PEREZ, DODGERS LOSE COOL MIFFED STARTER EJECTED; L.A. WINLESS IN S.F. SAN FRANCISCO 2, DODGERS 1.

Byline: Brian Dohn Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - When Dodgers left-hander Odalis Perez got ejected June 13 in Cleveland, it was viewed as frustration boiling over about a couple of blown calls on the basepaths.

But the anger Perez is venting toward umpires is no longer an isolated incident.

Following an eventful sixth inning that featured a balk, the ejection of his manager and a two-run homer by San Francisco's Marquis Grissom, Perez was tossed for the second time in three starts as the Dodgers lost to the Giants 2-1 Tuesday in front of a Pac Bell Park regular-season record crowd of 42,648.

The Dodgers have lost three in a row, are winless in five games at Pac Bell this season and trail the Giants by two games in the National League West, but much of their discontentment was aimed at first-base umpire Angel Hernandez.

Hernandez called the balk on Perez, and that fed into Grissom's homer and the Giants' victory.

``He called (the balk) because I think he's afraid to be here in San Francisco and to (have) the fans all over him,'' Perez said. ``It's a problem.''

Health also was an issue by night's end when Dodgers left fielder Brian Jordan left the game in the middle of the sixth inning with left patella tendon soreness. He had offseason surgery to repair that tendon and, will be re-evaluated today and could miss substantial playing time.

Jordan injured the knee beating out a grounder to shortstop in the sixth, before the craziness began.

Of course, the offensive woes underscored the night as the Dodgers were limited to an unearned run by Giants starter Jason Schmidt (7-3), who pitched his second complete game against the Dodgers in a week. He also was aided by a base-running mistake in the ninth.

With Jolbert Cabrera on first and one out, Daryle Ward singled to right. But Ward rounded first base too far, and shortstop Rich Aurilia cut the throw off from right field and nailed Ward trying to get back to the bag. Adrian Beltre grounded out to second to end it.

``I tried to dive back to the bag but my arm got stuck,'' Ward said. ``(Andres) Galarraga was in front of the bag, so even if my arm wasn't stuck I still would have had trouble getting back.''

Ward's baserunning was a low point, but the postgame focus was on Hernandez. The Dodgers were hoppin' mad at Hernandez, who said he ruled Perez tried to deceive the baserunner by moving his leg toward home plate before the pickoff throw.

Dodgers manager Jim Tracy was ejected in the sixth for arguing the balk.

``How can you say a guy that normally throws to first base, with a poor move really, has some sophisticated trickery to deceive the runner?'' Dodgers pitching coach Jim Colborn said. ``I try to get (Perez) to practice. He won't practice. What he does out there is just very unsophisticated and the umpire was reading way too much into it and made a big call where a non-call was what should have been done. In my opinion, he got confused by the way Odalis lifts his leg, which is a little unorthodox.''

Hernandez said Perez's move was different from any of his other pickoff moves in that he stepped toward the plate. If he doesn't throw toward the plate, Hernandez said it was a balk, but Perez vehemently disagreed.

``They are taking my game away from me, and I'm here because I want to win,'' Perez said. ``I don't want to lose. I hate to lose. When somebody's taking away something that belongs to me, I be mad. I be the worst guy in the world. So I don't care what they think.''

It's the third time in two years Perez was ejected for arguing with an umpire during a start, but even upon his return to the dugout he wasn't finished. Perez came to the stairs of the dugout multiple times to yell at Hernandez before disappearing through the tunnel.

``It was a great game. We should have won the game 1-0 until (Hernandez) did what he did,'' Perez said. ``They do something like that, I will get mad and I will show him up. I don't care what they think about me. I don't care. I don't want anybody taking my game away from me. The last three games, I was ejected two times because they made a bad call.''

Brian Dohn, [phone]

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