DODGERS ACE ECKERSLEY : DODGERS 6, ST. LOUIS 5.Byline: Tim Brown Timothy Donell Brown (born July 22, 1966) is a retired wide receiver, who played in the National Football League. He spent sixteen years with the Oakland Raiders, during which he established himself as one of the League's most prolific wide receivers. Daily News Staff Writer It won't ever become one of Los Angeles' 100 greatest sports moments. Dennis Eckersley's already done that gig, and Sunday's stage wasn't near as daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin as the one in 1988, when he unwittingly backdoor-slidered himself into Dodgers lore. However, for the Dodgers, their latest Eck wreck was pretty darn satisfying. They defeated the St. Louis Cardinals For the National Football League team that played in St. Louis from 1960 to 1987, see . The St. Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards" or "the Redbirds") are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. 6-5 at Dodger Stadium • • [ , where they scored four runs in the eighth inning, all after Eckersley was asked to protect a three-run lead. A single by Raul Mondesi, a double by Eric Karros They maintained a one-half game lead in the National League West over the San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. Padres, and they increased their lead to two games over the Montreal Expos The Montreal Expos (French: Les Expos de Montréal) were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1969 until 2004. After the 2004 season, the franchise relocated to Washington, D.C. and became the Washington Nationals. , contenders for the league's postseason wild-card entry. After 49 consecutive games out of their division, the Dodgers return to the West for the season's final 13 games, starting with a three-game series that begins tonight in Denver, against the Colorado Rockies For the National Hockey League team (1976 – 1982), now known as the New Jersey Devils, see . The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. They are in the West Division of the National League. . The frenetic eighth inning grew out of seven stale innings before it, in which the Dodgers left 11 runners on base. It grew out of 4-1/3 scoreless innings from the bullpen, after starter Tom Candiotti Finally, it grew out of what Dodgers manager Bill Russell Noun 1. Bill Russell - United States basketball center (born in 1934) William Felton Russell, Russell termed a couple of meaningless walks in the eighth inning, but Eckersley knew better. There is no such thing as a meaningless walk for Eckersley, not at Dodger Stadium. ``This park,'' he said with a sigh, ``hasn't been too good to me.'' Eckersley, who has saved more games than all but two other pitchers, entered with two out, two on and the score 5-2, Cardinals. He's made a career out of those situations. His first two pitches to Mondesi were strikes, and the Cardinals and Eckersley were that close to extending their lead over the Houston Astros “Astros” redirects here. For other uses, see Astros (disambiguation). The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The team is in the Central Division of the National League. in the National League Central to 3-1/2 games and sending the Dodgers into second place. ``I just couldn't put him away,'' Eckersley said. Starting at 0-and-2 to Mondesi, Eckersley threw three consecutive balls outside of the strike zone, at least one that would have been strike three in the American League. Mondesi fouled off the next three pitches and then grounded the last, the ninth pitch from Eckersley, into left field. The Cardinals still led 5-3. ``I thought that I had to put the ball in play,'' Mondesi said, ``no matter what.'' Against Karros, Eckersley was ahead 0-and-2, then 1-and-2, before Karros lashed an opposite-field double that bounded over the short fence. The Cardinals still led 5-4. Against Wallach, Eckersley was ahead 0-and-1, before Wallach lined a single to left field that scored Mondesi and Karros. The Dodgers led 6-5. Wallach had three 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 , all in the final two innings, all after there were two out. The Dodgers are 24-9 since he returned from his Anaheim exile. Wallach, at 39, has started all but three of those games. ``I don't move as well as I used to,'' Wallach said. ``My bat's not as quick as it used to be. But I want to win. That's important. I can't do all the things I used to, but I can still do some things to help this team win.'' After Wallach's hit, Worrell waded through Ray Lankford, Ron Gant and Brian Jordan in the ninth inning. He said that that kind of comeback, with 35,803 fans at once cheering the hits and mocking the Eck, ``put me in the frame of mind instantly.'' ``I think the team showed a lot of guts,'' Worrell said. ``That's the way this thing is going to be won.'' It has been convincing lately. ``It tells you more about the character of this team,'' Russell said. ``(The Cardinals) were thinking about packing the bats, I'm sure. ``To come back like this against Eckersley, that tells you something about this team.'' WILD FINISH A look at the NL playoff race and the chase for the league batting title: Dodgers (1/2 game up in the west): Beat St. Louis 6-5 Padres (1/2 game up for the wild card): Beat Cincinnati 8-0 Expos (1 1/2 games back for wild cards): Lost to Fla. 4-3 Mike Piazza, Dodgers: 0 for 1 (.347) Ellis Burks, Colorado: 1 for 4 (.345) Tony Gwynn, San Diego x :4 for 4, 2 RBI (.357) x does not have enough plate appearances to qualify CAPTION(S): 2 Photos, Box Photo: (1--color) Cardinals' Dennis Eckersley can o nly watch as Eric Karros scores the winning run. (2) Royce Clayton of the Cardinals keeps his foot on second base and gains a force play on the Dodgers' Delino DeShields. Hans Gutknecht / Daily News Box: WILD FINISH (see text) |
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