Los Angeles Dodgers’ Yasmani Grandal grounds into a force out during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday, April 19, 2016, in Atlanta. The move didn’t work, though, when first baseman Adrian Gonzalez hit his second homer of the season, a towering two-run shot to deep center field.
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Outside of that, this game was all about the Braves, who came out of the woodwork to make the Dodgers look like they might not be worth the hype if they can’t handle a supposedly easy team like Atlanta.
“We had a chance to win the ballgame, but we didn’t score any runs after the fourth inning”, Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said.
Joe Blanton (1-1) pitched a scoreless ninth. Ellis said. “He was the same guy (Thursday)”.
Perez allowed two hits, three walks and struck out one in 3 1/3 innings. A two-run double by rookie Mallex Smith (career batting average.130) compounded J.P. Howell’s season-long misery and drove in the game’s final runs. He beat San Francisco on Friday, giving up three runs (two earned) on five hits in seven innings just six days after limiting the Giants to two runs on four hits in a no-decision. Grilli had opened the inning up by allowing a single and a walk, eventually leading to an RBI double by Justin Turner and the floodgates opened, leading to the Dodgers tallying their fifth run of the night.
Braves starter Williams Perez was a last-minute replacement for the scheduled starter, Julio Teheran, who fell ill. Roberts said IF-OF Scott Van Slyke (lower back irritation) could begin baseball activities early next week. The problem could delay Crawford coming off the disabled list on Sunday….
Some witnesses from the sellout crowd of 49,243 suggested the grandfather was screaming at Alex Rodriguez – who was getting ready to bat as a pinch hitter for the Yankees at the time – when he lost his balance and fell. Adonis Garcia was penciled into the lineup at third base but was a pregame scratch with a left knee contusion. He gave up four runs in six innings but earned the win in a 7-5 victory over the Dodgers on July 20, 2015.
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As a part of the Braves organization, Wood posted a 3.10 ERA over 86 appearances (55 starts) with 337 strikeouts.
