 B-P.Runge PH 1 0 0 0 .333 A.Pena P 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Mahler P 0 0 0 0 .273 D-C.Lemon PH 1 0 1 0 .240 R.Camp P 0 0 0 0 .333 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- [1] Totals 35 1 8 1 Totals 30 3 8 3 A-Pinch Hit For Welch In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Niekro In 7th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Matthews In 9th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Pena In 9th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Baker In 9th Inning Dodgers......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 0 Braves.......... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 3 8 3 [1]Dodgers (60-47) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Welch 6 5 1 1 2 7 1 101 3.25 A1 C6 A.Pena LOSS(4-1) 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 41 2.77 C7 [1]Totals 8 8 3 3 3 8 1 [1]Braves (57-50) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET P.Niekro 7 6 1 0 2 2 0 101 2.74 A1 D3 R.Mahler WIN(8-6) 1 2/3 2 0 0 1 0 0 35 3.05 D4 E2 R.Camp SAVE(23rd) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.60 E3 [1]Totals 9 8 1 0 3 2 0 ATTENDANCE- 49,451 DATE- Saturday, July 25th 1981 TIME- Night T- 2:41 LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers:11 Braves: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 0 Braves: 0 ERRORS- R.Ramirez, D.McKay, B.Benedict DOUBLES- C.Washington-2(19th), R.Ramirez(9th) HOME RUNS- G.Matthews(13th) STOLEN BASES- C.Washington(14th) SACRIFICE HITS- C.Geronimo SACRIFICE FLIES- D.McKay WALKS- M.Scioscia, D.Baker, L.Gomez, C.Chambliss-2, G.Hubbard STRIKE OUTS- B.Welch, J.Nolan, C.Washington, R.Ramirez-3, D.Murphy-2, P.Niekro-2 PASSED BALLS- B.Benedict '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' July 26 Fernando Valenzuela haddefeated the Atlanta Braves in 13 innings 1 to 0 at Fulton Co. Stadium. The run-column was full of goose eggs at the end of nine full innings. Los Angeles was victorious in the 13th inning. Luis Gomez banged out a single. Mike Scioscia came next and he laid down a sacrifice bunt. Rick Burleson then reached on an error. Terry Puhl was up next and he drew a walk to load the bases. Ron Cey stepped into the box and hit a deep fly scoring the run. For the game Los Angeles out-hit Atlanta 7 to 4. The victory was credited to Steve Howe(2-2) who went 3 innings, allowing no runs. Tom Niedenfuer earned his 4th save. Ken Kravec(3-2) ended up with the loss in relief. It was a tough loss for him as he did not allow an earned run in his 4 and 1/3 innings of work. With this win, Los Angeles has a division leading 61-47 record. They have been 4-6 lately. With this loss, Atlanta has a 7-3 record of late, 57-51 overall. [1] Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG J.Nolan C 3 0 0 0 .259 L.Lacy RF 4 0 0 0 .275 B-S.Sax PH 1 0 1 0 .319 R.Ramirez SS 4 0 1 0 .186 C-M.Scioscia C 0 0 0 0 .242 C.Chambliss 1B 5 0 1 0 .218 R.Burleson SS 6 0 0 0 .303 D.McKay 3B 5 0 0 0 .282 P.Guerrero RF 5 0 2 0 .326 R.Linares LF 5 0 1 0 .222 D-T.Puhl RF 0 0 0 0 .242 L.Pujols C 5 0 1 0 .277 R.Cey 3B 4 0 0 1 .269 R.Mahler P 0 0 0 0 .273 S.Garvey 1B 6 0 1 0 .271 G.Hubbard 2B 5 0 0 0 .207 D.Baker LF 5 0 1 0 .342 E.Miller CF 5 0 0 0 .183 C.Lemon CF 3 0 1 0 .241 J.Denny P 2 0 0 0 .021 F-C.Geronimo CF 0 0 0 0 .164 A-B.Horner PH 1 0 0 0 .302 L.Milbourne 2B 4 0 0 0 .368 K.Kravec P 1 0 0 0 .125 E-D.Lopes PH,2B 1 0 0 0 .229 H-B.Benedict C 1 0 0 0 .273 F.Valenzuela P 3 0 0 0 .206 S.Howe P 0 0 0 0 .000 G-L.Gomez PH 1 1 1 0 .152 T.Niedenfuer P 0 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- [1] Totals 42 1 7 1 Totals 43 0 4 0 A-Pinch Hit For Denny In 8th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Nolan In 11th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Sax In 11th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Guerrero In 11th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Milbourne In 12th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Lemon In 12th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Howe In 13th Inning H-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Kravec In 13th Inning Dodgers......