CHOI HAS GRAND OPENING FIRST BASEMAN'S SLAM LIFTS DODGERS TO WIN.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 The Dodgers face a left-handed starting pitcher Noun 1. starting pitcher - (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game 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"; tonight, so it's likely that Hee-Seop Choi
Choi ended Jason Jennings' run of success against the Dodgers with a fifth-inning grand slam grand slam n. 1. The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games. 2. Sports The winning of all the major or specified events, especially on a professional circuit. off the Colorado starter, and Choi's second consecutive big offensive game helped the Dodgers to a 6-3 victory Friday night over the Rockies in front of 40,150 at Dodger Stadium • • [ . One huge hit was enough for the Dodgers against Jennings (1-3), who had beaten them a week earlier with a complete-game effort at Coors Field • • [ , and it was enough support for Dodgers starter Odalis Perez (4-1), who rebounded from a horrendous start in Denver with an excellent outing. Perez fell behind 1-0 in the third after Clint Barmes Clint Harold Barmes [BAR-mess] (born March 6, 1979 in Vincennes, Indiana) is a shortstop in Major League Baseball who has played for the Colorado Rockies since 2003. He bats and throws right handed. From 2003-04, Barmes posted a . led off with a double and later scored, but Perez otherwise dominated in seven solid innings, and Choi's swing gave him all the help he needed. It's mostly been a rough go in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. for Choi, who arrived last July in the trade that sent 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). and others to Florida. Choi hit .161 in 62 at-bats with the Dodgers last season and failed to show he could be an everyday first baseman, which led to a platoon situation at the position this month. This season didn't begin much better, as Choi took a .200 average into Tuesday's game, but that night he broke through with four hits, including a solo home run. But with the Dodgers facing a left-handed starter on Wednesday, Choi returned to the bench to await a right-hander such as Friday's starter, Jennings. Choi walked in the fourth inning but was stranded on second when the Dodgers left the bases loaded. After walks to Ricky Ledee and Cesar Izturis and a Paul Bako single in the fifth, Choi did the damage himself. Jennings left his first pitch to Choi over the plate, and Choi crushed it to center field, just over the wall for his first grand slam and a 4-1 Dodgers lead as the Dodger fans chanted his name. Choi played a big part again in the seventh, when he led off with a walk against reliever Jose Acevedo and scored when J.D. Drew hit a home run just inside the left-field foul pole and just over the wall. The home-run ball bounced off a fan in the front row and back on to the field and as left fielder Matt Holliday picked up the ball, a fan grabbed Holliday's jersey in an incident eerily similar to that of Gary Sheffield at Fenway Park this month. Holliday didn't respond, and the Dodgers took a 6-1 lead. Friday marked a departure for Jennings, who followed up last week's dominance against the Dodgers with an effort that quickly went downhill after a solid beginning. Jennings gave up the four runs on only three hits but walked eight and left after six innings. Perez, who allowed seven earned runs in five innings Saturday in Denver, needed 45 pitches to get through the first two innings Friday but was only hurt in the third. Barmes doubled, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Todd Helton's slow groundout to second base. But Perez retired 14 of the final 15 batters he faced after Barmes' double and left after seven innings. Perez allowed three hits, walked one and struck out seven. Pinch-hitter Brad Hawpe's 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 in the eighth made the score 6-2 and the Rockies had runners on the corners with one out, but Kelly Wunsch got Helton to ground into a double play. The game started auspiciously for the Dodgers, when Izturis booted a routine grounder at shortstop with two outs in the first. The miscue mis·cue n. 1. Games A stroke in billiards that misses or just brushes the ball because of a slip of the cue. 2. A mistake. intr.v. mis·cued, mis·cu·ing, mis·cues 1. was the first fielding error since April 17 of last year for Izturis, who was the National League's Gold Glove winner at shortstop in 2004. Rich Hammond, (818) 713-3611 rich.hammond(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos, 5 boxes Photo: (1 -- color) Hee-Seop Choi hit a fifth-inning grand slam in the Dodgers' victory Friday over Colorado. (2) Dodgers shortstop Cesar Izturis prepares to tag out Colorado's Clint Barmes attempting to steal second base in the second inning. Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer Box: (1) DODGERS vs. COLORADO - Rich Hammond (2) GAME RECAP (3) HOW THE RUNS SCORED (4) ALMANAC almanac, originally, a calendar with notations of astronomical and other data. Almanacs have been known in simple form almost since the invention of writing, for they served to record religious feasts, seasonal changes, and the like. (5) STORY LINES |
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