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Ullom got through the first two, coaxing a double play grounder from Garry Maddox in the first, and in the bottom of the 2nd, Bombo Rivera his a double to center to give us a 1-0 lead.
The score remained 1-0 until the bottom of the fifth when, with Alfaro on first, Lennie May was fooled by a curveball, but the leadoff man almost one handed it and barely wrapped it around the foul pole to bring it to 3-0.
In the 6th, we had to bring Charles Stafford off the bench to replace Briggs in right after suffering back spasms on a throw to 3rd base. Ullom got Whitaker on a lineup with runners on the corners to end the threat.
In our half of the 6th, Burroughs lined a forkball that didn't fork over the wall in left and we took the lead to 4-0.
Nay led off the 7th and was sitting fastball and wasn't fooled this time and ripped his 2nd HR of the night, he's not just a fast guy that gets on base. He had 22 HR in AA last year and has all the tools. 5-0 Angels.
Charles Stafford was 0-4 in his first playoffs as a rookie when he came on a few innings back for Briggs. But he took a Jim York pitch over the wall in left to make it 6-0. Now that is a surprise. In 1550 professional at-bats, that was just his 8th HR.
However, Bombo Rivera's season came to an end trying to go from 1st to 3rd tearing his groin. Really, Bombo? Up 6-0? Just jog my friend.
Ullom finished with an 9-hit, zero walk and zero strikeout complete game shutout and we lead 3-2 going back to the ATL
But we lost Scott and Rivera to injuries and they get our former all-star Reggie Smith back. We just need 1
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