DODGERS NOTEBOOK: YOUNG FINDS RIGHT HOME-RUN STROKE.Byline: Matt McHale Daily News Staff Writer The Dodgers usually worry when leadoff man Eric Young Eric Young can refer to:
Sunday was different, especially after Young's eighth-inning home run off Denny Neagle It was his second in two games and gave him 14 hits in the Dodgers' nine-game homestand. But in between home runs, Young flied out four times and popped out once. ``Every team I play for, they always get on me about that,'' said Young, who has four this year and 37 in his six-year career. ``They think about it a lot. I guess I do, too. My game usually is keeping the ball on the ground and making things happen.'' Although the Dodgers were 13 for 66 (.197) 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 during the homestand, Young was not part of the problem, having four consecutive multihit games until going 1 for 4 Sunday. He had a four-hit game against Florida on Tuesday, but No. 2 hitter Mark Grudzielanek Mark James Grudzielanek (born June 30, 1970 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a second baseman in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Kansas City Royals. Previously, Grudzielanek played with the Montreal Expos (1995-1998), Los Angeles Dodgers (1998-2002), Chicago Cubs went 0 for 5 and the Dodgers lost. ``This is as good as I have felt in a long time,'' said Young, who has missed 32 starts this year with a strained left thigh. ``This is what we need to get things going, getting me on base.'' Dodgers manager Glenn Hoffman Glenn Edward Hoffman (born July 7 1958 in Orange, California) is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball and the current third base coach for the San Diego Padres. Previously, in 1998 he took over the managerial position for the Los Angeles Dodgers final half of the season when said he could tell Young went for a bigger swing after homering Saturday in the fifth inning. ``We were saying on the bench that he was starting to pull his front arm out after the first home run,'' Hoffman said. ``But today, he just laid the bat on the ball. It was perfect.'' Quick hits: The Dodgers failed to score in Darren Dreifort's seven innings of work, giving him just 61 runs in 164-1/3 innings (3.34 runs per game), third lowest in the NL. Teammate Carlos Perez has the lowest. . . . The victory snapped a losing streak A Losing Streak is the third episode of series 2 of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses. It was first broadcast on 4 November 1982. Synopsis Del Boy, Rodney, and Grandad are making some sort of cheap perfume just to earn money after Del has been losing most of against the Braves at eight games. The two teams play next weekend in Atlanta as part of a seven-game Dodgers trip that begins Tuesday night in Pittsburgh. . . . When Andres Galarraga was hit by a Dreifort pitch in the second inning, it was the 20th time that has happened this season. That ties Jeff Blauser's single-season club record. He has 132 lifetime, most among active players. . . . Scott Radinsky Radinsky finished his career with a 42-25 record, a 3. began the eighth inning and retired the Braves in order. Coming in, Radinsky had allowed 17 of 34 inherited base runners to score. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) YOUNG (2--Color) NEAGLE |
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