WEAVER HAS WEAK OUTING BUT PITCHER INSISTS ARM IS FINE AFTER LOSS SAN FRAN. 5, DODGERS 3.Byline: Tony Jackson
Anthony (Antonio) Jackson, best known as Tony Jackson Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden - Almost a week after it was revealed he has been pitching most of the season with a weak right shoulder, 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 said he felt like he was almost back to normal Tuesday night, and the SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. Park pitch-speed display seemed to support his claim. But almost a week after the Florida Marlins The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami Gardens, Florida. The Marlins are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From to the present, the Marlins have played in Dolphin Stadium. torched him for three home runs in a single inning, the result for Weaver this time was every bit as frustrating. The Dodgers right-hander never has been the sort to make excuses, and in this case, that's a good thing. Because after his and the Dodgers' latest setback, a 5-3 loss to the San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era in front of 39,226, there were no more excuses. The shoulder felt fine. The velocity was right where it should have been. But the performance was an utter disaster. Weaver left after just four innings, the third time this season he has made such an early exit. He gave up five runs on eight hits, including the fifth home run of Giants starter Jason Schmidt's 11-year career, on an 0-2 pitch leading off the third; a leadoff double on the ninth pitch he threw to Ray Durham Ray Durham (born November 30, 1971, in Charlotte, North Carolina), nicknamed The Sugarman, is a second baseman for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. after starting him off 0-2 in the fourth; and, finally, a three-run homer by Mike Matheny All of that and the usual dearth of offense conspired to do in the Dodgers once more, giving them their 12th defeat in their past 15 games and leaving an exasperated Weaver at a loss to explain his latest failure. ``The arm is definitely rebounding,'' he said. ``I just think sometimes maybe you get your head beat in a couple of times before you turn the corner. I think that's where we're at. ... I didn't feel like I was fatigued. I just missed a couple of spots.'' The good news for the Dodgers is that Weaver (4-4), who is close enough to a staff ace that manager Jim Tracy
``His velocity was up around 88-91 (mph) all night long,'' Tracy said. ``I think it was just a couple of mislocated pitches. He threw some great breaking balls. He tried to go down and away to Jason Schmidt, but the ball came back over the plate. It was the same thing with Mike Matheny. ``But watching his velocity from the time he started, (the shoulder) was a non-issue.'' The third-place Dodgers (23-21) have no shortage of issues, starting with the fact they fell 3 1/2 games behind division-leading San Diego in the National League West and now lead the fourth-place Giants by a single game. Two days after appearing again to finally wake up offensively in a win over the Angels, the Dodgers again hit the snooze alarm and went back to sleep against Schmidt (3-1), who was making his first start in more than two weeks after a stint on the disabled list with a right shoulder strain. He lasted just five innings. ``I have seen him a (heck) of a lot better, I can tell you that,'' Tracy said. ``We afforded ourselves some opportunities.'' Tony Jackson,(818) 713-3675 tony.jackson(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo, 4 boxes Photo: Jeff Kent, right, throws his bat after striking out Tuesday against the Giants' Jason Schmidt. Kent went 0 for 4 in the Dodgers' loss. George Nikitin/Associated Press Box: (1) DODGERS at SAN FERNANDO - 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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