DODGERS WIN IN A LAUGHER DONTRELLE BASHED EARLY, DROPS HIS FIRST DECISION DODGERS 14, FLORIDA 5.Byline: Tony Jackson
Anthony (Antonio) Jackson, best known as Tony Jackson Staff Writer Baseball is a funny game. Not funny ha-ha, but funny strange. The Dodgers' offense, which more or less slept through the past three weeks, had the unenviable task Tuesday night of facing Dontrelle Willis Dontrelle Wayne Willis (born January 12, 1982, in Oakland, California), nicknamed "The D-Train", is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Florida Marlins. , the herky-jerky Florida left-hander who came in leading the National League in wins, ERA, shutouts and complete games. All things considered All Things Considered (ATC) is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. It was the first news program on the network, and is broadcast live worldwide through several outlets. , it seemed a strange time to break out of the doldrums. Funny strange. But by the end of the first inning, the Dodgers had four runs, or one fewer than their total for their previous three games. And by the end of the first inning, all illusions of Willis' invincibility had been shattered. Ultimately, it didn't much matter that both the Dodgers and Willis reverted to form after that, that the Dodgers hit the snooze alarm and went back to sleep, or that Willis found his groove and became his usual, dominating self. Because the Dodgers already had built a foundation for what became a therapeutic, 14-5 pounding of the Marlins in front of 37,481 at Dodger Stadium • • [ . Although Willis settled down, the prolonged first inning would pay huge dividends later. Willis was lifted after just six innings, a point at which he already had thrown 102 pitches. Once he was out of the game, the Dodgers exploded in the bottom of the seventh, sending 10 batters to the plate and scoring four more runs off three Marlins relievers. They exploded again in the eighth, scoring six more runs off poor Jim Crowell, the poor sap who was forced to take the full beating all by himself. Cesar Izturis went 5 for 6, the second five-hit game of his career, to increase his major-league-leading multiple-hit game total to 20. Jeff Kent Jeffrey Franklin Kent (born March 7, 1968 in Bellflower, California) is a Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers and a former MVP winner. Early career went 3 for 4 with four 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 , breaking out of a 5-for-36 slump. Olmedo Saenz went 3 for 4 with a double, a three-run homer and a career-high five RBI. Derek Lowe Derek Christopher Lowe[1] (born June 1, 1973 in Dearborn, Michigan)[2] is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He throws and bats right-handed. turned in a quality start, carrying a no-hitter into the fourth inning and allowing three runs on four hits over 6 2/3 innings. And the Dodgers, for the first time in four games, went home happy. They banged out 19 hits, but this win was more about quality than quantity. They went 8 for 16 with runners in scoring position In the sport of baseball, a baserunner is said to be in scoring position when he is on second or third base. The distinction between being on first base and second or third base is that a runner on first can usually only score if the batter hits an extra base hit, while a runner on after going 3 for 21 in their previous two games. The first inning began with Izturis' leadoff single and Jason Repko's double. One out later, Kent drove a two-run single to right. Milton Bradley  This article or section is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article or section in an . then tried to bunt his way on, and Marlins first baseman Carlos Delgado This article is about the baseball player. For the Venezuelan president, see Carlos Delgado Chalbaud. Carlos Juan Delgado Hernández (born June 25, 1972 in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball first baseman for the New York Mets. muffed the throw from Willis, putting runners on the corners. Saenz drove in Kent and Bradley with a double just out of the reach of fleet center fielder Juan Pierre, who had saved Monday's game for the Marlins by chasing down Saenz's liner up the gap in left-center. With the score 4-3, the Dodgers (22-17) also built their seventh-inning rally off a leadoff single by Izturis. Repko followed with an infield single, and, one out later, Kent singled in Izturis. Bradley then blooped a double just inside the left-field foul line to score one more, chasing Marlins reliever Nate Bump. After Travis Smith intentionally walked Saenz, Jason Phillips drove in Kent with a single to left, although Miguel Cabrera threw out Bradley at the plate. Mike Edwards then singled in the final run of the inning. Edwards went 1 for 4, leaving his average at .333 (11 for 33) since having his contract purchased May 4 from Triple-A Las Vegas. Tony Jackson,(818) 713-3675 tony.jackson(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos, 4 boxes Photo: (1 -- color) Derek Lowe takes a no-hitter into the fourth inning, scattering four hits over 6 2/3 innings to earn his third victory. (2 -- color) Dontrelle Willis can't stop the Dodgers, giving up four first-inning runs en route to his first defeat this season. (3) Jeff Kent, who went 3 for 5 to break out of a 5-for-36 slump, drives home Cesar Izturis in the four-run seventh inning. Danny Moloshok/Associated Press Box: (1) DODGERS vs. 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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