DODGERS SWEPT OUT OF FLORIDA : BEANING SETS UP RETALIATION AGAINST ASTACIO AND NEAR BRAWL FLORIDA 5, DODGERS 4.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 An inning after the Dodgers' first three-run home run of the season, four innings after the Dodgers and Florida Marlins The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami Gardens, Florida. The Marlins are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From to the present, the Marlins have played in Dolphin Stadium. stood around out near the pitchers mound wanting to punch each other, Gary Sheffield
Gary Antonian Sheffield (born November 18, 1968 in Tampa, Florida) is a Major League Baseball designated hitter and outfielder for the Detroit Tigers. brushed everybody back and brushed the laboring Dodgers right out of here. His three-run homer 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. , his eighth home run of the season, both defeated the Dodgers 5-4 and completed the Marlins' sweep of the three-game series at Joe Robbie Stadium. As he crossed first base, as the hanging slider A block of material that holds the read/write head of a magnetic disk. See flying head. Darren Hall Michael Darren Hall (born July 14, 1964, in Marysville, Ohio) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers. Sources
adj. 1. Serving to manifest or prove. 2. Involving or characterized by demonstration. 3. Given to or marked by the open expression of emotion: pumped his right arm, and then held it over his head. The Dodgers' 4-0 lead was gone, as was any chance of turning around a road trip on which they are 1-4. The fist is mightier than the untoward. The hard feelings began in the second inning, when Dodgers starter Pedro Astacio Pedro Julio Astacio (born November 28, 1969 in Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic) is a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He has played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1992- part of 1997), Colorado Rockies (part of 1997- part of 2001), Houston Astros (part of 2001), New York Mets beaned Greg Colbrunn Gregory Joseph Colbrunn (born July 26, 1969 in Fontana, California) was a Major League Baseball player for 13 seasons. He is currently the hitting coach of the Charleston RiverDogs. - an accident, Astacio later said. In the top of the third inning, Marlins starter Kevin Brown's first pitch to Astacio was behind Astacio's head. Both rosters made it to the infield, and plate umpire Jim Quick issued the obligatory warnings, though Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda was dissatisfied. Lasorda wanted Brown ejected. ``I told the umpire, too,'' Lasorda said. ``I want somebody to explain to me why Astacio would want to hit that guy in the head. First of all, he's a nice guy. Second, he's struggling. Why would Astacio want to hit him? ``(Brown) deliberately tried to hit him in the head, and he was allowed to stay in the game.'' Brown would not confirm nor deny his intentions. As it turned out, Brown was not one of the Dodgers' problems. They scored four runs against him, three on Eric Karros' home run in the sixth inning. The lead was 4-1. It was built with the pitching of Astacio, who apparently was emboldened em·bold·en tr.v. em·bold·ened, em·bold·en·ing, em·bold·ens To foster boldness or courage in; encourage. See Synonyms at encourage. Adj. 1. by the attempt to injure him, and with the born-again stroke of Karros. It went out to center field, traveled somewhere in the neighborhood of 435 feet and figured to give Astacio all of the support he would need. As it turned out, the bullpen needed more. Hall continued his Floridian trend. His time spent here produced 1-1/3 innings, five hits, including two three-run homers, and two losses. The sinker-ball specialist threw a pair of down-the-middle-didn't-sinkers in the series, and Kurt Abbott Kurt Abbott (born June 2, 1969 in Zanesville, Ohio), is a former professional baseball player who played primarily as an infielder from 1993-2001. Teams
``It was one of those situations I was so glad to come through for the team,'' Sheffield said. ``It was important for us to go out and sweep these guys.'' Hall probably never should have pitched to Sheffield. With two out in the seventh inning, first baseman Karros smothered smoth·er v. smoth·ered, smoth·er·ing, smoth·ers v.tr. 1. a. To suffocate (another). b. To deprive (a fire) of the oxygen necessary for combustion. 2. a ground ball to his right, then bounced his throw to second base off baserunner Quilvio Veras. That meant one more at-bat for Sheffield, who has six home runs in his past nine games. Sheffield wasn't the first to parade a fist out there. Astacio, who did not allow a hit until there were two out in the sixth, did the same at the end of the sixth inning, when he struck out Jesus Tavarez with runners on first and second. ``I made a comment about that,'' Sheffield said. ``That's one comment I made to the team. We gotta get him. Doing that. We gotta get him. That's probably the most excited I've ever been in baseball.'' Hall was less enthusiastic. ``Maybe I just need to get out of Florida,'' he said. Hall did not see Sheffield's happy routine on the basepaths, but he heard about it. ``It'll catch up with him somewhere down the road,'' Hall said. Thus far, the road hasn't been kind to the Dodgers (8-11). They are 3-9 out here. They left five more runners in scoring position. ``I don't think anybody's tight,'' Karros said. ``We haven't played 20 games yet, we're three games under (.500). Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta come up short. Right now, we're the team. Nobody likes to lose. I'm not saying that. But, by the same token, there's no reason to panic. We had a 4-1 lead. We didn't win the game. It just didn't happen. What do you want us to do, say we're a horsesh-- team? We're not going to do that.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (color) Florida's Greg Colbrunn's helmet falls off a fter Dodger Pedro Astacio beaned him. Associated Press |
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