DODGERS LEFT WITH A GREEN FEELING VS. D-BACKS ARIZONA OUTFIELDER'S HOME RUN STARTS PEREZ'S DOWNTURN IN L.A.'S DEFEAT ARIZONA 10, DODGERS 8.Byline: TONY JACKSON
Anthony (Antonio) Jackson, best known as Tony Jackson Staff Writer PHOENIX - You can dress it up with all the mahogany-wood lockers and plasma-screen TVs you want to, but you can't change the basic dynamic of a major-league clubhouse. It is still individuals, often with widely diverse backgrounds and personalities, crammed into a single room for more than seven months with the rather laughable expectation that they all like each other and that they always get along. Two years ago, there were two of those personalities in the Dodgers clubhouse that never quite seemed to mesh. On Tuesday night, they came face-to-face again. The eventual result was that after the top of the eighth inning, the Dodgers trailed the 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. 10-7 in the bottom of the eighth inning in front of 23,198 at Chase Field. That left the Dodgers on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of their first three-game losing streak in what already is beginning to look like a lost season. During their four years together in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Odalis Perez never publicly singled out 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. as someone he didn't like. But to anyone who spent much time around the club, Perez's disdain for Green - which seemed to stem primarily from Green's repeated failure to produce offensively whenever Perez was pitching - was no secret. Perez's own tendency to fall apart whenever things don't go well on the mound, often allowing situations to snowball, that isn't much of a secret, either. His latest collapse came in the fifth inning, when his nemesis Green stepped to the plate to lead off for the Diamondbacks with the Dodgers comfortably leading 6-0. Green hit what appeared to be a harmless, 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 to right, making it 6-1. That's where Perez's emotional volatility came into play. Andy Green Wing Commander Andy D Green OBE BA RAF (born 1962), a British RAF F-4 Phantom and Tornado F3 pilot and Officer Commanding Operations Wing at RAF Wittering, is the current holder of the land speed record and the first person to break the sound barrier on land. followed with a grounder to first base. 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. ranged far to his right to grab it, but Perez never took a step toward the bag. Base hit. Chris Snyder Christopher Ryan Snyder (born February 12, 1981 in Houston, Texas) is a catcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Arizona Diamondbacks (2004-present). He bats and throws right handed. See also
Reliever Jason Grimsley Jason Alan Grimsley (born August 7, 1967 in Cleveland, Texas) was best known as a professional relief pitcher. He made his Major League Baseball debut on September 8, 1989 and pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, Anaheim Angels, New York Yankees, Kansas City , hitting for himself because Arizona manager Bob Melvin Robert Paul Melvin (born October 28, 1961, in Palo Alto, California) is a former Major League Baseball catcher and the current manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Baseball career didn't want to burn up his bullpen on an evening when his club seemed doomed to defeat, then bunted into a force at second. Runners on first and third. Craig Counsell made it 6-2 with a hard-hit single to left, and Eric Byrnes loaded the bases with another hard-hit single. By this time, the Dodgers bullpen was buzzing. Finally, Chad Tracy tied it with his first career grand slam, a no-doubter to right center. Thoroughly discombobulated dis·com·bob·u·late tr.v. dis·com·bob·u·lat·ed, dis·com·bob·u·lat·ing, dis·com·bob·u·lates To throw into a state of confusion. See Synonyms at confuse. , Perez then earned an early exit by walking Luis Gonzalez. Rookie Jonathan Broxton, making his second appearance since being recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas on Monday, then got what should have been an inning -ending flyout to center from Conor Jackson, but Kenny Lofton misplayed it into 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, resulting in a seventh run being charged to Perez. Broxton couldn't get out of the inning, either, walking two of four batters and recording only one out. Joe Beimel eventually did get out of it when Grimsley's spot came up again. This time, Melvin opted to hit for him, and Jeff DaVanon grounded into a bases-loaded forceout. Green would burn the Dodgers again in the top of the eighth, robbing them of a home run for the second consecutive evening. This time, he went high above the wall in right to take away what would have been a score-tying, two-run shot by Rafael Furcal. J.D. Drew's solo homer tied the score to lead off the seventh and saved Perez from the loss. But it didn't save his ERA from ballooning to a ghastly 6.90. It also didn't save the Dodgers from Takashi Saito's first bad outing of the season. He came on to start the seventh and gave up three hits and two walks that led to two runs. The Dodgers went 4 for 6 with runners in scoring position in staking themselves to that early 6-0 lead. After that, they went 0 for 7 through the top of the eighth. Although two runs already had scored, the top of the first ended when Jeff Kent lined to third and Drew, thinking he had no shot to avoid being doubled off first, simply stopped running. But the throw from Tracy to Jackson was off the b ag, meaning Drew could have gotten back safely if he had tried. tony.jackson(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3615 CAPTION(S): 3 photos, 2 boxes Photo: (1 -- color) The Dodgers' Kenny Lofton, right, avoids Arizona shortstop Craig Counsell's tag and slides safely into second base. (2) Dodgers catcher Dioner Navarro, left, tags out Arizona's Eric Byrnes, right, in the fourth inning Tuesday. (3) Arizona's Chad Tracy is congratulated after hitting a grand slam. Paul Connors/Associated Press Box: (1) DODGERS vs. SAN DIEGO - Tony Jackson (2) DODGERS vs. SAN DIEGO |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion