DODGERS FIND WAY TO HOME : DODGERS 5, MONTREAL 4.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 Beaten twice before, third base coach Joey Amalfitano Ashley was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1988 MLB Draft. He started his professional career with the Gulf Coast Dodgers in 1988 and 1989. home anyway. Beaten once himself, Eric Karros Oddly enough, on a night when four Dodgers were thrown out on the basepaths, two at home plate to end innings, Ashley made it without incident. And, in 11 innings, the Dodgers defeated the Montreal Expos The Montreal Expos (French: Les Expos de Montréal) were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1969 until 2004. After the 2004 season, the franchise relocated to Washington, D.C. and became the Washington Nationals. 5-4 before an announced 27,843 late Friday night at Olympic Stadium The Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the big centrepiece stadium of the Summer Olympic Games. Traditionally, the opening and closing ceremonies and the track & field competitions are held in the Olympic Stadium. . It was the Expos' fifth loss in 21 home games, the Dodgers' 10th win in 25 road games. ``I thought,'' Amalfitano said in his only attempt at levity lev·i·ty n. pl. lev·i·ties 1. Lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate; frivolity. 2. Inconstancy; changeableness. 3. The state or quality of being light; buoyancy. , ``it was a full moon.'' In the 11th, long after the Dodgers spent eight innings coming back from a four-run deficit, Ashley drew a one-out walk off Expos left-hander and former Dodger Omar Daal Raul Mondesi, whose third-inning single brought the Dodgers to within three runs, and whose seventh-inning single drew them to within one, then singled to center field. Ashley, who watched Tom Prince get thrown out at the plate in the fourth and Karros get thrown out in the fifth, charged past Amalfitano and validated everything the Dodgers bullpen had done. ``I was happy to cross that plate,'' Ashley said. The Expos scored four runs in the first inning of what was a dismal start for right-hander Pedro Astacio. He pitched to nine batters in that first inning, when he allowed three hits, hit a batter and walked two, one intentionally. F.P. Santangelo tripled home three runs with two out, one hitter after Astacio walked .226-hitting Sherm Obando. Astacio was relieved after three innings by left-hander Joey Eischen, who pitched three scoreless innings. The Dodgers' bullpen didn't budge for eight innings, during which only three Expos baserunners advanced past first base. Right-hander Antonio Osuna (3-3) pitched the eighth through 10th innings. The three innings matched his longest ever appearance, and he allowed just one hit, a two-out triple to Cliff Floyd in the 10th inning. Osuna has not given up a run in his last 15-1/3 innings, over 14 appearances. Todd Worrell pitched a scoreless 11th for his 12th save. ``That was one of the best games we've played here,'' said Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda. ``That bullpen was outstanding. What a job they did. ``It's one of the best relief jobs I've seen, I think, since I've been managing. They've done a sensational job. That was a big game for us.'' On an Eastern trip that routinely has been disastrous for the Dodgers (25-24), they started 1-0 and remained 5-1/2 games behind the San Diego Padres, who lead the National League West. And they did it with abandon. Down 4-0, the Dodgers scored single runs in the third, fourth, seventh and eighth innings before Mondesi's game-winner. Prince, who started in place of resting Mike Piazza, walked and scored in the third inning, then had the hit in the eighth that forced the game into extra innings. Delino DeShields began the eighth inning with a single. Mike Blowers and Piazza, who pinch-hit, made outs, but DeShields stole second in the process, then stole third early in Prince's at-bat. Expos closer Mel Rojas threw two strikes, then a forkball fork·ball n. Baseball A pitch with the ball placed between the index and middle fingers so that the ball takes a sharp dip near home plate. fork . Prince, brought up from Albuquerque on May 18, pulled the forkball down the left-field line for a double and his first hit of the season. ``He threw a good forkball,'' Prince said. ``I swung and barely got a piece of it.'' He was too humble. He hit it well, and it easily beat third baseman Dave Silvestri. |
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