The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves in 11 innings yesterday in a hard-fought game of baseball. You never know what you’re going to see at a baseball game, and an MLB extra-innings game is always a possibility. It was a solid match that aficionados with Dodgers tickets won’t soon forget.
Dodgers pitcher Ronald Belisario (5.24 ERA) got the win, while Jesse Chavez (7.33 ERA) took the loss for the Braves. John Ely went 5 innings for the Dodgers, allowed 9 hits, 2 home runs and 4 earned runs with 2 walks and 2 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Dodgers was Justin Miller (0.00), Hong-Chih Kuo (1.13), Jeff Weaver (3.63), and Jonathan Broxton (1.03). The Braves’s starter Tim Hudson went 7 innings, allowed 9 hits, one home run and 3 earned runs with 2 walks and one strikeout. Eric O’Flaherty (2.31), Peter Moylan (2.63), and Jonny Venters (1.11) also pitched for the Braves. With the win, Belisario’s record goes to 1-0, while Chavez is at 0-1.
In addition to the 5 runs, the Dodgers scored 10 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Dodgers, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. Martin Prado had the most hits for the Braves (3), followed by Yunel Escobar (2), and Omar Infante (2). Melky Cabrera could not get much going at the plate as he left 4 runners on base. The Braves scored 4 runs, 12 hits and 2 errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Greg Gibson, D.J. Reyburn, Gerry Davis and Mike Muchlinski. There were 37,944 Dodgers ticket holders in attendance at Dodger Stadium.
