DODGERS HIT THE REWIND BUTTON; A DAY AFTER MONDESI'S HEROICS, SHEFFIELD'S 10TH-INNING HOMER WINS IT : DODGERS 3, ARIZONA 2.Byline: Brian Dohn Daily News Staff Writer It had to be a homer. Nothing else would do it because neither the Dodgers nor Arizona Diamondbacks This article is about the baseball team. For other uses, see Diamondback. The Arizona Diamondbacks (also referred to as the D-backs) are a Major League Baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They play in the West Division of the National League. could get a hit 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 . It took Gary Sheffield's one-out solo homer Noun 1. solo homer - a home run with no runners on base solo blast home run, homer - a base hit on which the batter scores a run in the 10th to lift the Dodgers to a 3-2 win over Arizona on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium • • [ , the Dodgers' second extra-inning win in as many days. Sheffield's first homer of the season came on the first pitch he saw from reliever Brian Anderson Brian Anderson may refer to:
To that point, both teams struggled in clutch situations. The Diamondbacks, who were 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position, squandered squan·der tr.v. squan·dered, squan·der·ing, squan·ders 1. To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. See Synonyms at waste. 2. glorious chances in the ninth and 10th innings against Alan Mills Alan Mills may refer to:
After pinch-runner Dante Powell stole second with one out, Bernard Gilkey Still, if this is the kind of excitement the new regime is bringing to Dodger Stadium, it may be a good idea to check out some games. A day after Raul Mondesi homered twice in an extra-inning come-from-behind win in the season opener, the Dodgers and Diamondbacks nearly came to blows in what turned into a lively, emotional sixth inning. With the score tied at 2, both clubs' benches and bullpens spilled onto the field after the Diamondbacks' Matt Williams took umbrage when Chan Ho Park's pitch sailed behind the third baseman's head. It came one pitch after Williams, who homered earlier, came within a few feet of another home run, though the ball hooked foul. There were some hairy moments. With all the players milling near the pitcher's mound, Dodgers first baseman Eric Karros was trying to position himself between teammates and several Diamondbacks. Pushing ensued, but no punches were thrown. During the near-altercation, Williams remained near home plate while Park stayed on the pitcher's mound. Earlier in the game, Park hit Bernard Gilkey with a pitch. Gilkey homered twice off Kevin Brown on Monday. However, there's no question what kind of affect the incident had on Park. He struck out Williams on a pitch in the dirt, retired Luis Gonzalez on a grounder to first and then fanned Bernard Gilkey for his first 1-2-3 inning since the first. The Dodgers seemed primed to carry the emotion into 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 leadoff singles from Mondesi and Devon White. The irony seemed perfect with Karros up. But Arizona starter Todd Stottlemyre, vociferous in his own right during the skirmish, got Karros to ground into a double play. Mark Grudzielanek popped to short to end the inning. It wasn't the last time Karros or Grudzielanek had an opportunity to put the Dodgers ahead. Gary Sheffield started the eighth with a single and stole second. Mondesi struck out, Devon White walked and reliever Darren Holmes, brought in to face Karros, balked balk v. balked, balk·ing, balks v.intr. 1. To stop short and refuse to go on: The horse balked at the jump. 2. the runners over. Needing a fly ball to score a run, Karros popped to third and Grudzielanek flew out. The innings underscored what was the bane BANE. This word was formerly used to signify a malefactor. Bract. 1. 2, t. 8, c. 1. of the Dodgers. They went hitless in 11 at-bats with runners in scoring position. For the second straight day the Dodgers were victimized by the long ball. All five of Arizona's runs came via homers the day before, and the Diamondbacks countered an early 2-0 Dodgers lead in the same fashion again. Finley made it 2-1 when he turned on Park's 1-1 pitch and homered to right field. An inning later, Park became a piece of history for Williams. Williams, who's hit at least 20 homers in each of the last nine seasons, crushed Park's first pitch of the fourth inning deep to center field for his first homer of the season. Not only did it tie the game 2-2, but it was Williams' 300th career homer. On the other side of Williams' homer total, and career, is Dodgers third baseman Adrian Beltre, who turns 21 today, the youngest member of a veteran club. Beltre had a spectacular spring, on the heels of a sensational winter in which he was named the Most Valuable Player of the Dominican Winter League. Despite lingering questions about his offense, Beltre quieted the critics in his first at-bat against the Diamondbacks. He lined a two-out, two-run homer to left off Stottlemyre to give the Dodgers a 2-0 lead in the second inning. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) Groundskeepers clear the water off the field at Dodger Stadium before Tuesday's game against Arizona. John Hayes/Associated Press |
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