DODGERS GOING SOUTH L.A. 2 BEHIND AS ASHBY FALTERS SAN DIEGO 8, DODGERS 4.Byline: Brian Dohn Staff Writer 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. - The San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era , fresh off losing an opportunity to shove the Dodgers out of the National League wild-card race, flew in the wee hours Friday and arrived in Milwaukee by mid-morning. They then man-handled the Brewers. The Dodgers awoke mid-morning and drove down I-5, an uneventful prelude to their game other than the fact Eric Karros' tire blew out 45 miles north of Qualcomm Stadium Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers • • [ . The Dodgers then were pushed around by last-place San Diego. Rather than beat up on the Padres and keep pressure on the Giants, right- hander Andy Ashby The Dodgers, who have lost six of their past seven against the Padres, trail the Giants by two games with eight to play. ``This is not a crippling defeat,'' Dodgers manager Jim Tracy
"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. if it's all that good. If they do that, you tip your cap to them. We have to put this aside and move forward.'' The Dodgers (86-68) have won the season series from San Diego (65-89) once in the past six seasons, and Friday offered no reason to believe it will be any different this year. The Dodgers have lost eight of 13 games to San Diego, and the teams play six more times this season. ``I think it would have been a little optimistic to think we were going to win the last nine games,'' 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 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. said. ``Unfortunately, you don't want to lose the first one of these nine, but if we come back and win this series and play strong the last week at home, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden has four tough games (three with Houston, one with Atlanta) ahead of them.'' Ashby suffered through his worst start since he lasted one inning in an April 4, 1999, loss to the Colorado Rockies. He is winless in his past five starts and hasn't made it out of the fourth inning in three of his past four. Needing a solid start to maintain momentum after a big victory in the series finale with the Giants, and knowing San Francisco had a late four-run lead at the time of the game with the Padres, Ashby melted in the third inning. In a dreadful spell, he threw 16 pitches in the third inning, allowed six hits and left without recording an out. Ramon Vazquez and Mark Kotsay led off with singles, and three pitches later the Padres had a 3-1 lead as Ryan Klesko hit an 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 double and Phil Nevin drove in two with a double of his own. Sean Burroughs singled to left, and Gene Kingsale singled to center to make it 4-1 and knock out Ashby. Ashby wasn't ahead in the count against any of the hitters in the inning. The Padres added another run when Brian Buchanan singled to center off reliever Giovanni Carrara. ``We got beat in the third inning. That's all there is to it,'' Tracy said. ``It wasn't a matter of a letdown. It had nothing to do with that because there was plenty of life in our dugout, plenty of momentum in our dugout.'' Before the game, Tracy said Ashby would start again either Wednesday or Thursday, but after his fourth consecutive bad outing, that might be in question. Ashby, who last won Aug. 18, allowed eight hits and walked one. He is 0-3 in his past four starts and has a 9.42 ERA. He has also allowed 27 hits and walked nine in 14 1/3 innings spanning those starts and gave up five unearned runs in a loss to Arizona. Ashby was not available for comment afterward. ``It seemed like we made every pitch we talked about in the (pregame) meeting, and they were just hitting them,'' Dodgers catcher 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). said. ``I think now every game, to me, is a must-win. This is a tough loss. We're going to put ourselves in a position where we're going to have to win all eight (remaining games).'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Ryan Klesko watches his line drive bounce off the right-field wall for a double in the Padres' 8-4 victory in San Diego. Lenny Ignelzi/Associated Press |
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