WINNING FEELS SEO GOOD ANOTHER GOOD START HELPS L.A. TAKE 5TH STRAIGHT DODGERS 6, COLORADO 1.Byline: TONY JACKSON
Anthony (Antonio) Jackson, best known as Tony Jackson Staff Writer The Dodgers' Jae Seo and Colorado's Byung-Hyun Kim
The fact they were both Korean is where the similarities ended. For six innings, the countrymen engaged in a low-scoring pitcher's duel A pitcher's duel is a term commonly used in baseball when two pitchers face each other and give up very few runs keeping a very close and low scoring game. that was in no way classic. Each fought through walks, hit batsmen and errors committed behind them that led to unearned runs. But it was Seo who was able to shrug off a shaky start and settle in, pitching the Dodgers to a 6-1 victory over the Rockies in front of 33,652 fans at Dodger Stadium • • [ for the club's 13th win in its past 16 games. Seo gave up five hits in the first three innings. But after plunking Matt Holliday Matthew Thomas Holliday (born January 15 1980 in Stillwater, Oklahoma) is the starting left fielder for the Colorado Rockies. The Rockies drafted Holliday in the seventh round of the draft. on the left wrist to load the bases with one out in the third, Seo got an inning-ending, doubleplay grounder from Brad Hawpe Bradley Bonte Hawpe (born June 22, 1979 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball who has played for the Colorado Rockies since the 2005 season. He is known for his strong, accurate arm in the outfield. , and the Rockies never seriously threatened again. Seo faced the minimum number of batters over the next four innings, pitching around a single by Luis Gonzalez Luis Gonzalez is a common personal name that can refer to different people:
Kim, meanwhile, bore no resemblance to the pitcher who dominated the Dodgers for seven innings only a week earlier. Although the damage could have been much worse - the Dodgers went just 1 for 7 against Kim with runners in scoring position In the sport of baseball, a baserunner is said to be in scoring position when he is on second or third base. The distinction between being on first base and second or third base is that a runner on first can usually only score if the batter hits an extra base hit, while a runner on - it was bad enough for the Rockies, who lost the National League West lead to Arizona and fell into a second-place tie with the surging Dodgers, a half-game behind the Diamondbacks. Rockies relievers Scott Dohmann and Tom Martin combined to walk five batters - one intentionally - and throw a wild pitch in the seventh inning, forcing in another run to effectively put the game out of reach. The Dodgers beat the Rockies for the third time in four meetings this season. Seo pitched into the seventh inning for the first time in what has been an up-and-down first year with the Dodgers. He also turned in his second solid start in a row, allowing only an unearned run as the result of a first-inning error by third baseman Willy Aybar. Most importantly, he is beginning to look like one more reliable presence at the back end of a starting rotation that has jelled into one of the best in the league. The Dodgers (25-20) matched their season-high with their fifth consecutive victory, marking their second five-game winning streak this month. Seo (2-2) shaved his once-hideous ERA to a respectable 4.50 and the collective ERA of the Dodgers starters to a rock-solid 3.58. The much- maligned ma·lign tr.v. ma·ligned, ma·lign·ing, ma·ligns To make evil, harmful, and often untrue statements about; speak evil of. adj. 1. Evil in disposition, nature, or intent. 2. bullpen has been stellar of late, too. Jonathan Broxton pitched a perfect eighth inning to go with the two shutout innings he had pitched to finish off Sunday's win over the Angels. The rookie right-hander now has pitched 7 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings spanning his past six appearances. The Dodgers, meanwhile, improved to 13-2 in games started by rookie catcher Russell Martin, who was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas on May 5 when Dioner Navarro went on the disabled list with a bruised right wrist. He clearly isn't going anywhere when Navarro returns. Dodgers pitchers have a 2.89 ERA when Martin is behind the plate. While the Dodgers repeatedly let Kim (2-2) wriggle free, they scratched out the only two runs they would need against him in the third inning, both of them unearned after first baseman Todd Helton misfed an underhand toss to Kim on a ground ball by Rafael Furcal. Jose Cruz followed with a double, Olmedo Saenz singled to score Furcal furcal /fur·cal/ (fur´k'l) shaped like a fork; forked. fur·cal adj. Forked. furcal forked. with the tying run and J.D. Drew put the Dodgers ahead to stay with a fielder's choice grounder, easily beating the relay throw to first. tony.jackson@dailynews.com (818) 713-3675 CAPTION(S): 2 photos, box Photo: (1) Dodgers' starter Jae Seo talks with catcher Russell Martin during the third inning against Colorado. (2) Dodgers' catcher Russell Martin tags out Colorado's Luis Gonzalez at home plate Monday. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer Box: DODGERS vs. COLORADO - Tony Jackson |
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