DODGERS RELIEVERS FAIL THEM AGAIN COLORADO RALLY PERPETUATES L.A.'S MISERABLE TRIP COLORADO 11, DODGERS 8.Byline: Brian Dohn Staff Writer DENVER - Dodgers manager Jim Tracy
• • [ factor didn't hurt. Now, if he can figure out what to do about a slumping bullpen that was battered again on Tuesday. The Dodgers rallied to compensate for Eric Gagne's poor start, but it amounted to nothing as the Colorado Rockies For the National Hockey League team (1976 – 1982), now known as the New Jersey Devils, see . The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. They are in the West Division of the National League. scored four runs in the seventh inning to win 11-8. The Rockies can sweep the three-game series this afternoon. The Dodgers have lost six of eight on their trip and are 8-15 on the road this season. The Dodgers (24-22) entered the series leading the National League West but could leave Colorado in last place. The once-reliable bullpen allowed four runs in 3 2/3 innings and this time right-hander Matt Herges Matthew Tyler Herges (born April 1, 1970, in Champaign, Illinois) is a Major League Baseball pitcher. He is an alumnus of Illinois State University. Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1992, Herges would make his Major League Baseball debut with (1-4) was the culprit as Dodgers relievers lost for the ninth time. The bullpen is 0-2 with a 6.05 ERA in the past seven games. The Dodgers took a 7-6 lead in the seventh on Chad Kreuter's first homer of the season, a solo shot off Rockies reliever Gabe White Gabriel Allen White (born November 20, 1971 in Sebring, Florida), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1994-2005. Teams
Herges pitched a scoreless sixth inning, but he didn't make it out of the seventh. Juan Pierre Juan D'Vaughn Pierre (born August 14, 1977 in Mobile, Alabama), is a professional baseball center fielder who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He bats and throws left-handed. In his seven years through 2006, Pierre has batted . drove in the first run with a one-out single to left. Neifi Perez tripled to right as 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. got his glove on the ball against the wall but couldn't control it. Terry Adams
At Mary G. Montgomery High School he went 12-2 with a 1. relieved and walked Larry Walker 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 singles to Todd Helton and Todd Walker as the Rockies (23-22) took a 10-7 lead. The Rockies added an unearned run in the bottom of the eighth on second baseman Mark Grudzielanek's throwing error. The 11 runs are the most the Dodgers have allowed since the 20-1 pounding they absorbed May 5 in Chicago. With Eric Karros unavailable because of a back strain and lefty Denny Neagle throwing, Tracy went to an unconventional lineup. Paul LoDuca started at first base and batted leadoff. He went 1 for 4 with a two-run homer and three RBI, which might lead to more games atop the order. In a lineup dominated by right-handers, shortstop Jeff Reboulet batted second so Grudzielanek could drop to third. Tracy wanted more RBI opportunities for left fielder Gary Sheffield, and Grudzielanek provided chances. His RBI double in the sixth inning tied the score 6-6 and was the third time he was on base. However, Tracy's move didn't translate into run production by Sheffield. He was on base three times but didn't drive in a run. Neagle and Gagne put on a display of how to keep your fielders on their heels as both worked as quickly as Caltrans does fixing Los Angeles-area freeways. Neagle and Gagne each threw nine innings worth of pitches, but neither made it past the fifth inning. They labored on nearly every pitch. Neagle allowed three runs, all in the second inning, in five innings. However, he threw 108 pitches and had two runners on base in every inning but the fourth, which forced manager Buddy Bell to turn to his bullpen in the sixth inning. Gagne, who pitched well in his past three starts, was worse. Striving for pitch efficiency, Gagne threw 99 of them in 4 1/3 innings. He allowed six runs, walked three, hit a pair of batters and allowed runs in three of the five innings he pitched. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Eric Gagne didn't have his best night. He allowed six earned runs in 4 1/3 innings against the Rockies. David Zalubowski/Associated Press |
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