DODGERS CAN'T SCALE ROCKIES COLORADO 2, DODGERS 1.Byline: Tony Jackson
Anthony (Antonio) Jackson, best known as Tony Jackson Staff Writer For the second consecutive start, D.J. Houlton's newly formed habit of using a stand-in batter during his pregame bullpen sessions paid huge dividends for him. But for the second consecutive start, the Dodgers hitters did not. The rookie right-hander allowed just two hits through the first six innings against the woeful woe·ful also wo·ful adj. 1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful. 2. Causing or involving woe. 3. Deplorably bad or wretched: 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. , then deftly pitched out of a first-and-second, none-out jam in the seventh before leaving for a pinch hitter pinch-hit intr.v. pinch-hit, pinch-hit·ting, pinch-hits 1. Baseball To bat in place of a player scheduled to bat, especially when a hit is badly needed. 2. 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 . That pinch hitter, Jose Valentin, drew a two-out walk, but Oscar Robles Oscar M. Robles (b. April 9, 1976, in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico) has spent much of this decade as a third baseman for the Mexico City Red Devils (Diablos Rojos del México), and briefly as an infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers from May 2005 through 2006. then grounded to second to strand Dioner Navarro in scoring position to end the inning, keep the game scoreless and leave Houlton with a no-decision in a game the Dodgers wound up losing 2-1. In two outings since he decided to try to simulate actual game action while warming up in the pen - in an effort to curb his habit of giving up runs in the first two innings of games - Houlton has pitched 13 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on six hits while striking out 13 batters. He also has a loss and a no-decision to show for his efforts.. The latest pitcher to frustrate, discombobulate dis·com·bob·u·late tr.v. dis·com·bob·u·lat·ed, dis·com·bob·u·lat·ing, dis·com·bob·u·lates To throw into a state of confusion. See Synonyms at confuse. and more or less humiliate the punchless Dodgers was none other than Byung-Hyun Kim, the lightly regarded Rockies right-hander who came in with a 3-10 record and 5.43 ERA. Kim also was left with a no-decision, but not before pitching seven shutout innings and flirting with a no-hitter until a one- out double by Jose Cruz Jr. in the bottom of the fifth. Kim also pitched six shutout innings against the Dodgers on July 4, in a game the Dodgers eventually won in 11 innings. In his two starts against the Dodgers this year, Kim has a 0.00 ERA. Against everyone else, it is 6.16. The Dodgers (57-69), who went 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position Wednesday, missed a chance to move into sole possession of second place in the National League West, a division where first-place San Diego appears to be starting to pull away. After Houlton left, the Rockies finally broke through against another rookie, sidearming reliever Steve Schmoll (2-2). Pinch hitter Cory Sullivan drove a one-out double off the wall in left-center, and that was quickly followed by another double by Aaron Miles, this one down the left field line, to give Colorado a 1-0 lead. One out later, after an intentional walk to Todd Helton, Dodgers manager Jim Tracy replaced Schmoll with Yhency Brazoban. Matt Holliday then made it 2-0 with another double, this one down the right field line. CAPTION(S): 4 boxes Box: (1) DODGERS vs. COLORADO - Tony Jackson (2) GAME RECAP (3) HOW THE RUNS SCORED (4) ALMANAC almanac, originally, a calendar with notations of astronomical and other data. Almanacs have been known in simple form almost since the invention of writing, for they served to record religious feasts, seasonal changes, and the like. |
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