Dusty Baker and Ron Cey clouted homers to highlight the Dodgers' 6-2 victory over the Braves. Baker, who had four hits in the game, rapped a solo shot in the third inning. Cey put the game on ice with a three-run smash in the ninth. Don Sutton. who pitched seven innings, recorded his eighth victory of the season and 225th of his career while increasing his lifetime mark against the Braves to 33-12. [The Sporting News]
Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Atlanta Braves 2

Game Played on Wednesday, August 6, 1980 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Dodgers      1  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   6 14  0
Braves       1  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  8  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .235      Hubbard 2b            5   0   0   0     0   1   .270
Russell ss            5   1   2   0     0   0   .273      Matthews rf           4   2   2   1     0   1   .280
Baker lf              4   3   4   1     1   0   .296      Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .289
Garvey 1b             5   0   2   1     0   0   .314      Horner 3b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .251
Cey 3b                5   1   1   3     0   1   .260      Murphy cf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .277
  Thomasson rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .210      Burroughs lf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .254
Monday rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .242      Nahorodny c           4   0   1   0     0   0   .263
  Hatcher ph,3b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Ramirez ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Guerrero cf           4   0   2   0     0   1   .342        Pocoroba ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .263
Yeager c              3   0   1   1     0   0   .207      Matula p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .075
Sutton p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .073        Lum ph              1   0   1   0     0   0   .200
  Johnstone ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .317        Royster pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .234
  Castillo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Bradford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Asselstine ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .283

Totals               40   6  14   6     1   3             Totals               35   2   8   2     2   5

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance:  9,441
Left on Base: Dodgers 9, Braves 8
DP: Dodgers 0, Braves 1
Errors: Horner
Doubles: Baker (18), Matthews (9)
Home Runs: Baker (21), Cey (16), Matthews (13)
Sacrifice Flies: Yeager (1)
GIDP: Sutton (2)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(8-3)           7     6   2   2   1   3   1  28   2.19
Castillo SV(4)          2     2   0   0   1   2   0   9   2.90
Totals                  9     8   2   2   2   5   1  37

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matula L(6-10)          7    10   3   3   1   3   1  32   4.82
Garber                  1.2   4   3   3   0   0   1   9   4.68
Bradford                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.35
Totals                  9    14   6   6   1   3   2  42

Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Fred Brocklander


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes flied out to right; Russell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Baker doubled to center; Garvey singled to
left [Baker scored]; Cey flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Hubbard struck out; Matthews homered; Chambliss
flied out to center; Horner grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Monday singled to right; Guerrero singled to center
[Monday to third]; Yeager hit a sacrifice fly to left [Monday
scored]; Sutton grounded out (catcher unassisted) [Guerrero
stayed at first]; Don Sutton called for interference;
Lopes singled to third [Guerrero to second]; Russell grounded
out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Braves
1.

BRAVES 2ND: Murphy singled to right; Burroughs grounded out
(third to first) [Murphy to second]; Nahorodny flied out to
left; Ramirez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Braves 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Baker homered; Garvey singled to left; Cey struck
out; Monday flied out to left; Guerrero struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Braves 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Matula singled to right; Hubbard flied out to right;
Matthews flied out to right; Chambliss struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Braves 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Yeager singled to left; On a bunt Sutton grounded
into a double play (first to shortstop to second) [Yeager out at
second]; Lopes grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Braves 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Horner struck out; Murphy walked; Burroughs forced
Murphy (third to second); Nahorodny popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Braves 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Russell lined to third; Baker walked; Garvey flied
out to center; Cey forced Baker (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Braves 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Ramirez grounded out (shortstop to first); Matula
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hubbard flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Braves 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Monday grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero
reached on an error by Horner [Guerrero to first]; Yeager flied
out to center; Sutton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
3, Braves 1.

BRAVES 6TH: Matthews doubled to right; Chambliss grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Matthews to third]; Horner singled to center
[Matthews scored]; Murphy flied out to left; Burroughs forced
Horner (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Braves 2.

DODGERS 7TH: Lopes popped to third; Russell singled to left;
Baker singled to right [Russell to third]; Garvey popped to
catcher in foul territory; Cey flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Braves 2.

BRAVES 7TH: Nahorodny popped to second; Ramirez grounded out
(shortstop to first); LUM BATTED FOR MATULA; Lum singled to
center; ROYSTER RAN FOR LUM; Hubbard flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Braves 2.

DODGERS 8TH: GARBER REPLACED ROYSTER (PITCHING); Monday flied
out to right; Guerrero singled to center; Yeager grounded out
(second to first) [Guerrero to second]; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR
SUTTON; Johnstone flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Braves 2.

BRAVES 8TH: CASTILLO REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PITCHING); Matthews
struck out; Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Horner
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Braves 2.

DODGERS 9TH: Lopes grounded out (third to first); Russell
singled to center; Baker singled to center [Russell to second];
Garvey grounded out (second to shortstop to first) [Russell to
third, Baker to second]; Braves Manager Bobby Cox ejected by
2B umpire Jerry Dale for arguing the call at 2B; Cox spat at
Dale; Cey homered [Russell scored, Baker scored]; BRADFORD
REPLACED GARBER (PITCHING); HATCHER BATTED FOR MONDAY; Hatcher
grounded out (first to pitcher); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
6, Braves 2.

BRAVES 9TH: HATCHER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); THOMASSON
REPLACED CEY (PLAYING RF); Murphy was called out on strikes;
Burroughs singled to left; Nahorodny singled to center
[Burroughs to second]; POCOROBA BATTED FOR RAMIREZ; Pocoroba
walked [Burroughs to third, Nahorodny to second]; ASSELSTINE
BATTED FOR BRADFORD; Asselstine popped to third in foul
territory; Hubbard popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Braves 2.
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