THE SHIELD
MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT ATLANTA FALCONS
05/26/2002
 
THE SHIELD
MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT ATLANTA FALCONS
GAME ID: 1726 - SUNDAY, MAY 26TH , 2002 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota Vikings (26-26) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 0
Atlanta Falcons (23-29) 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 X 6 9 0
Lopez Lifts Falcons to 6-3 Triumph
The timely hitting of Hector Lopez helped the Atlanta Falcons down the Minnesota Vikings, 6-3. Lopez went 2 for 4 with 2 home runs, while adding 4 RBI and scoring twice for the Falcons. The winning pitcher was Ian Terry. He tossed 111 pitches over 7 innings, allowing 1 run on 6 hits. Chris Maria was credited with the save for Atlanta, his 11th of the season.

Lopez had a key at-bat for Atlanta in the bottom of the second. With a runner on 1st, he hit a 2-run home run. It was his 9th home run of the season and gave Atlanta an early 2-0 lead.

"Win or lose, we pick each other up in this clubhouse," Lopez told the Atlanta Citizen.

The Falcons improved to 23-29.
MINNESOTA BATTING LINESCORE ATLANTA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
E. Huber 2B 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 .337 2 18
B. Farnan LF 4 1 0 0 0 1 6 .297 2 22
J. Lamb 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 .305 6 29
M. Cook C 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .255 3 18
A. Mancia SS 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .243 3 26
M. Capetillo 3B 4 1 2 2 0 1 2 .232 4 23
A. Negrete CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .231 6 19
J. Luna RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .264 2 6
A. Lopez P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158 0 2
   A. Garza P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-V. Gamboa PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .229 4 13
   R. Legra P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-S. Torres PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 1 5
Totals 33 3 8 3 3 9 17      
a - V. Gamboa pinch hit for A. Garza in the 8th
b - S. Torres pinch hit for R. Legra in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Cook (8, 4th Inning off I. Terry, 1 on, 2 outs) , A. Mancia (5, 9th Inning off J. Ochoa, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: M. Capetillo (4, 9th Inning off J. Ochoa, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: E. Huber 3 , M. Cook 2 , A. Mancia 3 , M. Capetillo 5
2-out RBI: A. Mancia
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Cook , M. Capetillo
GIDP: J. Lamb
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: E. Huber (14)
CS: E. Huber (5)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Steen LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .367 1 23
H. Burtrum CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .222 0 10
S. Zamorano RF 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 .305 8 40
   b-D. Trimm C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 4 13
D. Grego 1B 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 .295 7 30
H. Lopez 2B 4 2 2 4 0 1 2 .300 9 29
R. Sendejas 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .244 6 22
N. Baumgartner SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .278 2 11
M. Detting C 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .241 0 2
   C. Maria P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
I. Terry P 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 0 1
   J. Ochoa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 0 1
   a-M. Faust RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 1 7
Totals 33 6 9 6 2 2 11      
a - M. Faust substituted for J. Ochoa in the 9th
b - D. Trimm substituted for S. Zamorano in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: H. Lopez 2 (9, 2nd Inning off A. Lopez, 1 on, 0 outs; 5th Inning off A. Lopez, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: J. Steen 2 , H. Burtrum , S. Zamorano 2 , D. Grego 2 , H. Lopez 8
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: I. Terry
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Sendejas-Lopez-Grego)
MINNESOTA PITCHING LINESCORE ATLANTA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Lopez L (1-5) 4.1 8 6 6 2 1 2 78 6.19   
A. Garza 2.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 28 8.31   
R. Legra 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.20   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Lopez 22
Batters Faced: A. Lopez 23, A. Garza 9, R. Legra 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Lopez 9-3, A. Garza 3-4, R. Legra 3-0
Pitches - Strikes: A. Lopez 78-44, A. Garza 28-18, R. Legra 6-4
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
I. Terry W (4-5) 7.0 6 1 1 0 5 0 111 2.71   
J. Ochoa 1.0 2 2 2 3 2 1 34 5.08   
C. Maria SV (11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 2.19   
PITCHING
Game Score: I. Terry 66
Batters Faced: I. Terry 25, J. Ochoa 8, C. Maria 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: I. Terry 10-4, J. Ochoa 0-1, C. Maria 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: I. Terry 111-73, J. Ochoa 34-18, C. Maria 14-9
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Hector Lopez
Ballpark: Georgia Dome
Start Time: 7:05 PM ET
Time: 2:46
Attendance: 26991
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