DODGERS FEELING STING OF SPRING L.A. HANDED 21ST EXHIBITION LOSS ANGELS 10, DODGERS 4.Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer ANAHEIM - Shawn Green Shawn David Green (born November 10, 1972, in Des Plaines, Illinois) is a 6' 4" left-handed Major League Baseball player. Green is the starting right fielder for the New York Mets.[1] Green was a 1st round draft pick, and has been a two-time major league All-Star. hit his first home run of the spring on Saturday night, or so he thought. The Dodgers right fielder right fielder n. Baseball The player who defends right field. Noun 1. right fielder - the person who plays right field outfielder - (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield , homerless in Florida, trotted around the bases after home-plate umpire Paul Emmel Paul Lewis Emmel (born May 2 1968 in Midland, Michigan) is an umpire in Major League Baseball who has worked in the National League in 1999 and throughout both major leagues since 2000. He wears #50 on his uniform. ruled Green's flyball down the left-field line a fair ball in the fifth inning of Saturday's Freeway Series The term Freeway Series refers to a series of baseball games played between Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of the American League and the Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League. game against the Angels in front of a sellout 43,281 at Angel Stadium. But Angels manager Mike Scioscia
Fortunately for the Dodgers, spring training doesn't count. Despite Green's two-run double in the first inning, the Dodgers lost to the Angels 10-4, their 21st loss of the spring, the most since the club moved from Brooklyn in 1958. With one final spring contest slated for today, the Dodgers can start from scratch to start (again) from the very beginning; also, to start without resources. - Thackeray. See also: Scratch Monday against 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. Dodgers starter 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. , vying for the fifth spot in the rotation, couldn't get out of the third inning Saturday, giving up six runs (four earned) and five hits in 2 2/3 innings. Angels starter Kelvim Escobar Kelvim Jose Escobar Bolivar [ess-coe-BAR] (born April 11, 1976 in La Guaira, Venezuela) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2004-present). He bats and throws right handed. gave up three runs and seven hits in five innings, but needed 87 pitches to get there. The Dodgers took an early lead, scoring two runs in the first inning off Escobar. With one out, Cesar Izturis singled when his grounder hit the first base bag. Izturis went to third on Adrian Beltre's double to right field, and both runners scored when Green hit a 94-mph fastball from Escobar into the right-center field gap. Escobar escaped further damage by retiring 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). and Juan Encarnacion, but needed 25 pitches to finish the inning. Escobar, whose fastball reached 95 mph, rebounded in the second inning to strike out the side in order. The Angels tied the game in their half of the second inning, scoring two unearned runs without getting a hit off Jackson. Troy Glaus led off the inning and reached on Izturis' fielding error at shortstop. Tim Salmon followed with a walk, and with both runners on the move, Jeff DaVanon grounded out to shortstop, moving Salmon and Glaus to second and third. Josh Paul drove home Glaus from third with a groundout, moving Salmon to third. Salmon then scored on a wild pitch, tying the game at 2. The Angels broke the tie with four runs off Jackson in the third inning, all four scoring after two were out. Jackson had struck out Garret Anderson with runners on first and second for the second out of the inning. But Jackson fell behind in the count to Glaus, 3-0, when Glaus ripped a double to left-center, scoring Darin Erstad and Vladimir Guerrero for a 4-2 Angels lead. Salmon hit Jackson's next pitch into left field for a single to score Glaus, and after a walk to DaVanon, Paul singled home Salmon for the fourth run of the inning, knocking out Jackson. The Dodgers narrowed their deficit to 6-3 in the fourth inning on Dave Roberts' 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 made it 6-4 on Roberts' RBI groundout in the sixth. The Angels increased their lead to 9-4 on Barry Wesson's three-run homer off Guillermo Mota in the bottom of the seventh. Paul's RBI single off Eric Gagne in the eighth rounded out the Angels' scoring. In the inning, Gagne was hit on the left shin by a one-hopper off the bat of DaVanon, but Gagne stayed in the game to finish the inning. The two teams played the final 3 1/2 innings with only two umpires - one at home plate and one on the bases. There were only three to start with, then home-plate umpire Emmel left the game in the top of the sixth with a splinter in his hand. Roberts broke his bat on a foul ball, and a one-inch sliver of wood from the bat lodged in the back of Emmel's hand. Bill Miller moved to the plate and Jack Samuels manned the bases. Joe Haakenson, (626) 962-8811 joe.haakenson(at)sgvn.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Dodgers starting pitcher Edwin Jackson (22) couldn't get out of the third inning, giving up six runs and five hits in 2 2/3 innings. Chris Urso/Associated Press |
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