DODGERS ARE TIRED, HAPPY WIN COMPLETES SWEEP OVER NATS DODGERS 10, WASHINGTON 9 (12).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 A red-eye flight A red-eye flight is a flight operated by an airline late at night or very early in the morning, during the period from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. local time. The term "red-eye" derives from the fatigue symptom of having red eyes. Red-eye flights are often called a "dry flight". from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Three hang-on-tight victories. A night game, followed by a 12-inning day game played in sweltering swel·ter·ing adj. 1. Oppressively hot and humid; sultry. 2. Suffering from oppressive heat. swel heat. The general stresses of a late-summer baseball playoff race. A harrowing week caught up with Russell Martin
"It was a long day, but a good day," Martin said Wednesday, after the Dodgers rallied from a five-run deficit and finished a sweep of Washington with a 10-9 victory in 12 innings. "Every win is a good day." And really, how else could the Dodgers see it? Yes, they got an awful five-inning outing from Brad Penny Bradley Wayne Penny[1] (born May 24, 1978 in Blackwell, Oklahoma)[2] is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers.[3] Early career , who is ostensibly os·ten·si·ble adj. Represented or appearing as such; ostensive: His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity. their No. 1 starter. Yes, the middle relievers nearly turned the Nationals' slim lead into a rout. Yes, the Dodgers allowed nine runs to the National League's least- productive offense. And yes, three one-run victories against a team 18 games under .500 isn't champagne-worthy stuff. But consider how it happened. The Dodgers didn't fold when their ace got shelled, even when they faced an 8-3 deficit in the sixth inning. They rallied with youth -- James Loney had four RBIs -- and veterans. Shea Hillenbrand Shea Matthew Hillenbrand[1] (born July 27, 1975 in Mesa, Arizona)[2] is a Major League Baseball third baseman. A native of Mesa, Arizona, Hillenbrand attended Mountain View High School there, excelling in both baseball, as a shortstop, and soccer. , cast away by two major-league teams this season, lofted a fly ball to right field with one out in the 12th and the bases loaded. Jeff Kent Jeffrey Franklin Kent (born March 7, 1968 in Bellflower, California) is a Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers and a former MVP winner. Early career , 39 years old and never the fleetest afoot in his prime, charged home, pulled off an awkward head-first slide and just beat the tag from catcher Jesus Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the . The Dodgers charged out of the dugout to swarm Kent, then Hillenbrand, as the sparse Dodger Stadium crowd roared. A four-hour, five-minute game played in 90-plus-degree heat ended in jubilation. "A couple weeks ago we were in a rut. Now we're starting to play better," Dodgers left fielder Luis Gonzalez said. "We need to continue to go out and win series and try to get back in this thing. St.Louis, last year they limped into the playoffs and ended up winning the whole thing. That's why you play all 162 games." Kent opened the 12th inning with a single off Saul Rivera (1-5) and moved to third base on Martin's double. Rivera intentionally walked Loney but Hillenbrand won the game with the sac fly. The Dodgers swept a three-game series for the fourth time this season and for the first time since they opened the post-All-Star portion of their schedule with a sweep of 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 . At that point, the Dodgers were 12 games over .500 and leading the National League West. Now they're third in the division and jockeying with several teams in the wild-card race. The Dodgers begin a three-game series at San Diego on Friday. "We have to play catch-up and make up some ground," said Kent, who finished 4 for 5 with two doubles and three runs scored. "It doesn't matter how we do it. We're just going to have to do it." Hillenbrand hit a two-run home run, in addition to his game-winning sac fly. Martin hit a two-run home run and Matt Kemp hit a solo home run. After relievers Mark Hendrickson and Rudy Seanez got roughed up, Joe Beimel, Jonathan Broxton, Takashi Saito and Scott Proctor combined for 52/3 shutout innings. Proctor (3-0) did the heavy lifting. He pitched three innings -- just the second time this season he had been asked to record more than six outs -- and allowed only one hit and one walk. The Dodgers had to use six relievers because Penny gave them little. Penny went five innings and allowed six runs on eight hits and left the game with the Dodgers trailing 6-3. Washington extended its lead to five runs in the sixth when Robert Fick (Newbury Park High) hit a home run and Nook Logan hit a two-out 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. Then the rally began. The Dodgers tied the score 8-8 with a five-run rally, including a three-run double by Loney and Hillenbrand's two-run home run. Nationals starter Shawn Hill, who entered the game with a 2.31 ERA, was charged with seven runs (six earned) in 51/3 innings. Washington reclaimed the lead in the seventh when D'Angelo Jimenez hit a RBI single, but the Dodgers tied the score 9-9 when Kemp led off the seventh inning with a home run just over the right-field fence. "Everybody took part in the win, and that's the special thing," Dodgers manager Grady Little said. rich.hammond@dailynews.com (818) 713-3611 |
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