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 wild-card race, flew in the wee hours and arrived in Milwaukee mid-morning. They man-handled the Brewers. The Dodgers awakened 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 the city. The Dodgers were pushed around Qualcomm Stadium Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers • • [ . Rather than beat up on the last-place San Diego Padres and keep the pressure on the Giants, right-handed Andy Ashby The Dodgers, who have lost six of their last seven against the Padres, trail the Giants by two games with eight to play. The Dodgers (86-68) have won the season series from San Diego (65-89) once in the last six seasons, and there's no reason to believe it will chance this year. The Dodgers have lost eight of 13 games to San Diego, a humbling thought since the teams play six more times this season. And consider this: The Padres are 8-5 (.615) against the Dodgers and 57-84 (.404) against everyone else. Oh, the Dodgers also will be officially eliminated from the race to win the National League West if Arizona wins or the Dodgers lose today. Ashby suffered through his worst start since he lasted one inning in an April 4, 1999, loss to the Colorado Rockies For the National Hockey League team (1976 – 1982), now known as the New Jersey Devils, see . The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. They are in the West Division of the National League. . He is winless in his last five starts and hasn't made it out of the fourth inning in three of his last four. Before the game, Dodgers manager Jim Tracy
Ashby, who last won Aug. 18, allowed eight hits and walked one. He is 0-3 in his last four starts and has a 9.42 ERA. He's also allowed 27 hits and walked nine in 14 1/3 innings spanning those starts, and allowed five unearned runs in a loss to Arizona. Dodgers pitching coach Jim Colborn
Needing a solid start to maintain momentum after a big win in the series finale
A series finale is the very last installment of a television series, usually a sitcom or drama. with the Giants, and knowing 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 had a late four-run lead at the time of the game with the Padres, Ashby melted in the third inning. The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead in the top of the inning on Shawn Green's groundout, but it didn't last. In a dreadful spell, Ashby threw 16 pitches in the third inning, allowed six hits and left without recording an out. Ramon Vazquez led off with a single to left and Mark Kotsay Mark Steven Kotsay (born December 2, 1975) is an outfielder for the Oakland Athletics. A native of Whittier, California[1], Kotsay was selected by the Florida Marlins the 9th pick of the Amateur Draft in 1996 out of Cal State Fullerton. singled to center. Three pitches later the Padres had a 3-1 lead as Ryan Klesko doubled in a run with a line drive to the right-field corner and Phil Nevin drilled a 1-0 pitch into the right-center field gap for a two-run double. Sean Burroughs singled to left and Gene Kingsale singled to center to make it 4-0 and knock Ashby out. 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. Solo homers by Eric Karros and Mark Grudzielanek, his first since Aug. 11, off Padres starter Brett Tomko pulled the Dodgers within 5-3 in the fourth inning, but the Dodgers gave back a run in the bottom of the inning Noun 1. bottom of the inning - the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat bottom inning, frame - (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat . With the bases loaded and one out, the speedy Kingsale grounded to Karros at first. Karros threw home for the force-out, but catcher Paul Lo Duca's throw back to first sailed into right field and allowed a run to score and put the Padres ahead 6-3. 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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