WEAVER GLAD TO BE BACK FORMER DODGER DOMINATES L.A., WHICH TRAILS IN 8TH DODGERS VS. ST. LOUIS, LATE.Byline: TONY JACKSON
Anthony (Antonio) Jackson, best known as Tony Jackson Staff Writer This was the kind of night Jeff Weaver This article is about Major League Baseball player Jeffrey Weaver. For other people named Jeff Weaver, see Jeff Weaver (disambiguation). Jeffrey Charles Weaver had been waiting to have all season. But then, this was the kind of team the veteran right-hander had been waiting to face all season. A team that, in essence, can't hit anyone right now. The former Dodgers workhorse mowed through his former team with embarrassing efficiency in his second start for St. Louis on Saturday night. The Dodgers, as is their recent wont, went down with little in the way of a fight and trailed the clearly superior Cardinals 6-1 after six innings at Dodger Stadium • • [ . The Dodgers made their only noise against Weaver in the first inning after Aaron Sele Aaron Helmer Sele (born June 25, 1970 in Golden Valley, Minnesota) is an MLB right-handed pitcher who plays for the New York Mets. His family moved to Poulsbo, Washington, a Scandinavian town on the Kitsap Peninsula, where Aaron pitched for North Kitsap High School. retired the side in order in the top half, providing a brief, false sense that the offensive explosion manager Grady Little William Grady Little (born March 30, 1950 in Abilene, Texas) is a manager in Major League Baseball. He guided the Boston Red Sox from 2002 to 2003, and has been manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers since 2006. had warned was coming befo re the game might have arrived. After Rafael Furcal Rafael Antoni Furcal[1] (born August 24, 1977 in Loma de Cabrera, Dominican Republic),[2] nicknamed "Fookie", is a shortstop in Major League Baseball who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers. foolishly and unsuccessfully tried to bunt his way aboard to begin the inning, Kenny Lofton Kenneth Lofton (born May 31, 1967 in East Chicago, Indiana) is a Major League Baseball outfielder. He bats and throws left-handed. He currently plays left field for the Cleveland Indians, with whom he has spent 10 seasons during three separate stints. lined an infield single off Weaver's derriere. Nomar Garciaparra Anthony Nomar Garciaparra[1] (born July 23, 1973, in Whittier, California) is a Mexican-American baseball player who currently plays third base for the Los Angeles Dodgers. followed with a single to left, snapping an 0-for-7 skid. And sizzling siz·zle intr.v. siz·zled, siz·zling, siz·zles 1. To make the hissing sound characteristic of frying fat. 2. To seethe with anger or indignation. 3. rookie Andre Ethier
But even though Weaver eventually would walk Willy Aybar Willy Del Jesus Aybar (born March 9, 1983 in Bani, Dominican Republic), is an infielder in Major League Baseball under contract with the Atlanta Braves. He is the older brother of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim shortstop, Erick Aybar. , the Dodgers wound up leaving the bases loaded when Jose Cruz flied out to right field. And that was when the real tone for the evening was officially set. The lead didn't last. Jim Edmonds' one-out homer in the top of the second tied the game. The Cardinals scored two more in the third on - what else? - a two-run homer by Albert Pujols. And the game got away in the fourth, when Juan Encarnacion and Scott Spiezio began the inning with back-to-back doubles, Yadier Molina singled and Weaver grounded into a double play to score Spiezio, making it 5-1. Chris Duncan hit his third home run in six games against the Dodgers this season, making it 6-1 in the sixth. Meanwhile, Weaver fairly cruised for the first time in what for him personally has been a miserable season. After that rough beginning, he pitched around a leadoff double by Cruz in the second inning, and a one-out double by Ethier in the third before retiring nine consecutive batters. That streak was interrupted only by a sixth-inning error by second baseman Aaron Miles, who had just entered the game defensively. Weaver left after walking Cruz to load the bases with two outs in the sixth. He had scattered six hits over 5 2/3 innings while walking two and striking out one. But in typical fashion, the Dodgers had converted all that into exactly on e run, just the 16th one they had scored in 10 games since the All-Star break. Reliever Josh Hancock relieved Weaver, and the Dodgers sent J.D. Drew - who was out of the lineup with swelling in his right knee, where he had been hit by a pitch on Friday - to pinch hit for reliever Joe Beimel. With that, the crowd stood and began to chant ``J.D. Drew, J.D. Drew,''. Naturally, Drew flied to center, ending the inning. To that point, the Dodgers had stranded eight baserunners in six innings, six of them in scoring position. < Somehow, the Dodgers entered the day still leading the National League in team batting average, a point better than the Cardinals, and still fourth in runs scored. This after dropping nine of 10 games since the All-Star break, a run that is threatening to sink them into virtual oblivion even in the sad N.L. West. Through the sixth inning, the Dodgers had been outscored 51-16 for the second half. But it will not, apparently, but someone's reject. Weaver, whom the Angels got rid of to make room for his brother Jered on their roster, was more than the Dodgers could handle. tony.jaclkson@dailynews.com (818) 713-3675 CAPTION(S): 2 photos, box Photo: (1) St. Louis starter Jeff Weaver held the Dodgers to one run and six hits in 5 2/3 innings. (2) Aaron Sele walks back to the mound after giving up a two-run homer to St. Louis' Albert Pujols. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer Box: DODGERS vs. ST. LOUIS - Tony Jackson |
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