DODGERS FULL OF SURPRISES IN BEATING BRAVES.Several elements of the Dodgers game are still strangely out of kilter kil·ter n. Good condition; proper form: "policy 'adjustments' designed to bring the . . . country's economy back into kilter with the Western economic system" Edward Zuckerman. . Slender shortstop Greg Gagne Greg Gagne may refer to:
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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. created runs, for a change, rather than just stiff breezes. Tom Candiotti received some generous run support for an alarming change. None of this may have any relationship to form, but it found the Dodgers exulting in a 9-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves Wednesday night before 48,194 fans at Dodger Stadium. ``That's more like it,'' Delino DeShields said with a sigh in the home clubhouse. ``We just put together some hits tonight. . . . We don't expect to go out and score 8-9 runs every game, but we can get 4-5 a night. I think that's what we should expect to do.'' The Dodgers, who had lost six of their previous eight and had scored just two runs in splitting their first two games with Atlanta, broke out with a vengeance in the series finale. But rather than try to analyze the manner and method, they just shrugged and moved on. The Atlanta defense, which ranked third in the National League during last year's world-championship campaign, committing five errors? Gagne, the No. 8-hitting shortstop who was acquired solely for his steady glove, getting his team-leading third home run? Ashley, the platooning left fielder who averaged a strikeout every 2-1/2 at-bats last year, clubbing in three runs with a home run and a physics-defying, broken-bat double? Piazza getting his 16th and 17th hits to maintain his average at .405 - but still looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. his first extra-base hit of '96? Oh, well. They seemed content to enjoy rather than puzzle over it. ``Everybody did a good job. That's what it's going to take,'' said manager Tom Lasorda. ``We didn't get much in the first two (games against Atlanta), but we made up for it tonight.'' The players seemed to be having fun with it, too. Gagne, who also made a fine diving fielding play at short - that's what they got him for - was informed that he's on pace for 48 home runs. He burst into laughter. ``That'd be unbelievable,'' he said, adding, ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "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. . I'm just trying to go out there and do the best I can every night. . . . I'm not really a home-run hitter. The most I hit in a season was 14 with the Twins (in '88).'' His solo home run to lead off the sixth curled into the left-field corner and helped ignite a four-run Dodgers rally that burst the game open. Across the clubhouse, as Ashley talked to reporters, teammates walked by and yelled, ``King Kong!'' It wasn't so much his solo home run off Steve Avery (0-1) in the second - although that was a prodigious shot to left. It probably had more to do with his two-RBI double an inning later. On the hit, the bat sheared sheared adj. Shaped or finished by shearing, especially cut or trimmed to a uniform length: a sheared fur coat. Adj. 1. off in Ashley's hands, with the ball carrying clear to the left-field corner and the head of the bat landing perhaps 20 feet deep on the outfield grass in left. ``That,'' said Brett Butler, ``shows how strong he is. Amazing.'' To this point in his young career, however, Ashley has only amazed observers in his ability to create gale-force drafts while missing various pitches at the plate. The pressure of being the everyday left fielder has been eased, however, by a platoon arrangement with Todd Hollandsworth. Ashley admits that he's relaxing more and more with the arrangement. ``I feel a lot more comfortable,'' he said on a night when he raised his average to .333 (4 for 12). ``I feel more aggressive at the plate. I'm not taking so many fastballs and getting behind in counts.'' |
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