The Braves routed Fernando Valenzuela in a seven-run fourth inning and went on to trim the Dodgers, 9-4, behind Gaylord Perry's 293rd career victory. With one out in the fourth, Dale Murphy and Chris Chambliss delivered back-to-back singles. Glenn Hubbard walked, filling the bases, and Bruce Benedict singled, scoring Murphy. Atlanta Braves 9, Los Angeles Dodgers 4Game Played on Thursday, May 28, 1981 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County StadiumDodgers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 - 4 10 0 Braves 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 x - 9 11 1 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Thomas 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Linares lf 5 1 3 2 0 1 .217 Landreaux cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .274 Pocoroba 3b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .198 Baker lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .300 Harper rf 3 0 0 1 2 1 .264 Sutcliffe p 1 1 1 1 0 0 .200 Murphy cf 4 1 2 2 0 1 .252 Garvey 1b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .283 Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .270 Monday rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .233 Hubbard 2b 3 2 1 0 1 0 .243 Guerrero 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .301 Benedict c 4 2 2 1 0 0 .278 Scioscia c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .300 Ramirez ss 4 1 0 0 0 1 .208 Russell ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .191 Perry p 3 1 1 2 0 0 .261 Johnstone lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .133 Camp p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Valenzuela p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .290 Forster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ferguson ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .091 Frias ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 .375 Totals 35 4 10 4 1 4 Totals 33 9 11 9 3 4 Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 26,597 Left on Base: Dodgers 5, Braves 6 DP: Dodgers 0, Braves 1 Errors: Linares Doubles: Landreaux (8) Home Runs: Garvey (6) Caught Stealing: Guerrero (5) Sacrifice Hits: Pocoroba (4), Perry (1) GIDP: Garvey (3) Hit by Pitch: Pocoroba (2,by Valenzuela) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Valenzuela L(8-2) 3.2 6 7 7 2 2 0 20 1.89 Forster 1.1 5 2 2 1 2 0 10 5.79 Sutcliffe 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.09 Totals 8 11 9 9 3 4 0 39 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry W(4-3) 8 9 4 4 1 3 1 32 3.44 Camp 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1.76 Totals 9 10 4 4 1 4 1 36 Hit by Pitch: Valenzuela (1) Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Randy Marsh, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Dutch Rennert DODGERS 1ST: Thomas reached on an error by Linares; Landreaux forced Thomas (shortstop to second); Baker singled to left [Landreaux to second]; Garvey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Baker out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Linares singled to first; Pocoroba out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Linares to second]; Harper walked; Murphy struck out; Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0. DODGERS 2ND: Monday struck out; Guerrero singled to right; Guerrero was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Scioscia flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Hubbard lined to shortstop; Benedict flied out to center; Ramirez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0. DODGERS 3RD: Russell flied to left in foul territory; Valenzuela grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Perry lined to second; Linares struck out; Pocoroba grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0. DODGERS 4TH: Landreaux grounded out (first to pitcher); Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Garvey singled to right [Garvey out at second (right to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: Harper flied out to center; Murphy singled to center; Chambliss singled to right [Murphy to third]; Hubbard walked [Chambliss to second]; Benedict singled to shortstop [Murphy scored, Chambliss to third, Hubbard to second]; Ramirez forced Chambliss (third to catcher) [Hubbard to third, Benedict to second]; Perry singled to center [Hubbard scored, Benedict scored, Ramirez to third]; Linares singled to center [Ramirez scored, Perry to second]; Pocoroba was hit by a pitch [Perry to third, Linares to second]; FORSTER REPLACED VALENZUELA (PITCHING); Harper walked [Perry scored, Linares to third, Pocoroba to second]; Murphy singled to center [Linares scored, Pocoroba scored, Harper to third]; Chambliss flied out to center; 7 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 7. DODGERS 5TH: Monday was called out on strikes; Guerrero grounded out (third to first); Scioscia grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 7. BRAVES 5TH: Hubbard singled to right; Benedict singled to right [Hubbard to second]; Ramirez struck out; Perry out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Hubbard to third, Benedict to second]; Linares singled to catcher [Hubbard scored, Benedict to third]; Pocoroba singled to pitcher [Benedict scored, Linares to second]; Harper struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 9. DODGERS 6TH: Russell flied out to center; FERGUSON BATTED FOR FORSTER; Ferguson walked; Thomas flied out to left; Landreaux doubled to center [Ferguson scored]; Baker flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 9. BRAVES 6TH: FRIAS REPLACED FERGUSON (PLAYING SS); JOHNSTONE REPLACED RUSSELL (PLAYING LF); SUTCLIFFE REPLACED BAKER (PITCHING); Murphy grounded out (first unassisted); Chambliss popped to second; Hubbard popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 9. DODGERS 7TH: Garvey grounded out (second to first); Monday singled to right; Guerrero flied out to center; Scioscia singled to center [Monday to second]; Johnstone struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 9. BRAVES 7TH: Benedict grounded out (third to first); Ramirez grounded out (third to first); Perry flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 9. DODGERS 8TH: Frias singled to left; Thomas grounded out (third to first) [Frias to second]; Landreaux flied out to right; Sutcliffe singled to center [Frias scored]; Garvey homered [Sutcliffe scored]; Monday grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 4, Braves 9. BRAVES 8TH: Linares popped to first in foul territory; Pocoroba flied out to right; Harper grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 4, Braves 9. DODGERS 9TH: CAMP REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Guerrero was called out on strikes; Scioscia singled to left; Johnstone forced Scioscia (third to second); Frias forced Johnstone (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 4, Braves 9. |
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