DODGERS GET 1ST CHAVEZ RAVINE TRIPLE PLAY : COLORADO 4, DODGERS 2.

Byline: Marc J. Spears Daily News Staff Writer

Hey, Dionne Warwick and your psychic friends. Make room for Jose Vizcaino.

The Dodgers shortstop wisely picked his spots by making one astonishing prediction and refraining from another Saturday at Dodger Stadium.

Vizcaino predicted a triple play right before the Dodgers remarkably pulled one off in the fifth inning for just the second time in Los Angeles Dodgers history. However, he did not mention foretelling a victory as the Dodgers fell 4-2 to the Colorado Rockies in front of 38,417 to end the possibility of a season-best four-game winning streak.

In order, pitcher Darren Dreifort, Vizcaino, second baseman Eric Young and third baseman Bobby Bonilla combined for the trifecta, which was the first by the Dodgers at Chavez Ravine. It was also the first time the Rockies have been involved in a triple play. The San Francisco Giants' triple play May 8 against the host Chicago Cubs is the only other in the majors this season.

``Don't laugh, but I called it before it happened,'' said Vizcaino, who has not previously been involved in a triple play. ``When (the Rockies' Jamey Wright) was on second base and E.Y. (Young) was talking to him, I said `Hey watch . . . get ready, we're going to turn a triple play right here.' That is why I was jumping (afterward).

``I don't know (if I'm psychic). Sometimes, I just say those type of things. And when (Kurt Abbott) hit the ball, I was just ready for it.''

Juan Castro, Delino Deshields and Eric Karros turned the first triple play in Los Angeles Dodgers history on June 15, 1996 at Atlanta. The only other known triple play in Dodgers history came on April 26, 1949, when Gene Hermanski, Jackie Robinson and Gil Hodges turned one for Brooklyn.

The Dodgers were down 3-0 and the Rockies had a man on first and second and no outs in the top of the fifth inning when Abbott stepped to the plate. In the back of the Dodgers' minds was a play about two weeks ago, in which starter Ramon Martinez had a man on first and second with no outs and caught a short popup that ruined a triple-play possibility. (The umpire had not invoked the infield-fly rule).

This time, however, Abbott's bunt attempt resulted into a popup to the right of the mound that Karros and Dreifort let fall to the ground. After Dreifort threw the ball to second for out one, Vizcaino threw the ball for to Eric Young, covering first, for the second out. Young threw to Bobby Bonilla at third for the tag on Wright, who began the play at second.

When asked about Vizcaino's prediction, Young said, ``Did he say that? Well, we'll go along with that. Yeah, he did say that.

``He was a psychic on that. He says that kind of stuff all the time. `Psychic' Vizcaino, we should get a hotline for him.''

Wright (5-6) limited the Dodgers to just two runs on four hits in 5-1/3 innings. Down 4-0 in the bottom of the sixth, the Dodgers scored two runs when Young scored on Karros' bases-loaded walk and Vizcaino followed with a run on a fielder's choice.

While the victory snapped Wright's losing streak at two games, the talk after the game was his baserunning blunder.

``I thought I was caught, so I went back to second,'' Wright said. ``Then I saw it drop in, so I started to run to third. It came down to a pitcher not having baserunning experience.''

Dreifort (4-6) squandered a chance to reach the .500 mark for the first time in his career as a starter. The right-hander lasted just six innings, ending a streak of five consecutive games in which Dodgers starters lasted at least seven frames.

``My first inning (stunk),'' Dreifort said. ``After that I was all right.''

Dreifort allowed three runs off three hits in the first inning. Pitching coach Goose Gregson said Dreifort, who also allowed a home run to Larry Walker in the sixth, overthrew and opened up too much on his delivery in the first.

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PHOTO The Dodgers' Eric Karros is picked off second as Colorado's Neifi Perez applies tag.

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