Atlanta 4, LA Dodgers 2
When: 10:10 PM ET, Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Temperature:
64°
Umpires:
Home -
Alan Porter, 1B -
Ron Kulpa, 2B -
Jim Wolf, 3B -
Derryl Cousins
Attendance:
26345
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Braves 4, Dodgers 2: Javy Guerra allowed three runs on five straight singles in the top of the ninth as Atlanta rallied to win the rubber game against Los Angeles.
Guerra (1-3) suffered his second loss in as many games and blew his second save opportunity this season.
The Braves rallied with one out in the ninth with consecutive run-scoring singles by Dan Uggla, Chipper Jones and Jason Heyward. Jonny Venters (2-0) earned the win with a scoreless eighth inning and Craig Kimbrel worked a perfect ninth for his seventh save.
Atlanta grabbed an early lead on Dan Uggla’s RBI single in the fourth inning off Ted Lilly, who gave up three hits with one walk and two strikeouts over seven innings.
Matt Kemp broke a 1-1 tie when he led off the sixth with a solo blast off Brandon Beachy, who allowed two runs over 6 1/3 innings with six strikeouts.
Kemp, who has hit safely in all but two games, went 1-for-3 and leads the majors with a .449 batting average, 10 home runs and 23 RBIs.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Lilly was looking to open the season with three consecutive victories for the first time in his 13-plus year career. ... Beachy’s 0.47 ERA entering the game led the majors. … Juan Rivera (hamstring) was unavailable Wednesday, but the Dodgers are hoping he’ll be able to return for this weekend’s series against Washington. … Kemp’s home run was listed at 454 feet, the sixth-longest in the majors this season. ... Atlanta improved to 11-3 over its last 14 games.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Atlanta |
|
LA Dodgers |
|
Brandon Beachy
|
Player |
Ted Lilly
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
6.1 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
6 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
|
7 |
Hits |
3 |
|
2.84 |
ERA |
1.29 |
Hitting
| Atlanta |
|
LA Dodgers |
|
Dan Uggla
| Player |
Ted Lilly
|
|
2 |
Hits |
1 |
|
2 |
RBI |
0 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
2 |
TB |
1 |
|
.667 |
Avg |
1.000 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Atlanta
|
9 |
0 |
10 |
.265 |
10 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| LA Dodgers
|
7 |
1 |
11 |
.206 |
16 |
12 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
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