DODGERS GET BREAK ON MISTAKE : DODGERS 5, ATLANTA 4.Byline: Brian Dohn Daily News Staff Writer The Dodgers got one clutch hit Sunday, which was one more than they had the previous day. Neither day, in the short term, did it matter. The Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From to the present, the Braves have played in Turner Field. 5-4 in 11 innings at Turner Field • • [ to win their second straight series. And they won two of three against the NL East's first-place Braves despite getting one hit in 32 at-bats with a runner in scoring position In the sport of baseball, a baserunner is said to be in scoring position when he is on second or third base. The distinction between being on first base and second or third base is that a runner on first can usually only score if the batter hits an extra base hit, while a runner on . They won because they didn't make the big mistake. The Braves did. It came when first baseman Ryan Klesko Ryan Anthony Klesko (born June 12, 1971 in Westminster, California) is a first baseman for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. Previously, Klesko played with the San Diego Padres and Atlanta Braves. He bats and throws left handed. didn't catch the ball on third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker Chipper chipper Drug slang An occasional user of illicit drugs. See Recreational drug use Tobacco A popular term for a person who smokes < 5 cigarettes/day, who may be resistant to nicotine dependence or addiction, and often born to non-smoking parents. Jones' throw in the 11th inning. It allowed Eric Karros ``It's nice to return the favor when they whipped us two of three at our ballpark,'' Dodgers manager Davey Johnson True, but the Dodgers' strongest piece of armor was dented. Right-hander Kevin Brown The name Kevin Brown can refer to several different people, including the following:
After dominating the Braves for much of the afternoon, Brown gave up a single to Keith Lockhart
Keith Lockhart (born November 7, 1959, Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.) is an orchestral conductor. and consecutive doubles to Chipper Jones, Brian Jordan and Klesko as the Braves tied it 4-4. With the way things have gone for the Dodgers (26-23) so far, that's usually disaster because then everything begins falling apart. ``When Jones hit that ball to left I thought, `Oh, no, the worm has turned for the Braves,' because he wasn't on (Brown) at all,'' Dodgers catcher Todd Hundley said. ``(Jones) was talking about how nasty it was to hit against him and bang, a hit.'' And with it the three-run lead. Brown, pitching in his home state and in front of friends and family, admitted he was fatigued after throwing 116 pitches in 7-1/3 innings. The four earned runs were the most Brown yielded since he allowed six to Philadelphia on May 2. ``Some days it's not the number of pitches,'' said Brown, who had given up one earned run in each of his past four starts. ``I just ran out of gas. It wasn't a day where it was really easy body-wise. It was constant work.'' It was like that for the Dodgers' offense all series. When third baseman Adrian Beltre hit a three-run homer off Atlanta's Greg Maddux in the fourth inning, he became the only Dodger in the series to get a hit with a runner in scoring position. They went 1 for 16 against Maddux and four relievers, but the Braves blinked in the 11th. Eric Karros doubled with one out, and Beltre was intentionally walked by Mike Remlinger. Mark Grudzielanek grounded to third, Jones threw to Klesko, who dropped the ball. Remlinger (2-1) took the loss. Former Braves reliever Pedro Borbon (1-1) got his first win in nearly three years and Jeff Shaw recorded his 12th save. ``What's amazing is you find a way to win instead of lose,'' Dodgers hitting coach Rick Down said. ``We're not where we should be offensively, but we're winning ballgames.'' After hitting .301 with runners in scoring position in May, the Dodgers went hitless in their first 22 such at-bats against the Braves. They also failed in their final nine at-bats with runners in scoring position. In fact, including the series finale in Cincinnati, the Dodgers went 24 hitless at-bats with runners in scoring position. And if not for Atlanta starter Tom Glavine's wildness in Saturday's Dodgers win - he walked in two runs - the Dodgers would be heading to Pittsburgh wondering what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music. . They were 0 for 15 with runners in scoring position and, in the series, failed to score four times after leadoff doubles. ``That would have been a tough one (to lose), because we had our ace in there and we're going into the eighth inning ahead,'' said second baseman Eric Young, who made a diving stop on Ozzie Guillen's grounder to end the game. ``It would have been a quiet trip to Pittsburgh.'' Instead, the Dodgers go to Pittsburgh in search of their first three-game winning streak since April turned into May. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO After his three-run homer, the Dodgers' Adrian Beltre, left, is praised by Raul Mondesi. Ric Feld/Associated Press |
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