BLASTING THE DOOR DOWN WITH OFFENSIVE OUTBURST, DODGERS WIN EIGHTH IN A ROW, TIE GIANTS FOR FIRST DODGERS 8, SAN FRAN. 2.Byline: Rich Hammond Rich Hammond Los Angeles Daily News sports writer. Instrumental in bringing the Los Angeles Kings hockey organization closer to the fans. He is the atypical "what a guy" to Kings fans everywhere. Rich Hammond on himself. Staff Writer For every line drive that went straight to the opposing right fielder right fielder n. Baseball The player who defends right field. Noun 1. right fielder - the person who plays right field outfielder - (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield , or every diving stop by a shortstop, the Dodgers received plenty of karmic payback Wednesday night. The Dodgers played little ball early, scoring two runs on three amazingly well-placed fourth-inning singles, then blew the game open with a six-run sixth inning on the way to an 8-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era in front of 50,247 at Dodger Stadium • • [ . 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). extended 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 25 games with a two-run double in the sixth and the Dodgers won their eighth consecutive game to pull into a tie with the Giants for first place in the National League West. The Dodgers' 42-28 record is tied for third-best in baseball, behind Seattle and Atlanta. Lo Duca Lo Duca is the surname of the following people:
The Dodgers deviated from their usual strong-pitching, weak-hitting story line Wednesday with the offensive outburst. Kazuhisa Ishii, betrayed by his defense in the first inning, battled control problems but kept the Giants in check, and the fourth inning looked like something out of a slapstick slapstick Comedy characterized by broad humour, absurd situations, and vigorous, often violent action. It took its name from a paddlelike device, probably introduced by 16th-century commedia dell'arte troupes, that produced a resounding whack when one comic actor used it to comedy. Regardless, any questions about the Dodgers' legitimacy as pennant contenders are quickly being answered, as with a victory tonight they can move into sole possession of first place for the first time since last July 15 and hand the Giants their second series sweep of the season. Ishii (7-2) helped get the Dodgers to this point with another solid effort. The Dodgers scored more than three runs for just the third time in Ishii's 14 starts this season, and for once, he had more than enough support. Ishii went six innings and allowed one unearned run on two hits, walked six and struck out three. San Francisco struck first when Benito Santiago's slow, two-out grounder went under shortstop Jolbert Cabrera's glove and allowed Marquis Grissom to score. Ishii didn't allow another hit until Rich Aurilia led off the fourth with a double that landed just inside the left-field line. But the 32 pitches Ishii threw in the first inning eventually caught up with him, and he left after the sixth. The Dodgers backed up Ishii with solid, if unconventional, offense. They trailed 1-0 with one out in the fourth when Brian Jordan hit a sharp groundball that just went under the glove of Giants third baseman Edgardo Alfonzo and into left field for a single. Mike Kinkade followed and hit a sharp ball up the middle that glanced off the leg of pitcher Kirk Rueter. Shortstop Rich Aurilia tried to make a play on the ball, but Kinkade ran out the infield single. He was then erased on a fielder's-choice grounder by Cabrera, which was followed by an Adrian Beltre walk to load the bases. Alex Cora, the No. 8 hitter, hit a sharp grounder to third. Alfonzo dove and deflected the ball with his glove, but he did more damage than good because the ball rolled just beyond the infield dirt, allowing Jordan and Cabrera to score. The Dodgers chased Rueter (7-2) in the sixth, when Jordan and Kinkade led off with consecutive doubles. Rueter allowed four runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings. Nathan recorded just one out and was hit for four runs, including Dave Roberts' 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 single and Lo Duca's two-run double. The Dodgers' eighth run came on a RBI double by Shawn Green off reliever Scott Eyre, with the run credited to Nathan. Guillermo Mota relieved Ishii in the seventh and caused some relatively anxious moments when, with two outs, he allowed a single to Alfonzo and walked Ray Durham and Barry Bonds, but Santiago then swung at the first pitch and flied out to right. Bonds also walked in the first inning, struck out looking in the third and hit a fielder's-choice grounder in the fifth. Rich Hammond, (818) 713-3611 rich.hammond(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos, box Photo: (1 -- color) Dave Roberts (30) high-fives Cesar Izturis as he scores on a double by Paul Lo Duca in the sixth inning of the Dodgers' 8-2 victory Wednesday night, which improved L.A.'s record to 42-28, tied for third-best in baseball. (2) Mike Kinkade, left, tags out Rich Aurilia, who was caught off first base in the sixth inning. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer Box: STORY LINES |
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