DODGERS RALLY IN 8TH; VALDES DOES JOB, RADINSKY GETS WIN : DODGERS 5 MONTREAL 1.Byline: Scott Wolf Scott Richard Wolf (born June 4, 1968) is an American actor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts to Steven Wolf and Susan Enowitch, Wolf was raised in West Orange, New Jersey. He graduated in 1986 from West Orange High School. Daily News Staff Writer It's tough to tell who was crueler to Dodgers pitcher Ismael Valdes
The Montreal Expos The Montreal Expos (French: Les Expos de Montréal) were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1969 until 2004. After the 2004 season, the franchise relocated to Washington, D.C. and became the Washington Nationals. or his teammates, during L.A.'s 5-1 victory before 41,234 at Dodger Stadium • • [ . Valdes, who appears to be major-league baseball's poster child for tough-luck pitchers this year, impressively shut down the Expos for 7-2/3 innings and allowed only one run. Problem was, he trailed 1-0 at the time of his departure, because Montreal pitching had shut out the Dodgers through the same time span. As soon as Valdes was removed from the game, however, the Dodgers' offense made a roaring reappearance. L.A. scored five runs in the eighth inning, just in time to give reliever Scott Radinsky Radinsky finished his career with a 42-25 record, a 3. a well-undeserved victory for a grand total of one-third of an inning's worth of work. Valdes, meanwhile, had virtually nothing to show for yet another impressive performance. ``What can I say? I did my job. I felt good about,'' Valdes said. ``We won the game. What else can I say? Same story. You can't say anything about it and you can't do anything about it.'' The Dodgers (18-14) had more clutch plays in the eighth than in the previous seven innings combined. Wilton Guerrero Wilton Guerrero (born October 24, 1974 in the Don Gregorio, Dominican Republic) is a major league utility player who currently is a free agent. He previously played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1996-1998), Montreal Expos (1998-2000, 2002), Cincinnati Reds (2001-2002), Kansas City doubled to his brother, Vladimir, in right field and scored on Todd Hollandsworth's single. 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 and Eric Karros Raul Mondesi then hit a two-run single to give the Dodgers a 3-1 lead. Todd Zeile added a two-run double to break the game open. It was another frustrating start for Valdes, who has given up no more than one run in five of his past seven starts. Obviously, the Dodgers' offense has been somewhere between pathetic and anemic in those games. How bad is it? Well, the Expos scored 13 runs in one inning against the San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era on Wednesday. That's three more runs than Valdes has received the entire season. The Dodgers have scored 10 runs in Valdes' seven starts. Valdes never really had a chance, considering how lackluster the Dodgers' offense was against Montreal pitcher Dustin Hermanson, who gave up no runs in 6-1/3 innings. The Dodgers had just three runners reach second base through the first seven innings. It didn't matter that Valdes struck out nine and threw strikes 74 of his 103 pitches. It didn't matter that he scattered seven hits and allowed only one run. Not with this offense. Nothing summed up the Dodgers' frustration better for the majority of the game than the seventh. Mondesi singled and stole second base with just one out. Zeile hit a slow grounder between the pitcher's mound and first base. Expos first baseman Joe Orsulak charged the ball, but it was obvious Zeile would beat reliever Dave Veres to the bag. So Orsulak gambled and fired the ball to third base. The speedy Mondesi, apparently sure the play would be at first, rounded third but was stunned when Doug Strange got the throw and tagged him out. It was just one of several opportunities for the increasingly surly Dodgers fans to boo before the Dodgers took the lead. The Dodgers had other early scoring opportunities. In the third, Valdes reached third base on Hollandsworth's bloop bloop Baseball n. A blooper. tr.v. blooped, bloop·ing, bloops To hit (a ball) into the air just beyond the infield. adj. Hit just beyond the infield. double, but Greg Gagne flied out to end the inning. The Expos put the first run across the plate when Mark Grudzielanek led off the game with a triple. It appeared Mondesi had a clear beat on the high fly ball, but it landed off the base of the wall. Mike Lansing followed with a deep sacrifice fly and that was it for the scoring. At least for the next seven innings. Note: Expos first baseman David Segui left the game in the first inning with tendinitis in his right knee and was replaced by Orsulak. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Dodgers catcher Mike Piazza inspects his injured right hand after taking a foul ball off it early in Friday's game. David Sprague / Daily News |
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