The Los Angeles Dodgers took a beating from the bats of the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night. The Braves came out swinging and defeated the Dodgers 9-3 to even the three game series at one game each.
Dodgers starting pitcher Chad Billingsley gave up six runs on six hits in only 5 1/3 innings of action. Five of the six runs were earned and charged to Billingsley as he took the loss and dropped to 8-8 on the season. Billingsley struck out eight batters but also had control issues as he walked four others.
Ramon Troncoso pitched 1 2/3 innings without giving up a run but then Joe Beimel gave up three hits and a run and Cory Wade allowed two more runs to score in the ninth inning. It just wasn’t a good night to be a Dodgers pitcher.
James Loney had a rbi double in the in the sixth inning that score Andre Ethier for the Dodgers first run of the game. The Dodgers did not score again until the ninth inning when Delwyn Young scored on a rbi groundout by Nomar Garciaparra. Loney also scored on that play when Kelly Johnson committed a throwing error.
The Dodgers just didn’t play good and most of the blame has to go on the pitching staff. Will they get it together and come back and get a victory on Wednesday?