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 7 0 Braves.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 [1]Dodgers (61-47) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET F.Valenzuela 9 1 0 0 2 9 0 129 2.42 A1 D3 S.Howe WIN(2-2) 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 29 0.94 D4 E6 T.Niedenfuer SAVE(4th) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.95 E7 [1]Totals 13 4 0 0 2 11 0 [1]Braves (57-51) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Denny 8 3 0 0 3 6 0 103 3.37 A1 D2 K.Kravec LOSS(3-2) 4 1/3 4 1 0 1 3 0 71 1.73 D3 F2 R.Mahler 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 3.04 F3 [1]Totals 13 7 1 0 5 9 0 ATTENDANCE- 46,161 DATE- Sunday, July 26th 1981 TIME- Night T- 3:29 LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers:10 Braves: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 0 Braves: 2 ERRORS- R.Ramirez DOUBLES- S.Garvey(29th), D.Baker(19th), C.Lemon(13th), R.Ramirez(10th) STOLEN BASES- L.Lacy(16th), C.Chambliss(5th) SACRIFICE HITS- M.Scioscia SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Cey WALKS- J.Nolan, T.Puhl, R.Cey, C.Lemon, F.Valenzuela, L.Lacy, R.Ramirez HIT BY PITCH- C.Lemon STRIKE OUTS- R.Cey, S.Garvey-2, D.Baker, C.Lemon-2, L.Milbourne, F.Valenzuela-2, L.Lacy-2, R.Ramirez, D.McKay-3, R.Linares, G.Hubbard, E.Miller-2, J.Denny GIDP- P.Guerrero [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ July 27 One run was the difference at Fulton Co. Stadium as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Atlanta Braves 3 to 2. Tom Griffin(7-10) pitched a fine game. He allowed 3 hits and 3 walks in 7 innings. Los Angeles had 9 hits for the game and Atlanta had 4. Griffin got relief help from Mark Bomback who gained credit for his 4th save. Joe Niekro(6-12) was the loser. He pitched 6 innings allowing 6 hits and 2 walks. [1] Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG R.Burleson SS 5 0 1 0 .302 C.Washington RF 3 0 1 0 .292 S.Sax 2B 4 1 1 0 .317 R.Ramirez SS 4 0 0 0 .181 J.Nolan C 3 1 1 0 .260 T.Underwood P 0 0 0 0 .091 B-M.Scioscia C 0 0 0 0 .242 G.Matthews LF 3 1 1 0 .286 D.Baker LF 4 1 3 3 .346 D.Murphy CF 3 0 1 0 .265 T.Puhl RF,CF 5 0 1 0 .241 C.Chambliss 1B 4 0 0 0 .215 S.Garvey 1B 3 0 0 0 .269 D.McKay 3B 2 1 0 0 .279 R.Cey 3B 4 0 2 0 .272 B.Benedict C 3 0 1 2 .273 C.Lemon CF 3 0 0 0 .239 G.Hubbard 2B 3 0 0 0 .204 M.Bomback P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Niekro P 1 0 0 0 .244 T.Griffin P 3 0 0 0 .154 A-B.Horner PH 1 0 0 0 .302 C-P.Guerrero RF 1 0 0 0 .325 K.Kravec P 0 0 0 0 .125 D-P.Runge PH,SS 1 0 0 0 .250 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- [1] Totals 35 3 9 3 Totals 28 2 4 2 A-Pinch Hit For Niekro In 6th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Nolan In 7th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Griffin In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Kravec In 8th Inning Dodgers......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 0 Braves.