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Monday September 28, 1981
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The Braves snapped a four-game losing skein by edging the Dodgers, 2-1. Dale Murphy led off Atlanta's seventh inning with a single and scored on a triple by Glenn Hubbard. Matt Sinatro then singled to center to plate Hubbard with the game-winning marker. [The Sporting News]


Atlanta Braves 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 1

Game Played on Monday, September 28, 1981 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Dodgers      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  0
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  x  -   2  6  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Sax 2b                4   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Harper rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .250
Roenicke cf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .227      Linares lf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Baker lf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .315      Horner 3b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .256
Garvey 1b             1   1   1   1     0   0   .281        Royster pr,3b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .204
  Johnstone 1b        3   0   1   0     0   0   .224      Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .272
  Weiss pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Murphy cf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .252
Marshall 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Hubbard 2b            3   1   3   1     0   0   .241
Maldonado rf          3   0   1   0     0   0   .167      Sinatro c             2   0   1   1     1   0   .333
Yeager c              3   0   1   0     0   1   .203      Runge ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .125
Thomas ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .254      Mahler p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .160
Reuss p               2   0   1   0     0   1   .208        Jacoby ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Landreaux ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .248        Camp p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stewart p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .400

Totals               32   1   6   1     0   5             Totals               29   2   6   2     2   4

Time of Game: 1:50   Attendance:  2,348
Left on Base: Dodgers 4, Braves 5
DP: Dodgers 1, Braves 1
Doubles: Baker (16)
Triples: Hubbard (5)
Home Runs: Garvey (10)
GIDP: Marshall (1), Jacoby (1)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss L(9-4)            7     6   2   2   1   3   0  27   2.38
Stewart                 1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   2.61
Totals                  8     6   2   2   2   4   0  31

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Mahler W(7-6)           7     5   1   1   0   4   1  26   2.74
Camp SV(16)             2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   1.82
Totals                  9     6   1   1   0   5   1  32

Wild Pitches: Reuss (1)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Eric Gregg


DODGERS 1ST: Sax grounded out (shortstop to first); Roenicke
grounded out (pitcher to first); Baker flied to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Harper grounded out (pitcher to first); Linares
flied to right; Horner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey homered; Marshall popped to second;
Maldonado grounded out (shortstop to first); Yeager grounded out
(catcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: JOHNSTONE REPLACED GARVEY (PLAYING 1B); Chambliss
grounded out (second to first); Murphy grounded out (shortstop
to first); Hubbard singled to left; Sinatro walked [Hubbard to
second]; Runge was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); Reuss
struck out; Sax grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Mahler grounded out (second to first); Harper
singled to right; Linares forced Harper (second to shortstop);
Horner grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Roenicke struck out; Baker doubled to left;
Johnstone grounded out (shortstop to first) [Baker to third];
Marshall grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Chambliss flied to center; Murphy grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hubbard singled to center; Sinatro
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Braves 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Maldonado singled to center; Yeager struck out;
Thomas grounded out (second to first) [Maldonado to second];
Reuss singled to center [Maldonado to third]; Sax forced Reuss
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves
0.

BRAVES 5TH: Runge grounded out (third to first); Mahler was
called out on strikes; Harper lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Roenicke flied to right; Baker struck out;
Johnstone flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Linares grounded out (first to pitcher); Horner
grounded out (shortstop to first); Chambliss flied to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Marshall flied to left; Maldonado grounded out
(third to first); Yeager singled to left; Thomas flied to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 7TH: Murphy singled to left; Hubbard tripled to right
[Murphy scored]; Sinatro singled to center [Hubbard scored];
Reuss threw a wild pitch [Sinatro to second]; On a bunt Runge
reached on a fielder's choice [Sinatro out at third (first to
third)]; JACOBY BATTED FOR MAHLER; Jacoby grounded into a double
play (second to second to first) [Runge out at second]; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 2.

DODGERS 8TH: CAMP REPLACED JACOBY (PITCHING); LANDREAUX BATTED
FOR REUSS; Landreaux grounded out (second to first); Sax
grounded out (shortstop to first); Roenicke flied to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 2.

BRAVES 8TH: STEWART REPLACED LANDREAUX (PITCHING); Harper struck
out; Linares flied to center; Horner walked; ROYSTER RAN FOR
HORNER; Chambliss flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Braves 2.

DODGERS 9TH: ROYSTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Baker struck
out; Johnstone singled to right; WEISS RAN FOR JOHNSTONE;
Marshall grounded into a double play (shortstop to shortstop to
first) [Weiss out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Braves 2.



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