NOMO DOES JUST ENOUGH FOR WIN PITCHER RECEIVES AMPLE SUPPORT DODGERS 7, COLORADO 4.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 Hideo Nomo Hideo Nomo (born Aug. 31, 1968 , Osaka, Japan) Japanese baseball pitcher whose success with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995 created new opportunities for Asian players in Major League Baseball. continues to mystify his own team just as much as, if not more than, the opposition. Alternately brilliant and shaky, Nomo zig-zagged his way through six innings and managed to quell at least some of the fears about his health Saturday night in the Dodgers' 7-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies For the National Hockey League team (1976 – 1982), now known as the New Jersey Devils, see . The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. They are in the West Division of the National League. in front of 35,318 at Dodger Stadium • • [ . Nomo's fastball normally still hovers somewhere in the mid-80-mph range, but other than a troubled second inning, during which he walked home a run, Nomo made enough good pitches and got enough defensive help to earn the victory. ``We're not interested in seeing him hit 90, we're interested in seeing quality pitches,'' manager Jim Tracy
The Dodgers got a scare in the ninth when the Rockies put runners on second and third against Eric Gagne, but Gagne earned his first save of the season and converted his 64th consecutive opportunity. On the heels of a disastrous opening-day start, Nomo (1-1) found great success with his split-finger Saturday and allowed two runs on four hits. He walked three and struck out seven, leaving the game after the sixth largely because of a 41-pitch second inning. In contrast to the spring and opening day, when Nomo seemed to hit a wall at approximately the 60-pitch mark, he got stronger as the game progressed and at one point retired 11 of 12 batters. ``We got a lot of runs today,'' Nomo said through an interpreter, ``so I was able to relax and throw without any pressure. ... I was able to win because the defense helped and we got those runs.'' At least until the dreadful Rockies leave town, the Dodgers have the looks of a complete team. They got a solid pitching effort again, and the offense pounded Colorado starter Denny Stark Dennis Stark (born October 27, 1974, in Edgerton, Ohio) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He is an alumnus of the University of Toledo. Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 4th round of the 1996 MLB amateur draft, Stark would make his Major League Baseball (0-1). A four-run fifth inning gave the Dodgers a five-run lead and illustrated the type of balanced offensive attack that was so often missing last season. Adrian Beltre continued his brilliant start with his third home run, a solo shot in the sixth, 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 and a sacrifice fly. Beltre, a notoriously slow starter, is 9 for 19 with seven RBI. 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 . , acquired less than 24 hours before opening day, seems to do something productive every night. If he's not stealing a timely base, as he did Thursday, or making a running catch at the center-field wall, as he did Friday, he can also come through at the plate, as he did Saturday. Bradley hit a solo home run in the first inning to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead, then singled home Dave Roberts For other uses, see Dave Roberts (disambiguation). David Ray Roberts (born May 31, 1972 in Okinawa, Japan), is a Major League Baseball center fielder for the San Francisco Giants. from second in the big third inning to push the Dodgers' lead to 3-1. 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. followed with an RBI double, Juan Encarnacion hit a one-out, RBI single, and Beltre's fly ball to center was deep enough to score Green and give the Dodgers a five-run advantage. ``We put a number of good at-bats together,'' Tracy said, ``and that's something that has gotten away from us in the last couple (of) seasons.'' That gave Nomo a cushion, although at one point he seemed unlikely to get out of the second inning. Nomo walked Jeromy Burnitz That was all the Rockies got for a while, as their next big hit didn't come until Burnitz, who played the second half of last season with the Dodgers, crushed a home run into the right-field bullpen. The Rockies closed to 7-4 with two runs in the seventh off Jose Lima. In the ninth, Aaron Miles struck out but reached on a wild pitch, Royce Clayton singled and both runners advanced on a groundout, but Gagne struck out Rene Reyes and Burnitz grounded out. Colorado center fielder Preston Wilson left the game in the third inning with a sore left knee. Rich Hammond, (818) 713-3611 rich.hammond(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos, box Photo: (1) Hideo Nomo pitched six innings, lifting the Dodgers to a win on Saturday. (2) Milton Bradley points to the stands after hitting a solo homer during the first inning Saturday night against the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium. Chris Carlson/Associated Press Box: GAME RECAP |
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