DEFINITELY NOT TRACY'S L.A. NEWCOMER ETHIER DRIVES IN FOUR RUNS IN DODGERS ROUT DODGERS 7, PITTSBURGH 0.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 Much of the Dodgers' roster has changed since former manager Jim Tracy
One of them, rookie Andre Ethier
Ethier, given a rare start against a left-handed pitcher, justified manager Grady Little's confidence, driving in four runs to help the Dodgers to their third consecutive victory. Aaron Sele Aaron Helmer Sele (born June 25, 1970 in Golden Valley, Minnesota) is an MLB right-handed pitcher who plays for the New York Mets. His family moved to Poulsbo, Washington, a Scandinavian town on the Kitsap Peninsula, where Aaron pitched for North Kitsap High School. tossed six effective innings as the Dodgers beat Tracy's Pittsburgh Pirates This article is about the baseball team. For the National Hockey League team, see Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL). For the National Football League team (1933–1940), see Pittsburgh Steelers. 7-0 in front of 47,785 fans at Dodger Stadium • • [ . Jonathan Broxton Jonathan Roy Broxton[1] (born June 16, 1984, in Augusta, Georgia),[2] nicknamed "The Ox," and "The Biggest Man In The World" by former Cub and current Arizona Diamondbacks announcer Mark Grace, is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. , Joe Beimel Joseph Ronald Beimel (born April 19, 1977) is a relief pitcher for the Major League Baseball Los Angeles Dodgers. High school/college years Beimel attended St. Marys Area High School and was a letterman in football, wrestling, basketball, and baseball. and Takashi Saito each pitched oneinning to complete the shutout. Regular outfielders J.D. Drew and Kenny Lofton Kenneth Lofton (born May 31, 1967 in East Chicago, Indiana) is a Major League Baseball outfielder. He bats and throws left-handed. He currently plays left field for the Cleveland Indians, with whom he has spent 10 seasons during three separate stints. were given the night off, which gave left-handed Ethier a chance to start. Before Saturday, only 15 of his 118 at-bats had come against lefty pitchers. Ethier can probably count on getting a few more. His two-run single against Zach Duke Zachary Thomas (Zach) Duke (born April 19, 1983 in Clifton, Texas) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Duke bats and throws left handed. He is considered one of the best pitching prospects in major league baseball. gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead in the second, and another two-run single, off Duke in the sixth, put the Dodgers up 4-0. Ethier, acquired in the December trade that sent Milton Bradley and Antonio Perez to Oakland, has thrived in his rookie season, with a .320 average and 19 RBIs in 44games. Ethier has been particularly strong of late. He went 3 for 4 Thursday against Seattle and had a pinch-hit single Friday against Pittsburgh. Sele (4-2), coming off two consecutive poor outings, broke a four-start winless streak, allowing five hits in six innings, walking one and striking out four. Jeff Kent added a two-run home run in the seventh to give the Dodgers a seven-run lead and put the Pirates on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of dubious history. The Pirates have lost 10 consecutive games, their worst stretch since 1968. A loss today would match a losing streak A Losing Streak is the third episode of series 2 of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses. It was first broadcast on 4 November 1982. Synopsis Del Boy, Rodney, and Grandad are making some sort of cheap perfume just to earn money after Del has been losing most of from 1955 and put them on the verge of the modern team record of 12, set in 1939. Entering Saturday, a Dodgers starter had reached the sixth inning in just six of the previous 12 games. Given his past two efforts, Aaron Sele didn't figure to improve that statistic, but Sele came through. Sele's season has been a study of contrasts. He was recalled from Triple-A in early May and started the season with a 3-0 record, giving the Dodgers six consecutive quality starts. The next two starts didn't go so well. Sele lasted just four innings both times and allowed a combined 10 runs (six earned) on 13 hits, walked eight and didn't record a single strikeout. Sele was simply part of a trend. In the previous 12 games, the Dodgers went 4-8, and their starters had provided just 66 1/3 innings compared to 44 1/3 innings for the bullpen, a stretch that includes Derek Lowe's complete game Thursday and the 17-inning game in Oakland lastweek. Sele found his May form Saturday, although the Pirates, the team with the worst record in the National League, didn't figure to provide overwhelming resistance. Sele didn't dominate the Pirates, but effectively pitched his way out of sporadic trouble. In the fourth, the Pirates put runners on first and third, but Sele induced an inning-ending groundout by Jose Castillo. The Dodgers' lineup, which included rookies Matt Kemp, Ethier and Russell Martin in the sixth, seventh and eighth spots, respectively, broke through against Duke in the second. Olmedo Saenz, who had six hits in seven previous at-bats against Duke, led off with a sharp single to center and moved to third when Kemp followed with a double to the wall in left-center field. Ethier put the Dodgers up 2-0 with a single up the middle to score Saenz and Kemp. Ethier was tagged out in a rundown after he slipped rounding first base. Duke was chased from the game in the sixth. With one out, Saenz singled to left and moved to third when Kemp crushed a double into the left-field corner. Ethier followed with a sharp single to score both runners. He moved to second on the throw to the plate, then scored on Martin's single for a 5-0 lead. rich.hammond@dailynews.com (818) 713-3611 CAPTION(S): 3 photos, box Photo: (1) Rookie Andre Ethier slides into home in the sixth inning to score the Dodgers' fifth run against Pittsburgh. (2) Dodgers start Aaron Sele pitches six shutout innings to win his fourth game of the season. Danny Moloshok/Associated Press (3) PENNY Box: DODGERS vs. PITTSBURGH - Rich Hammond |
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