A three-run outburst, aided by two errors, in the ninth inning lifted the Dodgers to a 5-3 victory over the Braves. The Dodgers trailed, 3-2, when Mike Marshall began the ninth by reaching second on a throwing error by shortstop Paul Runge. He moved to third on a groundout and scored on a single by Rick Monday. One out later, Jack Perconte lashed a tie-breaking triple and scored when Runge committed his second error of the inning on a gruonder by Steve Sax. [The Sporting News]
Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Atlanta Braves 3

Game Played on Tuesday, September 29, 1981 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  3  -   5  6  1
Braves       0  0  0    1  0  2    0  0  0  -   3  6  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Sax 2b                5   0   1   0     0   2   .282      Butler rf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .243
Roenicke cf           3   0   1   0     1   1   .234      Linares lf            4   1   1   1     0   0   .269
  Mitchell cf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Horner 3b             4   2   4   2     0   0   .267
Johnstone lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .213        Royster pr,3b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .204
  Bradley rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .269
Garvey 1b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .281      Murphy cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .249
Marshall 3b           4   1   0   0     0   0   .188      Hubbard 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .238
  Guerrero 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .298      Sinatro c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .333
Scioscia c            3   1   1   0     1   0   .281        Pocoroba ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .183
Maldonado rf          2   0   0   0     0   2   .125      Runge ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .091
  Monday ph,rf,lf     1   1   1   1     1   0   .310      Boggs p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .163
Thomas ss             1   0   0   0     1   0   .252        Garber p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Baker ph            0   0   0   1     1   0   .315
  Weiss ss            1   0   0   0     0   1   .118
Welch p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .233
  Landreaux ph        1   0   0   1     0   0   .247
  Howe p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Perconte ph         1   1   1   1     0   0   .286
  Stewart p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .400

Totals               33   5   6   4     5   9             Totals               33   3   6   3     1   3

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance:  2,150
Left on Base: Dodgers 6, Braves 4
DP: Dodgers 1, Braves 0
Errors: Thomas, Runge 2
Triples: Perconte (1)
Home Runs: Horner 2 (11), Linares (5)
Caught Stealing: Roenicke (1), Sax (6)
GIDP: Linares (12)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Welch                   6     4   3   3   0   2   3  23   3.52
Howe W(5-3)             2     2   0   0   1   0   0   8   2.60
Stewart SV(6)           1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.55
Totals                  9     6   3   3   1   3   3  34

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Boggs                   6.1   4   2   2   5   7   0  26   4.14
Garber L(4-6)           2.2   2   3   0   0   2   0  12   2.64
Totals                  9     6   5   2   5   9   0  38

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


DODGERS 1ST: Sax struck out; Roenicke struck out; Johnstone
lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Butler flied out to left; Linares grounded out
(shortstop to first); Horner singled to third; Chambliss flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey flied out to center; Marshall grounded out
(shortstop to first); Scioscia grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Murphy reached on an error by Thomas; Hubbard lined
to shortstop; Sinatro flied out to center; Runge forced Murphy
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves
0.

DODGERS 3RD: Maldonado struck out; Thomas walked; Welch flied
out to right; Sax grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Boggs popped to shortstop; Butler flied out to
right; Linares grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Roenicke singled to right; Roenicke was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Johnstone was called out
on strikes; Garvey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Horner homered; Chambliss grounded out (second to
first); Murphy popped to second; Hubbard was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Marshall grounded out (third to first); Scioscia
walked; Maldonado was called out on strikes; Thomas flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Sinatro flied out to center; Runge grounded out
(shortstop to first); Boggs grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Welch struck out; Sax singled to left; Sax was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Roenicke walked;
Johnstone grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Dodgers 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 6TH: Butler was called out on strikes; Linares homered;
Horner homered; Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first);
Murphy popped to first in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Braves 3.

DODGERS 7TH: On a bunt Garvey singled to third; Marshall flied
out to center; Scioscia singled to right [Garvey to third];
MONDAY BATTED FOR MALDONADO; Monday walked [Scioscia to second];
BAKER BATTED FOR THOMAS; Baker walked [Garvey scored, Scioscia
to third, Monday to second]; GARBER REPLACED BOGGS (PITCHING);
LANDREAUX BATTED FOR WELCH; Landreaux forced Baker (shortstop to
second) [Scioscia scored, Monday to third]; Sax was called out
on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Braves 3.

BRAVES 7TH: HOWE REPLACED LANDREAUX (PITCHING); WEISS REPLACED
BAKER (PLAYING SS); MONDAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Hubbard
flied out to center; Sinatro singled to right; Runge flied out
to center; Garber popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Braves 3.

DODGERS 8TH: Roenicke grounded out (first to pitcher); Johnstone
flied out to right; Garvey grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Braves 3.

BRAVES 8TH: MITCHELL REPLACED ROENICKE (PLAYING CF); Butler
walked; Linares grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Butler out at second]; Horner singled to left;
ROYSTER RAN FOR HORNER; Chambliss grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Braves 3.

DODGERS 9TH: ROYSTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Marshall
reached on an error by Runge [Marshall to second]; Scioscia
grounded out (second to first) [Marshall to third]; Monday
singled to right [Marshall scored (unearned)]; Weiss struck out;
PERCONTE BATTED FOR HOWE; Perconte tripled to right [Monday
scored (unearned)]; Sax reached on an error by Runge [Perconte
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Sax to second]; Mitchell grounded
out (second to first); 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5,
Braves 3.

BRAVES 9TH: STEWART REPLACED PERCONTE (PITCHING); GUERRERO
REPLACED MARSHALL (PLAYING 3B); MONDAY CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING LF); BRADLEY REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PLAYING RF); Murphy
struck out; Hubbard popped to shortstop; POCOROBA BATTED FOR
SINATRO; Pocoroba flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Braves 3.
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