DODGERS PUMMEL PIRATES : MONDESI'S GLOVE, BAT PLAY ROLES DODGERS 10, PITTSBURGH 1.Byline: Tim Brown Timothy Donell Brown (born July 22, 1966) is a retired wide receiver, who played in the National Football League. He spent sixteen years with the Oakland Raiders, during which he established himself as one of the League's most prolific wide receivers. Daily News Staff Writer The recovery process, when it comes, will come slowly for Raul Mondesi, the Dodgers right fielder right fielder n. Baseball The player who defends right field. Noun 1. right fielder - the person who plays right field outfielder - (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield whose horrific slump crept a little further Friday night. He understands that, though he does not accept it. In the 42 at-bats that led into his second at-bat in the ninth inning, he had three hits. That's .071. Then he homered. That's .093. Twenty-two lousy points at a time. The baseball drifted to the left-field fence, skipped off the top padding and gave the Dodgers a 10-1 lead over the Pittsburgh Pirates This article is about the baseball team. For the National Hockey League team, see Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL). For the National Football League team (1933–1940), see Pittsburgh Steelers. at Three River Stadium, a lead that became a final score half-an-inning later. Mondesi, whose running back-handed catch in the fifth inning did more to decide the game than a solo home run on the tail end of an eight-run inning, grinned a little at the ball that came within an inch or two of staying in the ballpark, perhaps of getting caught. ``You had to give it to me,'' he said. From across the clubhouse, pitcher Tom Candiotti fence inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" 2. Colorado, if I ever hit one.'' It's fun and games "Fun and Games" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 30 March, 1964, during the first season. Opening narration after nine-run wins. It's when the focus is on big-picture items such as defense, which the Dodgers played extraordinarily against the Pirates; on pitching, with which the Dodgers can match nearly any team in baseball; on the bullpen, stingy stin·gy adj. stin·gi·er, stin·gi·est 1. Giving or spending reluctantly. 2. Scanty or meager: a stingy meal; stingy with details about the past. again. On the hitting. The Dodgers had three home runs, by Mike Piazza Michael Joseph Piazza (born September 4, 1968 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is an American Major League Baseball player who currently plays for the Oakland Athletics. He began his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers and played for the Florida Marlins, New York Mets, San Diego Padres , Eric Karros At the end of it, Mondesi grabbed the heads of Todd Hollandsworth Todd Mathew Hollandsworth (born April 20, 1973 in Dayton, Ohio) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball. Previously, Hollandsworth played with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1995-2000), Colorado Rockies (2000-2002), Texas Rangers (2002), Florida Marlins (2003), Chicago Cubs and Chad Fonville Chad Everette Fonville (born March 5, 1971, in Jacksonville, North Carolina) was a Major League Baseball infielder. Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 11th round of the 1992 MLB amateur draft, Fonville would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Montreal and celebrated his homer with head-butts. His bat is fifth in line and the Dodgers need it. ``I have confidence, because I know every day I'll be in the lineup,'' he said. ``I do my best every day. That's all I can do. ``I'm worried because I'm hitting .190 (.197, actually). But, nobody can hit every day. We've got a real good team. ``All you can do is try hard. Every day. If (manager Tom Lasorda) has confidence in me, I have to have confidence in myself. Right? ``I don't care about myself. I know I'm going to be all right. I worry about my family. My wife. My mom. My brothers and friends. They worry too much. Tough game, man.'' It was made tougher when, in a 10-1 game, the Dodgers waded through an eight-inning, 2-1 pitchers' duel, then put it away with five hits and a Pirates error in the ninth. Mike Blowers drove in a run with a ground ball, Greg Gagne drove in two with a single and Piazza drove in another with a single. The little ball ended there. Karros hit a three-run homer to center field that landed about 430 feet from home plate and Mondesi followed with his solo homer. Piazza's homer was in the first inning, and extended his hitting streak to 16 games. Chan Ho Park (3-1) pitched five innings in which he allowed a first-inning run, and then handed off to the bullpen. Joey Eischen and Antonio Osuna held the 2-1 lead through three innings, into the ninth. ``This year I know I'm part of the team,'' said Eischen, whose ERA is 1.93 in 10 appearances. ``I go out, put my horns down and go at 'em.'' Danny Darwin (2-3), the Pirates starter, wasn't as fortunate. Reliever Dan Miceli allowed three runs in the ninth and Lee Hancock allowed five. Darwin pitched six innings and would have left with a tie score, if nothing else, had Dodgers left fielder Hollandsworth not reached over the left-field fence to take a home run away from Dave Clark in the first inning. The fence is about 9-1/2 feet high where Hollandsworth jumped and back-handed the ball. ``I can dunk,'' said Hollandsworth, who played high school basketball. ``(The ball) was gone.'' Hollandsworth had two more hits and raised his batting averaged to .288. He has five hits in his past seven at-bats, and 12 in his last 25. However, in the seventh inning, he was removed when the Pirates brought in a left-handed pitcher, Jason Christiansen. ``What (Lasorda) asks me to do, I'm going to go out and do,'' Hollandsworth said. ``I feel I have to earn it.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (color) Mondesi |
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