JOHNSON, BROWN SHOW THEIR FORCE OF ARMS BIG UNIT STRIKES OUT 13 AS D'BACKS EDGE DODGERS ARIZONA 2, DODGERS 1.Byline: Brian Dohn Staff Writer PHOENIX - In the era of power and offense and bandbox band·box n. A lightweight cylindrical box used to hold small articles of apparel. bandbox Noun a lightweight usually cylindrical box for hats Noun 1. ballparks, a classic pitching matchup remains possible. The ingredients needed are a couple of quality pitchers. Randy Johnson
Randall David Johnson (born September 10, 1963), nicknamed "the Big Unit and Kevin Brown The name Kevin Brown can refer to several different people, including the following:
But by the time the highly anticipated matchup between the two staff aces concluded, neither were part of it. Both lasted eight innings, but it was Tony Womack's single off reliever Terry Adams
At Mary G. Montgomery High School he went 12-2 with a 1. with none out in the ninth that gave Arizona a 2-1 win over the Dodgers at Bank One Ballpark on Wednesday to sweep the three-game series. The Dodgers have tied their season-high with four straight losses. Arizona's won seven straight. Adams (2-3) allowed leadoff singles to Andy Fox For the FoxTrot character, see . Andy Fox is a first base/infield coach for the Florida Marlins and a former professional baseball player. In Major League Baseball, he played for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Montreal Expos, and the Florida Marlins. and Travis Lee Travis Lee (born on May 26, 1975 in San Diego, California) is a former major league first baseman. Travis Lee graduated from Capital High School in Olympia, Washington in 1993. to put runners on the corners in the ninth, and Womack singled to deep right. Byung-Hyun Kim
Johnson, who entered the game 7-0 with a 0.93 ERA in seven starts, tied a season high with 13 strikeouts in eight innings. It's the seventh time in eight starts he's hit double digits Double Digits was a pricing game on the American television game show, The Price Is Right. Played from April 20, 1973 through May 18, 1973's show, it was played for a car and used small prizes. in strikeouts. He's done it 132 times in his career, second to Nolan Ryan's 215. But for the first time this season Johnson didn't win his start. He had a no-decision, allowing a season-high eight hits and one run. His ERA rose to 0.95. Brown yielded one run on six hits in eight innings. He struck out six and walked three as his mastery continued, though he doesn't have the record to show it. In the four starts since returning from the disabled list,Brown's allowed just one run per outing. But he's 1-1 with a 1.20 ERA. Todd Hundley Todd made his major league debut with the New York Mets on May 18, 1990 when he was only 20 years old. delivered the Dodgers' lone run, a second-inning homer. It was the switch hitter's eighth homer of the season, but more importantly his resurgence as a right-handed batter continued with his third homer from that side this season. Before this year, Hundley hadn't hit a homer right-handed since 1997. His career high for right-handed homers in a season came in 1996 when he hit six. The only other year he's hit more than three is 1992, when he had four. Ironically, Hundley made his Dodgers debut last season against Johnson and struck out three times, albeit under very different circumstances. ``It'll be nice to be able to see the ball this time,'' Hundley said before the game. Arizona had a few chances to tie it with a base hit, and the Diamondbacks finally broke through with two outs in the seventh. Brown issued a two-out walk to Jay Bell, and Luis Gonzalez followed with a line-drive double into the left-center field gap to score Bell and tie it 1-1. While Hundley's homer provided the run, it was truly a night of pitching. The Dodgers had opportunities in nearly every inning, getting a runner into scoring position in four of the innings. But the Dodgers never got the hit to provide the cushion. The Dodgers had runners on first and second with one out in the first, but Johnson struck out Gary Sheffield and Eric Karros. After Hundley's one-out 408-foot homer to deep left-center field, Jose Vizcaino (6 for 13 lifetime against Johnson) singled and was sacrificed to third. F.P. Santangelo hit a sharp grounder just inside the bag at third, and Andy Fox was able to get a glove on it and prevent Vizcaino from scoring. Mark Grudzielanek lined out to right to end the inning. A two-out double by Vizcaino in the fourth went to waste when Brown popped out to center, but the Dodgers had another chance when Karros doubled with one out in the sixth. Again, Johnson toughened and struck out Adrian Beltre for the third time and Hundley. PAIR OF ACES Two of the top pitchers in the National League squared off Wednesday when Kevin Brown and Randy Johnson met in Arizona. Here's how they fared: Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO Brown 8 6 1 1 3 6 Johnson 8 8 1 1 1 13 CAPTION(S): 3 photos, box Photo: (1 -- color) Kevin Brown pitched eight outstanding innings in a 2-1 loss to Arizona. Matt York/Associated Press (2) BROWN (3) JOHNSON Box: Pair of aces (see text) |
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