[0] PITCHING SAVES DODGERS AGAIN : KARROS CAROM IS DECIDER OVER CARDS IN 12 DODGERS 3, ST. LOUIS 2.Byline: Tim Brown Timothy Donell Brown (born July 22, 1966) is a retired wide receiver, who played in the National Football League. He spent sixteen years with the Oakland Raiders, during which he established himself as one of the League's most prolific wide receivers. Daily News Staff Writer Eric Karros Sometimes, it all comes together. The Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals For the National Football League team that played in St. Louis from 1960 to 1987, see . The St. Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards" or "the Redbirds") are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. 3-2 in 12 innings Friday night at Busch Stadium This article is about the current sports venue in St. Louis, Missouri that opened in 2006. For the stadium in St. Louis that operated from 1966 to 2005, see Busch Memorial Stadium. For the ballpark known as "Busch Stadium" from 1953 to 1966, see Sportsman's Park. . Four Dodgers pitchers combined to shut out the Cardinals over the final five innings. Todd Worrell Radinsky finished his career with a 42-25 record, a 3. and Jim Bruske, was the winner. ``The pitching has kept us in the ballgames,'' Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda said. ``I hope they'll keep holding them off until we get the hitting going.'' Shut out Wednesday in Cincinnati, the Dodgers scored twice in the sixth inning, and not again until the 12th. With two out, Mondesi, hitless in his previous 12 at-bats, lined a Dennis Eckersley fastball into the left-field corner. Mike Piazza was intentionally walked. Karros hit a hard ground ball toward career catcher Pat Borders, who happened to be standing out at first base. The ball bounced away from Borders, who had not played first base in seven previous seasons, and down the right-field line. ``It was just good to win a game,'' said Karros, hitless in his past 22 at-bats. ``We needed something like that. ``Right now, we're just scuffling. We're still scuffling, but at least we got a win.'' The Dodgers' tour of the dregs dregs Noun, pl 1. solid particles that settle at the bottom of some liquids 2. the dregs the worst or most despised elements: the dregs of colonial society [Old Norse dregg of the National League Central, where the rest of the league gets healthy, has produced three wins, four defeats and one players' meeting, that being prior to Friday's game. Karros, Worrell and Piazza addressed the club, presumably pre·sum·a·ble adj. That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster. to discuss a certain lack of intensity and character, and certainly to discuss a lack of offense. ``It's not the reason we won tonight,'' Karros said. Pitching was. Dodgers starter Tom Candiotti, in 6-2/3 innings, allowed five hits, three of them in the final four batters he faced, in the seventh inning, when the Cardinals scored their second run. After one out, Brian Jordan bounced a single through the right side and, with two out, went to third on Tom Pagnozzi's looper looper, name for caterpillars that move with a looping motion, including the inchworm and the cabbage looper. looper or cankerworm or inchworm to center field. Mark Sweeney, who spent 4-1/2 years in the Angels' organization, lined a single to left. The run tied the score 2-2, an inning after the Dodgers took a 2-1 lead. They haven't had many leads lately, and they didn't hold that one. Candiotti led off the sixth inning with a single to right and Roger Cedeno doubled him to third base. Mondesi struck out and Piazza was walked intentionally. Karros hit a long sacrifice fly to center field, his first RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in in a week. Delino DeShields singled over the mound to drive in Cedeno, for DeShields' first RBI since April 30. It wasn't much, but it was the Dodgers' only multi-run inning in the past 33. In his never-ending quest to field something that might resemble an offensive club, Lasorda benched third baseman Mike Blowers and outfielder and leadoff hitter Chad Fonville. It was the second rest in five games for Blowers, batting .200. Instead, Mike Busch started at third base and struck out three times and Todd Hollandsworth started in left field and was hitless in three plate appearances. Lasorda's plan is to play Hollandsworth and Cedeno all weekend against three Cardinals right-handers. Fonville was mildly confused. ``(Lasorda) said I'm the left fielder,'' Fonville said, ``then he changed his mind. What will he tell me next? Don't jerk me around.'' Not long after he said that, Fonville struck out in the ninth inning as a pinch-hitter for Hollandsworth, then flied out in the 11th. He is three for his last 31, or since Brett Butler went on the disabled list. He hasn't walked in 35 at-bats. ``The ball's around the plate,'' Fonville explained. ``I can't take a lot of strikes. They don't want to walk me.'' No, they don't. ``I'll play anywhere,'' Fonville said. ``I don't want to play five days, not play five days. I don't want to do that. ``It happens like that. If somebody's going good, they're not going to take him out. That's frustrating.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (color) Todd Stottlemyre of the Cardinals struck out11 batters, but the Dodgers pulled out a one-run victory at Busch Stadium. Associated Press |
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