June 5: Los Angeles 10, Atlanta 6
Both teams collected 13 hits and were lousy with base runners all day, but the Dodgers were more efficient with bringing them home, mostly thanks to four extra-base hits compared to Atlanta’s lone double. Babe Herman continued his reign as one of the most ferocious hitters in the league with a 4-for-5 day that included a double and a dong.
R H BB LAD 302 300 002 - 10 13 2 ATL 100 320 000 - 6 13 1 HR: B. Herman-LAD (6) starters IP R ER HR BB SO W. Clark 9.0 6 6 0 1 2 D. Rudolph 4.0 8 7 0 0 2 LAD 27-22, ATL 22-27
June 6: Atlanta 4, Los Angeles 3
Eddie Mathews drilled a solo shot for Atlanta in the bottom of the first that put him back into a tie for the league lead with 11. It was also the only scoring that occurred in the first seven innings before Mike Piazza launched a three-run homer in the top of the eighth to put the Dodgers in the driver’s seat.
LA starter Jeff Pfeffer was still going in the bottom of the ninth with a 3-1 lead, but put the first two men on and was relieved by Kenley Jansen. Pinch-hitter Joe Adcock greeted Jansen with a three-run walk off dinger to put an emphatic exclamation mark on the win for the Braves.
R H BB LAD 000 000 030 - 3 9 4 ATL 100 000 003 - 4 9 4 HR: M. Piazza-LAD (3), E. Mathews-ATL (11), J. Adcock-ATL (3) starters IP R ER HR BB SO J. Pfeffer 8.0 3 3 1 4 2 K. Millwood 7.0 0 0 0 2 4 LAD 27-23, ATL 23-27
June 7: Los Angeles 3, Atlanta 2
The rubber match was a doozy thanks to Clayton Kershaw and Greg Maddux squaring off against each other in fine form. In the top of the ninth, a Pee Wee Reese single and stolen base was followed by a Jackie Robinson RBI double to put the Dodgers on top by one.
Jansen took the hill for LA in the bottom of the ninth, and this time held on for the save. Jansen issued the first intentional walk seen in the NL Rhubarb. With a runner on second and two out, it was an easy call to give masher Mathews a free pass to get to the relatively non-intimidating bat of Glenn Hubbard, who grounded out to end the series.
R H BB LAD 000 110 001 - 3 7 3 ATL 001 100 000 - 2 7 2 HR: D. Snider-LAD (3), J. Adcock-ATL (4) starters IP R ER HR BB SO C. Kershaw 8.0 2 2 1 0 4 G. Maddux 9.0 3 3 1 3 5 LAD 28-23, ATL 23-28
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