DODGERS STILL IN THE HUNT PULL WITHIN FOUR GAMES OF PADRES DODGERS 7, ATLANTA 4.Byline: Tony Jackson
Anthony (Antonio) Jackson, best known as Tony Jackson Staff Writer ATLANTA - After Thursday night's 7-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From to the present, the Braves have played in Turner Field. , the Dodgers appeared to have a new lease on life in the otherwise lifeless National League West, having pulled within four games of front-running 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. . After getting through the bottom of the ninth so quickly some national cable viewers probably didn't have time to return from their between-innings bathroom breaks, the Dodgers also appeared to find their new closer. Any lingering doubts on that subject were laid to rest immediately after the game by manager Jim Tracy
``Duaner Sanchez will get the ball in the ninth inning,'' Tracy said, matter-of-factly. Sanchez, the erstwhile setup man, has honed his changeup to the point it has become a devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. out pitch. As a result, he has converted both of his save opportunities without allowing so much as a baserunner since rookie Yhency Brazoban was ``temporarily'' removed from the closer role Aug. 11. More than a week later, Brazoban's temporary displacement appears to have become permanent. Sanchez - he ended this one by striking out Kelly Johnson, getting Julio Franco This article is about the Major League Baseball Player. For the former Vice President of Paraguay, see Julio César Franco. Julio César Robles Franco (born August 23 1958, in Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball infielder who plays for the to fly out to center and coaxing an easy grounder to second from Brayan Pena - appears to have found his niche in the ninth inning, even if he refuses to acknowledge there is anything different about it. ``All I'm trying to do is not put pressure on myself,'' Sanchez said. ``I don't care
"Don't Care" is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) single by American death metal band Obituary. if it's the ninth inning. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. why, but I have been pitching more patiently. I can't tell you it's because I'm closing. I don't know for sure what (the reason) is. But I don't want to walk people, so instead of coming hard all the time, I'm just trying to locate my pitches and get some good movement on them.'' Brazoban, who converted 21 of 24 save opportunities before losing the job, appears destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for a supporting role supporting role n → second rôle m supporting role n → ruolo non protagonista in the bullpen. In Wednesday night's loss to the Braves, the rookie made his first appearance since the move and pitched two scoreless innings in what essentially was mop-up duty. ``We'll see how it goes,'' Tracy said of Brazoban. ``It's very good right now. (Sanchez) is a complete novice in that environment, but what I see is an opportunity being created for him, and he is seizing that opportunity. That's what you like to see a player do.'' The third-place Dodgers (55-65) suddenly are doing what Tracy has waited all season to see them do. They have won five of seven games and three of four series, including their past two road series, and head into a four-game wraparound Wraparound A financing device that permits an existing loan to be refinanced and new money to be advanced at an interest rate between the rate charged on the old loan and the current market interest rate. series at Florida tonight. Forget that the Dodgers are 10 games under .500 - this is what a late-season pennant race feels like. ``We're four games out,'' Tracy said. ``We have our work cut out for us, but if we continue to play well ... hopefully, by (the end of the trip), maybe we'll be less than that.'' The Dodgers won Thursday despite a mediocre performance by starting pitcher Jeff Weaver (11-8), who allowed 10 hits over six innings but held the Braves to four runs (three earned). The game turned on two Dodgers rallies against Braves starter John Thomson (3-3), each beginning with a walk. The first came with two outs in the first inning, when Milton Bradley walked, Jeff Kent singled and Olmedo Saenz doubled both in. The second came in the fourth, when Jayson Werth drew a leadoff walk, and Jose Cruz Jr. and Dioner Navarro followed with singles. Cruz got a jump off first on Navarro's hit, which enabled him to take third. Cruz was unable to score on a bunt single by Weaver, but the bases were loaded. One out later, Oscar Robles scored Cruz with a sacrifice fly, making it 4-1. Bradley followed with a gargantuan gar·gan·tu·an adj. Of immense size, volume, or capacity; gigantic. See Synonyms at enormous. gargantuan Adjective huge or enormous [after Gargantua, a giant in Rabelais' , two-out homer, a 416-foot shot just inside the right-field foul pole that made it 7-1. ``That really opened the game up and created a lot of breathing room,'' Tracy said. The Braves mounted a rally with back-to-back homers by Andruw Jones, his major-league leading 39th, and Adam LaRoche in the sixth, but Weaver and relievers Elmer Dessens, Giovanni Carrara and Sanchez combined to retire the final 11 Braves batters. Cruz, who started 0 for 11 after being traded Aug. 9 from Boston, went 2 for 3 with a double, and, from right field, he threw out Brian McCann trying to stretch a single in the fifth. Tony Jackson,(818) 713-3675 tony.jackson(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo, 4 boxes Photo: Milton Bradley hits a 416-foot, three-run home run off Braves starter John Thomson in the fourth inning of the Dodgers' victory Thursday. John Bazemore/Associated Press Box: (1) DODGERS at FLORIDA - Tony Jackson (2) GAME RECAP (3) HOW THE RUNS SCORED (4) 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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