DODGERS HIT THE ROAD IN ROCKY FASHION EMERGENCY STARTER SELE, BULLPEN ARE OVERPOWERED BY ROCKIES COLORADO 12, DODGERS 5.Byline: VINCENT VINCENT Vital Information Necessary Centralized (movie, The Black Hole) BONSIGNORE Staff Writer It was a dicey proposition to begin with, the notion the Dodgers could pocket one more home victory before boarding an early evening flight to Milwaukee to begin the first leg of their last big road trip of the year. Not with Aaron Sele Aaron Helmer Sele (born June 25, 1970 in Golden Valley, Minnesota) is an MLB right-handed pitcher who plays for the New York Mets. His family moved to Poulsbo, Washington, a Scandinavian town on the Kitsap Peninsula, where Aaron pitched for North Kitsap High School. getting an emergency call from the bullpen to replace injured starting pitcher Noun 1. starting pitcher - (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; Chad Billingsley Chad Ryan Billingsley (born July 29, 1984, in Defiance, Ohio) is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Biography As a senior at Defiance High School in 2003, pitched in 11 games and was 6-1 with a 1. , or the decision by Grady Little William Grady Little (born March 30, 1950 in Abilene, Texas) is a manager in Major League Baseball. He guided the Boston Red Sox from 2002 to 2003, and has been manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers since 2006. to give Jeff Kent Jeffrey Franklin Kent (born March 7, 1968 in Bellflower, California) is a Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers and a former MVP winner. Early career , Nomar Garciaparra Anthony Nomar Garciaparra[1] (born July 23, 1973, in Whittier, California) is a Mexican-American baseball player who currently plays third base for the Los Angeles Dodgers. and Russell Martin
But it sure would have been nice to get another victory, especially with San Diego bearing down on the Dodgers in the tight NL West division race and the reality of playing 10 road games over the next 11 days staring them in the face. So it was a disappointed -- albeit pragmatic -- group of Dodgers who hurried about the clubhouse preparing for their Sunday night charter after getting pounded from one side of Dodger Stadium to the other in a 12-5 loss to Colorado. ``You just turn the page and move on,'' catcher Toby Hall said. ``That's something this team is really good at doing.'' The loss ended the Dodgers' seven-game win streak and reduced their division lead over the Padres to three games, a margin they carry with them through Milwaukee, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Chicago over the next week and a half. It's a daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin task for a team that has compiled a 29-36 record away from home this year. Then again, after taking two of three from Colorado to win their 10th series July 28, they feel they're more than ready to handle the challenge. ``I think our confidence shows in what we do on the field,'' Martin said. ``We know we're playing good baseball right now.'' Sele did what he could in place of Billingsley, and what he didn't deliver in results, he at least made up for by absorbing four innings to help ease the workload of an increasingly burdened bullpen. Sele plowed through the early part of the game, taking a 2-1 lead in to the fifth. But three careless pitches to Kaz Matsui, Todd Helton and Garrett Atkins resulted in a two-run triple, a run-scoring double and 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 single. All of a sudden, the Rockies led 5-2 and Sele was leaving in favor of Elmer Dessens. ``I left some balls up,'' said Sele, who was making his first start since August 1. Fatigue wasn't an issue, Sele said. ``Basically it came down to pitch quality,'' he said. Dessens was immediately greeted by a 481-foot home run by Matt Holliday to give the Rockies a 7-2 lead. The ball sailed over the back wall of the Dodgers' left-field bullpen, taking with it any chance of a Dodgers comeback. In all, the Rockies pounded out 18 hits against four Dodgers pitchers, including six for extra bases. ``These type of games happen from time to time,'' Little said. ``Fortunately they haven't happened very often to us.'' It wasn't all bad. Hong-Chih Kuo, a candidate to get a starting pitching assignment, had four strikeouts in two innings; James Loney went 2 for 5 with a triple and an RBI; and newly acquired Marlon Anderson had a pinch-hit double and a two-run home run. Now they'll send ace Greg Maddux to the mound this morning against Milwaukee to kick off the most important stretch of the season. When it comes to getting back on track, the Dodgers feel they're in pretty good hands. ``We want to get another winning streak started,'' said Hall, who had two hits and two RBIs. ``The good thing is, we're talking about winning streaks, not losing streaks. I think we'll be OK.'' vincent.bonsignore@dailynews.com (818) 713-3612 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Dodgers shortstop Rafael Furcal tags out the Rockies' Kaz Matsui at second base in the sixth. (2) Dodgers emergency starter Aaron Sele allowed six run on nine hits in 4 1/3 innings during Sunday's loss to the Colorado Rockies. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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