BELTRE MAKES L.A. REMEMBER FORMER DODGER HELPS MARINERS GET VICTORY SEATTLE 9, DODGERS 4.Byline: TONY JACKSON
Anthony (Antonio) Jackson, best known as Tony Jackson Staff Writer On the day the Dodgers announced their former Gold Glove shortstop would be their latest third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker , Adrian Beltre reminded them of what it was like in the good old days, when they actually had a cornerstone at the hot corner. Meanwhile, Brad Penny Bradley Wayne Penny[1] (born May 24, 1978 in Blackwell, Oklahoma)[2] is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers.[3] Early career reminded them of the dangers of having only two reliable starters in their rotation. Beltre, the former Dodgers star whose breakout season two years ago was a key to the club's march to a division title, returned to Dodger Stadium • • [ for the first time since bolting for free agency that winter. Finding the place as comfortable as it ever was, he slammed a double and a two-run homer and scored four runs, all of which figured prominently in the Dodgers' 9-4 loss to Beltre's Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. The Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Mariners have played in Safeco Field. in front of 43,949 Tuesday night. Much of Beltre's heroics came at the expense of Penny, who along with right-hander Derek Lowe Derek Christopher Lowe[1] (born June 1, 1973 in Dearborn, Michigan)[2] is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He throws and bats right-handed. has anchored what for the Dodgers has been an otherwise shaky starting staff this season. But this time, it was Penny who was uncharacteristically unreliable. The veteran right-hander has lived all season with his fastball, but this time, he died with it. He gave up two runs in the first inning and, after the Dodgers tied it in the bottom half, single runs in the second and third. That was enough to bury the Dodgers on an evening when their offense continued to sputter, their bullpen continued to leak like a sieve and, consequently, they continued to lose, for the seventh time in their past 10 games, to fall out of first place in the National League West. ``We're going through a little slump, I guess,'' Dodgers infielder Ramon Martinez Ramon Martinez is the name of several people:
But that was a tall order in a game in which the Dodgers trailed every time they came to the plate. Penny put them in a 2-0 hole before he retired a batter. He gave up a leadoff single to Ichiro Suzuki, who ran his hitting streak In baseball, a hitting streak refers to the consecutive number of official games in which a player gets at least one base hit. Games in which a player does not have any official at bats due to walks, or sacrifice bunts, or being hit by a pitch, are ignored (neither break the streak to 16games, and a two-run homer to Beltre, his seventh of the season. But Rafael Furcal Rafael Antoni Furcal[1] (born August 24, 1977 in Loma de Cabrera, Dominican Republic),[2] nicknamed "Fookie", is a shortstop in Major League Baseball who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers. , who might finally be emerging from what had been a 9-for-47 slide, hit the first of two doubles on the night to lead off the bottom of the first. He scored on a hit by Nomar Garciaparra Anthony Nomar Garciaparra[1] (born July 23, 1973, in Whittier, California) is a Mexican-American baseball player who currently plays third base for the Los Angeles Dodgers. , who went 3 for 4 with a walk to raise his National League-leading average to .363. Garciaparra eventually came in on a wild pitch by Mariners starter Joel Pineiro, who from there settled into a groove the Dodgers couldn't overcome. Ichiro drove in Willie Bloomquist William "Willie" Paul Bloomquist (born November 27, 1977 in Bremerton, Washington) is a Major League Baseball utility player who plays for the Seattle Mariners. He bats and throws right-handed, and he has played every position, aside from either of the battery positions, during with a sacrifice fly in the second, Richie Sexson drove in Beltre with a single in the third and the Dodgers, for all practical purposes, were done. ``I just didn't have great stuff,'' said Penny, who lost for the first time since May 1. ``I didn't locate like I usually do, and I left too many balls over the plate. I didn't make the pitches I should have made at certain times, and I got a couple of bad breaks.'' The Dodgers banged out 11 hits, but stranded nine baserunners. In losing their past four games, they have scored 13 runs in 44 innings. But manager Grady Little wouldn't blame just the offense. ``I think it's a combination of all areas of the game,'' he said. ``We had gotten ourselves in a good position by swinging the bats well and getting pretty good pitching. But this (slump) is a total team effort. ... We're going through a little bit of a bad spell. But we will get this turned around, and we will be better for it.'' For now, they are no better than second place, a game behind SanDiego and just a half-game ahead of Arizona, Colorado and San Francisco in the tight NLWest. Penny (7-2) tied a season high by allowing five runs and allowed a season-high 10 hits, but he somehow managed to plod his way through six innings so Little didn't have to exhaust his bullpen at the start of a stretch of nine consecutive games without a day off. tony.jackson@dailynews.com (818) 713-3675 CAPTION(S): 3 photos, box Photo: (1) Seattle's Adrian Beltre hits a home run in the first inning of Tuesday's game, which the Mariners won 9-4. (2) Rafael Furcal scores past catcher Kenji Johjima from second on a single by Nomar Garciaparra. Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer (3) BILLINGSLEY Box: DODGERS vs. SEATTLE - Tony Jackson |
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