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 4 2 [1]Dodgers (62-47) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET T.Griffin WIN(7-10) 7 3 2 2 3 6 0 101 4.68 A1 C8 M.Bomback SAVE(4th) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 4.36 C9 [1]Totals 9 4 2 2 3 6 0 [1]Braves (57-52) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Niekro LOSS(6-12) 6 6 3 2 2 1 1 95 3.41 A1 C8 K.Kravec 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 35 1.65 C9 D8 T.Underwood 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 21 3.35 D9 [1]Totals 9 9 3 2 5 4 1 ATTENDANCE- 41,493 DATE- Monday, July 27th 1981 TIME- Night T- 2:41 LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers:11 Braves: 3 DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 2 Braves: 0 ERRORS- D.McKay, B.Benedict DOUBLES- B.Benedict(11th) HOME RUNS- D.Baker(8th) CAUGHT STEALING- T.Puhl SACRIFICE HITS- M.Scioscia WALKS- S.Sax, J.Nolan, D.Baker, S.Garvey, C.Lemon, G.Matthews, D.Murphy, D.McKay HIT BY PITCH- C.Washington STRIKE OUTS- R.Burleson, T.Puhl, C.Lemon, T.Griffin, C.Chambliss, D.McKay, B.Benedict-2, G.Hubbard, B.Horner GIDP- R.Ramirez, C.Chambliss uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu July 28 Dusty Baker had 4 hits and 5 RBI as the Los Angeles Dodgers topped the Atlanta Braves by a score of 6 to 1 at Fulton Co. Stadium. Baker provided the offensive punch. He laced a base-knock scoring a run in the 1st inning, slapped a one-base hit plating a run in the 3rd inning, blasted a two-run home run (his 9th of the season) in the 5th inning and singled bringing in a run in the 7th inning. For the game Los Angeles out-hit Atlanta 11 to 5. Burt Hooton(13-6) went 8 innings allowing no runs for the victory. Steve Renko(2-8) was tagged with the loss. He got hit hard, allowing 7 hits and 2 walks in 4 and 2/3 innings. [1] Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG R.Burleson SS 5 1 1 0 .301 C.Washington RF 4 0 0 0 .288 J.Nolan C 4 3 2 1 .264 R.Ramirez SS 4 0 0 0 .177 D-M.Scioscia C 0 0 0 0 .242 G.Matthews LF 2 1 0 0 .285 P.Guerrero RF 3 1 1 0 .325 D.Murphy CF 4 0 2 0 .267 A-T.Puhl PH,RF 1 0 0 0 .240 C.Chambliss 1B 4 0 2 1 .218 D.Baker LF 4 1 4 5 .352 D.McKay 3B 4 0 1 0 .279 S.Garvey 1B 3 0 0 0 .267 B.Benedict C 4 0 0 0 .269 R.Cey 3B 4 0 1 0 .271 G.Hubbard 2B 2 0 0 0 .203 C.Lemon CF 4 0 1 0 .239 S.Renko P 1 0 0 0 .071 B-C.Geronimo CF 0 0 0 0 .164 R.Mahler P 1 0 0 0 .267 D.Lopes 2B 4 0 1 0 .229 C-B.Horner PH 1 0 0 0 .301 E-S.Sax 2B 0 0 0 0 .317 T.Underwood P 0 0 0 0 .091 B.Hooton P 3 0 0 0 .196 D.Miller P 0 0 0 0 .250 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- [1] Totals 35 6 11 6 Totals 31 1 5 1 A-Pinch Hit For Guerrero In 7th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Lemon In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Mahler In 8th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Nolan In 9th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Lopes In 9th Inning Dodgers......... 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 6 11 0 Braves.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 0 [1]Dodgers (63-47) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Hooton WIN(13-6) 8 4 0 0 2 4 0 105 2.68 A1 D2 D.Miller 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 13 4.95 D3 [1]Totals 9 5 1 1 3 5 0 [1]Braves (57-53) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET S.Renko LOSS(2-8) 4 2/3 7 5 5 2 0 1 78 5.20 A1 C5 R.Mahler 3 1/3 3 1 1 0 1 0 37 3.03 C6 D7 T.Underwood 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 3.30 D8 [1]Totals 9 11 6 6 2 2 1 ATTENDANCE- 26,572 DATE- Tuesday, July 28th 1981 TIME- Day T- 3:00 LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 5 Braves: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 0 Braves: 0 DOUBLES- J.Nolan(11th), P.Guerrero(20th), R.Cey(20th), C.Lemon(14th), C.Chambliss(19th), D.McKay(15th) TRIPLES- J.Nolan(1st) HOME RUNS- D.Baker(9th) STOLEN BASES- D.Murphy(15th) CAUGHT STEALING- G.Matthews SACRIFICE HITS- B.Hooton WALKS- J.Nolan, S.Garvey, G.Matthews-2, G.Hubbard STRIKE OUTS- J.Nolan, C.Lemon, C.Washington, D.Murphy, D.McKay, G.Hubbard, S.Renko WEB GEMS- Top 5th: Bruce Benedict blocked the plate, saving a run! 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