ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER LOSS LAME OFFENSE SINKS DODGERS PHILADELPHIA 4, DODGERS 2.Byline: Jill Painter Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA - Nine hits, a couple of lineup changes and a Kevin Brown The name Kevin Brown can refer to several different people, including the following:
Brown allowed two runs in six innings and 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). homered, but the floundering Dodgers lost for the fourth time in five games and now have dropped eight of their past 11. Ricky Ledee scored the game-winning triple off reliever Paul Shuey Paul Kenneth Shuey (born September 16, 1970 in Lima, Ohio), is a Major League relief pitcher most recently for the Baltimore Orioles. He played most of his career for the Cleveland Indians from 1994 to 2002. He made 4 playoff appearances with the Indians. in the seventh as the Phillies won 4-2 Wednesday in front of 26,580 at Veterans Stadium. The Phillies moved five games ahead of the Dodgers in the wild-card race. The Dodgers have scored a combined five runs in their past six games, winning just once in that stretch. ``We were tied for the division lead and had the bottom just fall out from underneath,'' Brown said. ``It's disappointing. It's not like we weren't where we wanted to be. We were in the thick of things. We were playing well. ``Everything that can go wrong recently, has gone wrong.'' Brown has an unbelievable 2.10 ERA, yet the Dodgers are inexplicably 12-10 in his starts. In a little more than a month, the Dodgers have fallen 13 games behind In sports, the phrase games behind, often abbreviated as GB in tables, is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division. San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden after being tied for the National League West lead June 22. The Phillies scored twice in the first off Brown, who has allowed just seven runs in the first inning all season. Brown helped the Phillies get started when he fielded a Ricky Ledee ball near the first-base line, rushed it and threw underhanded over first baseman Jolbert Cabrera Jolbert Cabrera [HOLE-bert kah-BRAY-rah] (born December 8, 1972 in Cartagena, Colombia) is a baseball outfielder/infielder who until recently played with the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in Japan's Pacific League. , resulting in a three-base error. Jim Thome James Howard "Jim" Thome (born August 27, 1970 in Peoria, Illinois) is a Major League Baseball player who currently plays for the Chicago White Sox. His last name is pronounced TOH-me. singled to right to score Ledee, Bobby Abreu Bob Kelly Abreu /aˈbreʲu/ (nicknamed El Comedulce) (born March 11, 1974 in Maracay, Aragua State, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball right fielder who plays for the New York Yankees. hit a high chopper off Brown's glove and Mike Lieberthal (Westlake High) hit a run-scoring single to right. ``They weren't tough plays,'' Brown said. ``I made mistakes.'' Brown also went to the plate with the bases loaded with one out in the fourth and grounded out to shortstop Jimmy Rollins to start an inning-ending double play. Paul Lo Duca ended an 0-for-18 skid with a solo home run in the third to cut Philadelphia's lead to 2-1, jumping on a first-pitch offering from Brett Myers to left field. Cesar Izturis tied the game at 2-2 with a fielder's choice in the third to score Brown, who led off with a double. Jill Painter, (818) 713-3615 jill.painter(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) The Phillies' Jim Thome hits a broken-bat single off Dodgers starter Kevin Brown to give Philadelphia a 1-0 lead Wednesday. Brad C. Bower/Associated Press |
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