DODGERS BACK ATOP NL WEST : DODGERS 8, SAN FRANCISCO 3.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 When the Dodgers stopped anticipating big innings, the big innings came. Oddly enough. They have started to score runs, occasionally in heaps, despite the shutout that concluded the season's first half, and sometimes without home runs. Back in the season, and back in the National League West, the Dodgers defeated 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 8-3 Thursday night before an announced 37,305 at Dodger Stadium • • [ . They are back in a tie for first place with 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, who lost in Denver. Twelve games into a 22-game stretch against Western Division opponents, the Dodgers have won seven times, and have won seven of their last 10 under interim manager Bill Russell Noun 1. Bill Russell - United States basketball center (born in 1934) William Felton Russell, Russell . Their offense so puny pu·ny adj. pu·ni·er, pu·ni·est 1. Of inferior size, strength, or significance; weak: a puny physique; puny excuses. 2. Chiefly Southern U.S. Sickly; ill. just two weeks ago, the Dodgers scored six runs in the first inning. In the past 11 games, the Dodgers have scored four or more runs in an inning eight times. They have scored 75 runs in their last 10 games, including the aforementioned shutout, and despite scoring 303 in their first 80 games. ``We're scoring some runs right now,'' said Dodgers cleanup hitter In baseball, the cleanup hitter is the hitter who bats fourth in the lineup. Strategy Cleanup hitters often have the most power on the team and are typically the team's best all-around hitter; their job is to "clean up the bases", hence the name. Eric Karros "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. .'' The pitching staff is hopeful. Ramon Martinez (7-3) pitched eight innings, some of them without the help of his defense, which committed three errors. He allowed four hits and two earned runs for his first victory in three starts. The offense, Martinez said with a grin, ``is a lot better.'' The Dodgers had 15 hits against six pitchers for the Giants, whose rested bullpen lasted exactly one day into the second half of the season. Thirteen of the hits were singles, three each by Chad Fonville, Karros and Mike Blowers. So, while the three-run home runs might not come, the hard grounders and line drives do. Sometimes in clusters. ``The offense has all come together,'' Russell said, ``top to bottom, and Chad makes it go. That shows you what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music. here.'' Here's what's going on with the Giants: They have lost 16 of their last 18 games. In the first inning, on the second pitch of the game, Giants leadoff hitter Marvin Benard hit his first home run of the season in 233 at-bats, his second in 267 career at-bats. Then the inning got bizarre. The Giants scored twice in the first off Martinez. And while that was interesting, it wasn't the weird part. This was: The Dodgers scored six runs in the bottom of the inning Noun 1. bottom of the inning - the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat bottom inning, frame - (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat against Giants starter Mark Leiter (4-8), whose three outs came disguised as two outfield assists and Martinez's third-strike bunt attempt. The first eight Dodgers hitters reached base on six singles, a hit batter and a walk. Fonville hit Leiter's first pitch into left field and Delino DeShields walked. Then Mike Piazza, he of the 455-foot homers, hit a roller that took so long to get through the right side that he ran through the first-base bag, rather than take a turn. It drove in a run, his team-leading 64th. Leiter's inning rolled on in that vein. Karros poked a run-scoring single into right field. Raul Mondesi was hit by a 2-and-2 pitch that loaded the bases, an unfortunate development for Leiter. Blowers singled to left field, which made him 5 for 6 with 10 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 in such situations, and 26 for 66 in his career. It also gave the Dodgers a 3-2 lead. Rookie Todd Hollandsworth slipped a single into center field for a run, though Mondesi was out attempting to score about six steps behind Karros, and Greg Gagne looped a single into left for another. Dodgers, 5-2. That's when Martinez fouled out trying to bunt. Fonville singled again into left field, this to score Hollandsworth, who might have been out at the plate by 20 feet, had third baseman Matt Williams not cut the throw from left fielder Barry Bonds and gotten Gagne, rounding second base, by 30. Martinez allowed one hit in the next seven innings, none to Bonds or Williams, who combined for four of Martinez's five walks. ``Those guys, everybody knows those guys will hurt you,'' Martinez said. ``So I had to play around with them a little bit. So that's what I did. I made a lot of good pitches to Barry Bonds.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Dodgers' Raul Mondesi is tagged out at home by Giant s catcher Kirt Manwaring in the first inning. John McCoy / Daily News |
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