DODGERS NOTEBOOK: WALK THIS WAY: DODGERS' ZEILE HAS A SHARP EYE.Byline: Kevin Acee Daily News Staff Writer Todd Zeile The benefit of that many walks? Zeile's .234 batting average batting average n. Baseball A measure of a batter's performance obtained by dividing the total of base hits by the number of times at bat, not including walks. Noun 1. is the lowest, by far, among the Dodgers' regular starters. His .423 on-base percentage ranks fourth, as do his 61 runs scored. ``I've got to find some way to get on,'' said Zeile, who has hit in the No. 6 spot in the order much of the season. ``Being down in the order, in a lot of 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 situations, pitchers are a little more careful. I wasn't walking as much in when I was batting second.'' Indeed. What walking doesn't help is run production. Zeile is hitting .173 (18 for 104) with runners 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 . Coming along? Ramon Martinez Ramon Martinez is the name of several people:
The Dodgers had held some hope that Martinez would return after three rehabs. But he lasted just 43 pitches (three innings) Monday in Cooperstown. Martinez needs to be able last six innings before he can rejoin the Dodgers. ``I don't think we're progressing at a slow rate,'' team physical therapist Pat Screnar said. ``We're progressing at Ramon's rate.'' Streaker: Raul Mondesi extended his hitting streak to nine games with a single on Wednesday. Already this season, Mondesi has streaks of 14 games (July 12-25) and 11 games (April 18-30). ``He's a streaky streak·y adj. streak·i·er, streak·i·est 1. Marked with, characterized by, or occurring in streaks. 2. Variable or uneven in character or quality. player,'' Dodgers manager Bill Russell said. Mondesi is hitting a little better in his current run than he did in his 14-game streak, in which he batted .293. He is hitting .500 (18 of 36) in the past nine games. Also: Wayne Kirby's single in the ninth inning was his first hit in 12 pinch-hit at-bats this season. . . . Save for two crucial (and successful) appearances at Atlanta, Mark Guthrie has been reduced to something of a mop-up man. He was just that again Wednesday, coming in in the sixth inning with the Dodgers down 6-1. He allowed a run on a walk and a triple. He has 20 earned runs in his past 20 appearances (24 innings). . . . Two nights in a row, the Dodgers and Expos played for exactly three hours. |
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