| The Atlanta Braves continue their home dominance in the playoffs, 7-1 now at home, as they get the 5-3 win over the Angels and go up 2 games to 1 in the series. All the scoring today was in the middle innings, with the Angels getting two in the 5th and one in the 7th, while the Braves get one in the 4th and 2 in the 5th and 6th. Chipper Jones slowed down a little only going 1 for 4 and being thrown out at home once, but the two men above him in the order picked up the slack nicely with Kelly Johnson going 2 for 4 while driving in two, and Edgar Renteria having a 3 for 4 day while scoring twice. 22 hits combined between the teams, but a surprisingly low 8 runs. For game four, Ervin Santana was originally going to start for the Angels but he has not gotten out of the second inning in either of his two playoff starts so far. Now facing a 2-1 series defecit and a hostile Atlanta crowd, desperate times call for desperate measures so the Angels are going all or nothing and will call on Cy Young award winner (and game one winner) John Lackey on only three days rest to try to get them back in the series, while the Braves will counter with Chuck James. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Los Angeles(AL) Angels At 2007 Atlanta Braves 10/27/2007
Angels AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG
O.Cabrera SS 5 0 2 0 .310 K.Johnson 2B 4 1 2 2 .224
C.Figgins 3B 4 0 3 1 .291 E.Renteria SS 4 2 3 0 .404
G.Anderson LF 5 0 0 0 .262 C.Jones 3B 4 0 1 1 .458
V.Guerrero RF 4 0 0 0 .271 M.Teixeira 1B 4 0 2 0 .321
C.Kotchman 1B 4 0 1 0 .256 B.McCann C 3 0 1 1 .357
M.Napoli C 2 0 0 0 .179 A.Jones CF 4 0 2 1 .250
C-N.Haynes PR,CF 0 0 0 0 .200 J.Francoeur RF 4 1 0 0 .182
H.Kendrick 2B 3 1 1 0 .271 W.Harris LF 4 1 1 0 .289
S.Shields P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Smoltz P 2 0 0 0 .000
D-K.Morales PH 1 0 1 0 .267 A-Y.Escobar PH 0 0 0 0 .500
E-J.Mathis C 0 0 0 0 .000 O.Villarreal P 0 0 0 0 .000
R.Willits CF 3 2 1 1 .293 P.Moylan P 0 0 0 0 ----
C.Bootcheck P 0 0 0 0 ---- F-S.Thorman PH 1 0 0 0 .000
J.Weaver* P 2 0 1 1 .500 R.Soriano P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-E.Aybar 2B 1 0 0 0 .000
G-J.Rivera PH 1 0 0 0 .333
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 35 3 10 3 Totals 34 5 12 5
A-Pinch Hit For Smoltz In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Weaver* In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Napoli In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Shields In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Morales In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Moylan In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Aybar In 9th Inning
Angels.......... 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 3 10 1
Braves.......... 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 - 5 12 0
Angels (8-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Weaver* LOSS(1-2) 5 1/3 12 5 4 2 3 0 77 3.74
S.Shields 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 4.15
C.Bootcheck 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5.40
Totals 8 12 5 4 2 4 0
Braves (9-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Smoltz WIN(3-0) 6 6 2 2 2 5 0 77 3.60
O.Villarreal HOLD(2nd) 1 1/3 3 1 1 2 1 0 24 8.64
P.Moylan HOLD(2nd) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.79
R.Soriano SAVE(5th) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 3.12
Totals 9 10 3 3 4 6 0
ATTENDANCE- 47,160 DATE- Saturday, October 27th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:53
LEFT ON BASE- Angels: 9 Braves: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Angels: 1 Braves: 2
ERRORS- M.Napoli
DOUBLES- C.Figgins(3rd), H.Kendrick(5th), R.Willits(3rd), M.Teixeira(6th),
W.Harris(2nd)
WALKS- C.Figgins, M.Napoli-2, R.Willits, B.McCann, Y.Escobar
STRIKE OUTS- G.Anderson-2, V.Guerrero, C.Kotchman, H.Kendrick, J.Weaver*,
E.Renteria, M.Teixeira, J.Francoeur, W.Harris
GIDP- H.Kendrick, R.Willits, J.Francoeur
WEB GEMS- Top 3rd: Edgar Renteria robbed Reggie Willits of a base hit.
Bot 5th: Mike Napoli blocked the plate, saving a run!
In a good matchup it was the Atlanta Braves 5, the Los Angeles(AL) Angels 3 at
Turner Field.
John Smoltz(3-0) pitched well for Atlanta in their victory. He allowed 6 hits
and 2 walks in 6 innings. Atlanta rapped out 12 hits for the night.
Rafael Soriano gained credit for his 5th save. Jered Weaver*(1-2) was given
the loss. He was hit hard and gave up 12 hits and 2 walks in 5 and 1/3
innings.
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