CAUGHT IN FOGG PIRATES STARTER SHUTS DOWN STRUGGLING L.A. PITTSBURGH 3, DODGERS 1.Byline: Jill Painter Staff Writer The Dodgers made another ordinary pitcher look extraordinary. Pittsburgh starter Josh Fogg Joshua Smith Fogg (born December 13, 1976 in Lynn, Massachusetts) is a Major League Baseball pitcher who plays for the Colorado Rockies. He played college baseball at the University of Florida and was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the third round of the 1998 Amateur draft. allowed one run in 7 1/3 innings -- the longest outing in his 23 career starts - and Odalis Perez allowed three home runs as the Pirates beat L.A. 3-1 in front of 31,254 Tuesday at Dodger Stadium • • [ . The Dodgers, 17 of 25 since the All-Star break, fell a half game behind the Giants in the wild-card race. Perez (10-8) gave up home runs to Jason Kendall Jason Daniel Kendall (born June 26, 1974 in San Diego, California) is a Major League Baseball catcher whom is currently a free agent. He is the son of former catcher Fred Kendall, who played in the majors from 1969–1980. , Kevin Young Kevin Young may mean any of several people:
In Major League Baseball, he had played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, (-), Boston Red Sox ( and ), San Diego Padres (2005) and after allowing just 13 in his previous 22 starts. Young gave the Pirates a 2-1 lead with a solo home run, his 14th, to left-center field with one out in the seventh. Perez, an All-Star, has lost four consecutive decisions. However, his misfortune only masked a bigger problem: a lack of offense. The Dodgers managed eight hits and left 10 men on base. The middle of the order was particularly bad: 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). , Shawn Green Shawn David Green (born November 10, 1972, in Des Plaines, Illinois) is a 6' 4" left-handed Major League Baseball player. Green is the starting right fielder for the New York Mets.[1] Green was a 1st round draft pick, and has been a two-time major league All-Star. and Eric Karros combined to go 1 for 11. Fogg (11-7) won consecutive starts for the first time since May 6-11. The Dodgers had an embarrassing base-running gaffe in the second inning, which invited a chorus of boos. For a team struggling offensively, it was more than discomforting. Mark Grudzielanek hit a broken-bat double to left field on a ball that went off the head of a diving Brian Giles and center fielder Adam Hyzdu, backing up Giles, chased it down after it ricocheted back to center field. Adrian Beltre ran from first to third but was held there by third-base coach Glenn Hoffman. Grudzielanek, unaware that Beltre was held up, rounded second and overran o·ver·ran v. Past tense of overrun. Beltre. Both runners were tagged and Grudzielanek was called out. The Dodgers squandered squan·der tr.v. squan·dered, squan·der·ing, squan·ders 1. To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. See Synonyms at waste. 2. a scoring opportunity in the sixth inning with runners on first and second with no outs. Beltre doubled down the left-field line and Brian Jordan reached on a fielder's choice. Fogg fielded Jordan's grounder but waited too long and his throw to second to get Beltre was late. Then Fogg struck out Grudzielanek and got the hot-hitting Alex Cora to fly out to right field. Perez then grounded out to first. The Dodgers returned to Dodger Stadium on Tuesday following their first losing road trip of the season, on which they went 6-7. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. that there's a sense of urgency but we've put ourselves in a situation where the margin of error is smaller,'' outfielder Dave Roberts said before the game. ``Last week, anything that could go wrong did go wrong. We can't let it get us too down.'' Hyzdu opened the scoring with a solo home run to left field with two outs in the fourth. Young then singled but Perez got Craig Wilson to hit a comebacker and threw him out to end the inning. Cora hit a run-scoring single just out of the reach of shortstop Jack Wilson, the Thousand Oaks High product, to tie the game 1-1 in the fourth. Cora started at shortstop in place of Cesar Izturis for the fifth consecutive day. CAPTION(S): 3 photos, 2 boxes Photo: (1 -- color) Not even an airborne Jack Wilson can prevent Dodgers shortstop Alex Cora from completing a double play. Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer (2) Starting pitcher Odalis Perez gave up three home runs in the Dodgers' 3-1 loss. Krista Niles/Associated Press (3) Pittsburgh left fielder Brian Giles dives to catch a drive by the Dodgers' Mark Grudzielanek but comes up empty. Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer Box: (1) NL WILD CARD (2) NL WEST |
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