Atlanta 4, LA Dodgers 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Monday, August 16, 2010
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature:
86°
Umpires:
Home -
Paul Emmel, 1B -
Bill Hohn, 2B -
Gary Darling, 3B -
Mike Estabrook
Attendance:
20414
By SportsDirect Inc.
Melky Cabrera's two-run single capped a three-run ninth and lifted the Atlanta Braves to a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday.
Dodgers closer Hong-Chih Kuo (3-2) pitched a perfect eighth but couldn't finish the two-inning save. Alex Gonzalez flared a single to left to start the ninth and Brian McCann followed with a single through the right side. After getting Troy Glaus to pop out, Kuo walked Brooks Conrad to load the bases before giving way to Octavio Dotel.
Dotel issued a run-scoring walk to David Ross, then gave up Cabrera's soft single through the left side to score the winning runs.
Peter Moylan (4-2) pitched a perfect ninth for the win.
The Braves' rally spoiled a strong start by Chad Billingsley, who allowed one run on five hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts.
The Dodgers took a 3-1 lead in the eighth when Brooks Conrad's throwing error on a soft roller up the third base line by Ryan Theriot allowed two runs to score. But Cabrera cut down Theriot at the plate on a potential sacrifice fly to keep the lead to two runs.
Los Angeles had grabbed a 1-0 edge in the first on Andre Ethier's RBI double. Atlanta tied it in the sixth when Omar Infante tripled and scored on Jason Heyward's sacrifice fly.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| LA Dodgers
|
6 |
0 |
8 |
.188 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Atlanta
|
8 |
0 |
11 |
.258 |
12 |
9 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
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