Game 129: Dodgers @ Arizona Diamondbacks 4:3
This is how a game is supposed to be won.
Jeff Kent homered to lead off the ninth inning and the Dodgers snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the the Diamondbacks 4-3 Saturday night. Kent's towering shot to left on a 3-2 pitch put the Dodgers back on top after Arizona had rallied from a 3-1 deficit to tie it. Jonathan Broxton improved to 3-0 by throwing one pitch, a line out by Johnny Estrada to end the eighth, earning the victory. Takashi Saito, coming off his second blown save of the season the night before, pitched a scoreless ninth for his 15th save.
Los Angeles remained one game ahead of second-place San Diego in the NL West. Arizona fell four games back with its fifth loss in six games.
Dodgers starter Derek Lowe lasted only three and two-thirds innings before leaving with a bruised left thumb. Lowe, winner of four of his last five starts, was struck in the left hand by Chad Tracy's line drive. X-rays were negative. Lowe allowed a run on five hits, three of them infield singles. Nomar Garciaparra hit a two-out single past diving first baseman Tony Clark, bringing in two runs in the third.
The Dodgers added a run in the fourth when Andre Ethier doubled off the Arizona bullpen fence in left, then scored from third when shortstop Craig Counsell fielded Lowe's grounder for what should have been a routine inning-ending out. But Counsell chose to toss it to second for the force-out, and Hudson didn't get to the bag on time.
Some thoughts:
1) Hopefully this win changes the direction the Dodgers seemed to have been heading. They needed a win, and got the win, to remain in sole possession of first place.
2) It appears as if Lowe's injury isn't too bad, but it's scary just the same. Hopefully he doesn't miss any starts.
Jeff Kent homered to lead off the ninth inning and the Dodgers snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the the Diamondbacks 4-3 Saturday night. Kent's towering shot to left on a 3-2 pitch put the Dodgers back on top after Arizona had rallied from a 3-1 deficit to tie it. Jonathan Broxton improved to 3-0 by throwing one pitch, a line out by Johnny Estrada to end the eighth, earning the victory. Takashi Saito, coming off his second blown save of the season the night before, pitched a scoreless ninth for his 15th save.
Los Angeles remained one game ahead of second-place San Diego in the NL West. Arizona fell four games back with its fifth loss in six games.
Dodgers starter Derek Lowe lasted only three and two-thirds innings before leaving with a bruised left thumb. Lowe, winner of four of his last five starts, was struck in the left hand by Chad Tracy's line drive. X-rays were negative. Lowe allowed a run on five hits, three of them infield singles. Nomar Garciaparra hit a two-out single past diving first baseman Tony Clark, bringing in two runs in the third.
The Dodgers added a run in the fourth when Andre Ethier doubled off the Arizona bullpen fence in left, then scored from third when shortstop Craig Counsell fielded Lowe's grounder for what should have been a routine inning-ending out. But Counsell chose to toss it to second for the force-out, and Hudson didn't get to the bag on time.
Some thoughts:
1) Hopefully this win changes the direction the Dodgers seemed to have been heading. They needed a win, and got the win, to remain in sole possession of first place.
2) It appears as if Lowe's injury isn't too bad, but it's scary just the same. Hopefully he doesn't miss any starts.
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