DODGERS SNAKEBITTEN FALL FURTHER IN NL WEST RACE AFTER LOSS TO D'BACKS ARIZONA 10, DODGERS 3.Byline: Rich Hammond Rich Hammond Los Angeles Daily News sports writer. Instrumental in bringing the Los Angeles Kings hockey organization closer to the fans. He is the atypical "what a guy" to Kings fans everywhere. Rich Hammond on himself. Staff Writer Wherever it is that the Dodgers are headed, they're halfway there. The Dodgers reached the 81-game mark Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. , and they limped across the midway line of their season with an effort that fairly well illustrated why they are mired mire n. 1. An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog. 2. Deep slimy soil or mud. 3. A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation: the mire of poverty. v. in third place in the National League West. That's because the inconsistent Dodgers are no easier to figure out now than they were on Opening Day. Starting pitching - just about the only reason the Dodgers are as good as they are - faltered badly Sunday, and the big hits came from the bottom of the lineup, an area of great consternation for three months. It all added up to another frustrating loss to the Diamondbacks, even though one familiar face shined. 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. hit a two-run home run in the first inning and an 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 single in the second to power Arizona to a 10-3 victory in front of 55,868 at Dodger Stadium • • [ . The Diamondbacks dropped the Dodgers 6 1/2 games behind In sports, the phrase games behind, often abbreviated as GB in tables, is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division. first-place San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. and battered rookie starter D.J. Houlton for six runs in two innings as they took two of three games in the series. Houlton, a bright spot in a rough month of June for the Dodgers, had earned rave reviews from manager Jim Tracy, but in his first start since Tracy made him a permanent part of the rotation, Houlton had the worst results of his six-start career, one day after Derek Lowe's awful outing. Lowe at least completed three innings, but Houlton was fortunate just to make it out of the second. Craig Counsell started the game with a double and things never got any better for Houlton (4-2). Meanwhile, the only big hits from the Dodgers lineup came from No. 7 hitter Mike Edwards, who hit an RBI double in the second, and No. 8 hitter Jason Phillips, who hit a two-run home run in the fourth. Arizona starter Brad Halsey (5-7), who made his major-league debut at Dodger Stadium last June as a member of the New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , was far
from dominant Sunday, but good enough to win.
Halsey scattered the three runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings, walked two and struck out three. The Dodgers and Diamondbacks won't face each other again until late September, and that's sad news for Green, who has had tremendous success this season against his former team. Green has hit five of his 14 home runs this season against the Dodgers, including the one Sunday that was the first big blow in a nightmarish inning for Houlton. After that, Alex Cintron doubled, Jose Cruz walked, Royce Clayton hit an RBI single and Chris Snyder hit a two-run double - all with two outs - to make it 5-0 until Halsey mercifully struck out to end the inning. The second went a little better, but Green's RBI single gave Arizona a six-run lead. Houlton left after that, having allowed six hits, two walks and one wild pitch to go with two strikeouts. Relievers Scott Erickson and Franquelis Osoria, one of whom could be out of a major-league job when Odalis Perez returns from the disabled list Tuesday, allowed only one run in five combined innings. J.D. Drew, who was hit by a pitch on the left wrist by Halsey in the fifth inning but stayed in the game, left after six innings for a defensive replacement. The Dodgers had other chances that they couldn't take advantage of. They got the leadoff man on base in the first, third, fifth and sixth innings but didn't score a run in any of those innings. The two Dodgers selected to the All-Star Game didn't fare so well either. Shortstop Cesar Izturis missed the game with a sore right hamstring and second baseman Jeff Kent went 0 for 4 and grounded into a double play. Rich Hammond, (818) 713-3611 rich.hammond(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos, 3 boxes Photo: (1 -- 2) Jeff Kent (12) and the Dodgers are in a tailspin tail·spin n. 1. The rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep, spiral spin. 2. Informal A loss of emotional control sometimes resulting in emotional collapse. as Shawn Green, below, continues his hot hitting with a two-run homer against his team on Sunday. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer Box: (1) GAME RECAP (2) HOW THE RUNS SCORED (3) ALMANAC almanac, originally, a calendar with notations of astronomical and other data. Almanacs have been known in simple form almost since the invention of writing, for they served to record religious feasts, seasonal changes, and the like. |
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