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Dodgers Survive Wild Ride In Eleven
Series Lead To LA With 11-10 Win In 30 Hit Game
Jack Murphy Stadium - Somewhere many could expect that a game like this one was coming in this series between two teams that have been teetering back and forth and really have bad blood with one another. All caution was thrown to the wind tonight in San Diego and in the end the Dodgers came up survivors with an 11-10 lead to go back to Los Angeles tired, but one win away from completing their task.
New starters for both teams introduced Burt Hooten and Mark Thurmond to the mound. Neither man had what it would take in this one and the result of the game would come four hours after the first pitch in the California heat.
It was clear with the series tied that both teams did everything they could for this game. The Padres held a one run lead into the 5th inning where the Dodgers finally broke through on a Ken Landreux single and an inning later Mike Scioscia gave the Dodgers a 2-1 lead with an RBI single. In the 7th inniing things quickly changed and the type of game became offensive.
With the one run lead the Dodgers opened things up in the top of the inning when Dusty Baker and Ron Cey drove in runs to increase the Dodger lead to 4-1. The a rare error by Steve Garvey at first base opened the door for two more runs as the Padres bullpen struggled in a 6-1 deficit.
In the bottom of the 7th the Padres rallied and with a run in and Hooten still on the mound, Graig Nettles hit a long fly to right center field that just cleared the wall scoring two runs ahead of him. The blow cut the lead to 6-5 and brought Jack Murphy Stadium to life.
The comeback was complete in the next inning for the flying Padres. Bobby Brown doubled in a run to tie the score and then Gary Templeton gave his team the lead scoring Brown from second with a single. The Padres then looked to Goose Gossage to close out the 9th. Pinch hitter Rick Monday lead off the inning as a pinch hitter for the Dodgers and wouldnt you know it Monday crushed a fastball 430 feet to tie the game straight away. Gossage again looks very weak at the closer role in this series.
The drama was only beginning and in the 11th the Dodgers broke through again as Reggie Smith homered off Luis DeLeon to give the Dodgers a two run lead. The Dodgers added two more runs and had what seemed a comfortable lead of four runs with three outs to go.
Ron Roenicke opened the wild 11th with a solo home run and then a single and double greeted Terry Forster and brought the tying run to the plate. Tony Gwynn hit a sacrafice fly to socre a run and then with two outs Forster mishandled an easy chance for an error to score another run on a play that should have ended this game. Dave Stewart was then called on with two down and the tying run on first base.
Kurt Bevaqua came up to represent the tying run and earned a walk from Stewart. Bobby Brown then was fooled and hit a tapper back to the mound and this time the pitcher made the play to end the game and take hearts out of the fans throughts.
A great game all around between these two teams where both sides fought to the end leaving nothing behind. Now the series goes back Dodger Stadium and the Padres will be forced to win two games on the road.
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Game 5
81 Dodgers lead series 3-2
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
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| Los Angeles Dodgers 1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 2 | | San Diego Padres 1984 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 1 |
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| | LOS ANGELES BATTING LINESCORES | | SAN DIEGO BATTING LINESCORES |
| a - M. Scioscia substituted for J. Ferguson in the 5th
b - B. Mitchell substituted for K. Landreaux in the 7th
c - R. Smith substituted for P. Guerrero in the 7th
d - R. Monday pinch hit for D. Baker in the 9th
e - J. Johnstone pinch hit for T. Niedenfuer in the 10th
BATTING
Doubles: S. Garvey (1, 1st Inning off M. Thurmond, 0 on, 1 out) B. Russell (1, 11th Inning off C. Lefferts, 1 on, 1 out) R. Monday (1, 11th Inning off L. DeLeon, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: R. Smith (1, 11th Inning off L. DeLeon, 1 on, 0 outs) R. Monday (1, 9th Inning off R. Gossage, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: S. Garvey 4 , R. Cey 3 , D. Thomas , P. Guerrero , B. Russell 2 , D. Baker 2 , K. Landreaux , M. Scioscia , R. Smith 4 , R. Monday 6
2-out RBI: K. Landreaux , M. Scioscia
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , B. Hooton 2 , J. Ferguson , S. Garvey , D. Baker , M. Scioscia , B. Mitchell
GIDP: S. Garvey
Sac Bunt: B. Hooton
Sac Fly: D. Thomas
Team LOB: 11
BASERUNNING
SB: D. Thomas (1)
CS: R. Cey (2)
FIELDING
Errors: T. Forster (1) , R. Cey (1)
Double Plays: 1 (Thomas-Russell-Garvey) |
| | a - R. Roenicke substituted for D. Dravecky in the 7th
b - C. Martinez pinch hit for F. Chiffer in the 8th
c - T. Flannery substituted for A. Wiggins in the 9th
d - B. Bochy pinch hit for R. Gossage in the 10th
e - K. Bevacqua pinch hit for C. Lefferts in the 11th
BATTING
Doubles: T. Kennedy 2 (2, 1st Inning off B. Hooton, 0 on, 1 out; 11th Inning off T. Forster, 1 on, 0 outs) B. Brown (1, 8th Inning off B. Hooton, 1 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: G. Nettles (1, 7th Inning off B. Hooton, 2 on, 2 outs) R. Roenicke (1, 11th Inning off T. Forster, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Kennedy 5 , K. McReynolds 2 , A. Wiggins , G. Nettles 4 , G. Templeton 3 , B. Brown 2 , R. Roenicke 4 , C. Martinez , T. Flannery
2-out RBI: G. Nettles
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , S. Garvey 2 , G. Nettles , B. Brown
GIDP: R. Roenicke
Sac Fly: T. Kennedy , T. Gwynn Sr
Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING
SB: A. Wiggins (2)
CS: K. McReynolds (1)
FIELDING
Errors: S. Garvey (1)
Double Plays: 1 (Nettles-Wiggins-Garvey) |
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| | LOS ANGELES PITCHING LINESCORES | | SAN DIEGO PITCHING LINESCORES |
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Game Score: B. Hooton 29
Batters Faced: B. Hooton 35, S. Howe 2, T. Niedenfuer 4, T. Forster 9, D. Stewart 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Hooton 9-6, S. Howe 2-0, T. Niedenfuer 3-0, T. Forster 0-4, D. Stewart 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: B. Hooton 128-81, S. Howe 10-4, T. Niedenfuer 14-7, T. Forster 21-14, D. Stewart 8-3
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Howe 1-0 , D. Stewart 1-0
WP: B. Hooton
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Game Score: M. Thurmond 51
Batters Faced: M. Thurmond 18, D. Dravecky 14, F. Chiffer 7, R. Gossage 7, L. DeLeon 5, C. Lefferts 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Thurmond 9-4, D. Dravecky 2-2, F. Chiffer 2-2, R. Gossage 2-1, L. DeLeon 0-1, C. Lefferts 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: M. Thurmond 74-42, D. Dravecky 62-36, F. Chiffer 32-16, R. Gossage 32-18, L. DeLeon 23-12, C. Lefferts 9-8
Inherited Runners - Scored: D. Dravecky 1-1 , F. Chiffer 2-2 , C. Lefferts 1-1
WP: F. Chiffer
HB: C. Lefferts
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| | GAME NOTES | Player of the Game: Graig Nettles
Ballpark: Jack Murphy Stadium
Weather: Rain (59 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 15 mph
Start Time: 1:05 pm EST
Time: 4:03
Attendance: 40239
Special Notes: C Joe Ferguson was injured while running the bases.RF Pedro Guerrero was injured while throwing the ball. |
Last edited by Nick Soulis; 06-19-2012 at 12:19 AM.
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