ADAMS PERFORMS LIKE ACE HE TOSSES 8 INNINGS; L.A. SWEEPS PIRATES DODGERS 4, PITTSBURGH 1.Byline: Brian Dohn Staff Writer PITTSBURGH - Maybe if a few more key members of the Dodgers get injured, they won't lose again. Faced with the thought of not having one of the league's best pitchers in Kevin Brown The name Kevin Brown can refer to several different people, including the following:
Terry Adams
At Mary G. Montgomery High School he went 12-2 with a 1. followed Eric Gagne's lead and pitched a career-high eight innings Tuesday, and Adrian Beltre homered for the second consecutive night as the Dodgers completed a three-game sweep of Pittsburgh with a 4-1 victory at PNC Park • • [ . The Dodgers (52-42) are 10 games over .500 for the second time this season and are within 2 1/2 games of Arizona in the National League West, the closest they've been since June 6. ``If something was going to happen in a very negative vein, it would have happened a long time ago,'' Dodgers manager Jim Tracy
And the Dodgers trudged through a heck of a lot in the first inning Tuesday against the Pirates. They even survived a bat-and-hat-throwing tirade that got batting coach Noun 1. batting coach - (baseball) someone who teaches batters how to bat better baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; Jack Clark Jack Clark may refer to:
Clark was unhappy about some strike calls made by home-plate umpire Mark Hirschbeck, particularly in Eric Karros' at-bat with the bases loaded and one out. Karros wound up grounding into a double play. Clark was ejected after arguing from the dugout, stepped onto the playing field to argue with Hirschbeck and then kicked dirt on home plate, which Dodgers catcher Paul Lo Duca Paul Anthony Lo Duca (born April 12, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York) is a catcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the New York Mets. Previously, Lo Duca played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1998-2004) and Florida Marlins (2004-2005). eventually cleaned off. While returning to the dugout and being restrained by Tracy and third-base coach Glenn Hoffman Glenn Edward Hoffman (born July 7 1958 in Orange, California) is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball and the current third base coach for the San Diego Padres. Previously, in 1998 he took over the managerial position for the Los Angeles Dodgers final half of the season when , Clark threw his hat toward Hirschbeck, hitting the umpire in the stomach. He then threw a pair of bats on the field. ``There were some bad calls, terrible calls, you know,'' Clark said. ``So if anybody's going to get kicked out, it's better if I get kicked out than (players). And I know watching on TV in here, it looked like he got a little bit better.'' Hirschbeck, who said he will file a report with Frank Robinson, vice president of on-field operations for baseball, added he believed Clark threw the cap at him. ``It hit my right in the belly, square,'' Hirschbeck said. ``He looked right at me. I just saw it on the tape. It got me right there (his belly). Bam. Then he threw the two bats, and you saw the rest.'' In the bottom of the inning Noun 1. bottom of the inning - the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat bottom inning, frame - (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat , Adams, victimized by two-out hits in his last start, gave up another one when the Pirates scored on Aramis Ramirez's single to take a 1-0 lead. Adams threw 50 pitches in the first two innings but settled down nicely and became the second consecutive Dodger to throw eight innings, the first time that's happened this season. He retired the last 14 batters he faced. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: The Dodgers' Terry Adams retired the last 14 batters he faced against Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press |
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