DODGERS BLOW BIG CHANCE SCHILLING KEEPS L.A. 2 1/2 BACK ARIZONA 3, DODGERS 2.Byline: Jill Painter Staff Writer The glaring orange lights in right field Tuesday showed something that was hard to ignore: Philadelphia 14, Florida 0. It meant all the Dodgers had to do was beat the Arizona Diamondbacks This article is about the baseball team. For other uses, see Diamondback. The Arizona Diamondbacks (also referred to as the D-backs) are a Major League Baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They play in the West Division of the National League. and they would be 1 1/2 games behind In sports, the phrase games behind, often abbreviated as GB in tables, is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division. in the National League wild-card race. But that pesky little problem that has bothered the Dodgers on and off all season - a lack of offense - reappeared after a lengthy absence. Arizona pitcher Curt Schilling Curtis Montague (Curt) Schilling (born November 14, 1966 in Anchorage, Alaska) is an American Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He has won World Series championships in 2001 with the Arizona Diamondbacks and in 2004 with the Red Sox, and is had a lot to do with that, keeping the Dodgers from gaining ground in the wild-card race by sending them to a 3-2 loss in front of 31,689 at Dodger Stadium • • [ . The Dodgers received further bad news when it was announced left-hander Odalis Perez will miss his scheduled start today against the Diamondbacks with a broken nail on the middle finger of his left hand. Rookie Edwin Jackson Edwin Jackson (born September 9, 1983 in Neu-Ulm, Bavaria, West Germany) is a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and currently plays for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. will start in his place. The Dodgers remain 2 1/2 games behind Florida, and Philadelphia moved within a half-game. The Phillies could take over the wild-card lead with a victory today. Arizona built a 3-0 lead, but the Dodgers scored in the seventh inning on a Dave Roberts For other uses, see Dave Roberts (disambiguation). David Ray Roberts (born May 31, 1972 in Okinawa, Japan), is a Major League Baseball center fielder for the San Francisco Giants. single to left. Jeromy Burnitz solo blast home run, homer - a base hit on which the batter scores a run to lead off the ninth to pull the Dodgers within 3-2, hitting a 2-2 pitch off closer Matt Mantei Matthew Bruce Mantei [MAN-tie] (born July 7, 1973 in Tampa, Florida) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who most recently played for the Detroit Tigers organization. an estimated 423 feet to right field. But Alex Cora José Alexander (Alex) Cora (born October 18, 1975 in Caguas, Puerto Rico) is a utility infielder for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. University of Miami career flew out to left, pinch hitters Jolbert Cabrera popped up to first base and Ron Coomer struck out on a breaking ball to end the game. Schilling, who won for the first time in five starts, continued his mastery of the Dodgers; he had a win streak against them halted at nine games in July. He missed his last scheduled start against the Dodgers on Thursday with a stiff neck - a problem that has bothered him on and off the past year or so - but looked fine Tuesday. Schilling gave up eight hits and just one run over seven innings. He had eight strikeouts and fanned Fred McGriff, Adrian Beltre and Burnitz twice each. Chris Capuano, who earned a victory against the Dodgers last week in that spot start for Schilling, pitched a scoreless eighth inning. Dodgers manager Jim Tracy was ejected in the seventh inning - his sixth ejection this season and 10th in his career - after Cesar Izturis was called out on a close play at first base. Izturis had bunted to move Cora to third base, and Schilling made the throw to first in time to get Izturis. Tracy emerged from the dugout and argued with first-base umpire Mark Carlson, who quickly tossed Tracy. After he was ejected, Tracy picked up the first-base bag, moved it a couple of feet down the line, and placed it back in the dirt. Dodgers left-hander Kazuhisa Ishii hasn't won a game in nearly two months. He lasted just two innings Tuesday and allowed five hits - including two doubles and a triple - and two runs. He struck out four and walked three and received no run support. Ishii struggled early, walking Steve Finley, the leadoff batter, in the first inning. He got out of it with a double play. But he couldn't get out of a jam in the third inning. Ishii retired Rod Barajas and Schilling, but Finley doubled to right and Junior Spivey doubled to score Finley. Paul Shuey, who turned 33 on Tuesday, pitched a perfect sixth inning, needing just 10 pitches. After he struck out Schilling in the seventh, Finley and Spivey came through again; Finley singled to right and Spivey hit a run-scoring double to left for a 3-0 lead. Raul Mondesi, the former Dodger, was booed each time he came to the plate and was 0 for 4. He popped up to the catcher in the second inning, flew out to right, struck out in the fifth and hit into a fielder's choice in the seventh. He left the game in the seventh after re-aggravating a right hip flexor flexor /flex·or/ (flek´ser) 1. causing flexion. 2. a muscle that flexes a joint. flexor retina´culum see entries under retinaculum. and is listed as day to day. Jill Painter, (818) 713-3615 jill.painter(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos, 2 boxes Photo: (1 -- color) Dodgers manager Jim Tracy is ejected by first-base umpire Mark Carlson in the seventh inning at Dodger Stadium. (2) Dodgers catcher 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). waits for the throw as the Diamondbacks' Steve Finley scores in the seventh inning. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer Box: (1) STORY LINES (2) NL WILD CARD |
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