Game 143: Dodgers @ New York Mets 9:1
Eric Stults looked like a seasoned veteran pitching in a big game. However, it was his first career start for the 26-year-old. He gave the Dodgers a win in this must win game.
Stults limited the Mets to two hits in six innings, and Kenny Lofton gave him an early lead with a three-run triple in the Dodgers' 9-1 victory Sunday. Nomar Garciaparra added a three-run homer and four RBIs for the Dodgers, who began the day with a 1 1/2 -game lead over second-place San Diego in the NL West.
Pitching in place of Mark Hendrickson, who is supposedly working on his mechanics while pitching in relief, Stults gave up a single up the middle to his second batter, and didn't allow another hit until Jose Reyes homered to left-center with two outs in the sixth.
Stults (1-0) struck out three and walked two, throwing 86 pitches and combining with three relievers on a three-hitter. The left-hander was 10-11 with a 4.23 ERA this season at Triple-A Las Vegas, then allowed three runs and five hits over three innings in his major league debut Tuesday at Milwaukee.
The game began with a solemn ceremony marking Monday's fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but by the sixth inning resembled a spring training contest at Vero Beach or Port St. Lucie, with both teams liberally substituting.
Los Angeles loaded the bases on second-inning singles by Wilson Betemit, Russell Martin and Rafael Furcal. Lofton, who had been 0-for-6 with the bases full this year, batted with one out and worked the count to 3-2, then pulled a high pitch down the right-field line. His helmet flipped off as he rounded second and he easily made it to third with a triple, then scored when Garciaparra singled over third baseman David Wright with the infield in.
Furcal singled in a run in the fourth against Brian Bannister, Betemit hit a sacrifice fly in the fifth and Garciaparra made it 9-0 in the sixth with his 17th homer.
Stults limited the Mets to two hits in six innings, and Kenny Lofton gave him an early lead with a three-run triple in the Dodgers' 9-1 victory Sunday. Nomar Garciaparra added a three-run homer and four RBIs for the Dodgers, who began the day with a 1 1/2 -game lead over second-place San Diego in the NL West.
Pitching in place of Mark Hendrickson, who is supposedly working on his mechanics while pitching in relief, Stults gave up a single up the middle to his second batter, and didn't allow another hit until Jose Reyes homered to left-center with two outs in the sixth.
Stults (1-0) struck out three and walked two, throwing 86 pitches and combining with three relievers on a three-hitter. The left-hander was 10-11 with a 4.23 ERA this season at Triple-A Las Vegas, then allowed three runs and five hits over three innings in his major league debut Tuesday at Milwaukee.
The game began with a solemn ceremony marking Monday's fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but by the sixth inning resembled a spring training contest at Vero Beach or Port St. Lucie, with both teams liberally substituting.
Los Angeles loaded the bases on second-inning singles by Wilson Betemit, Russell Martin and Rafael Furcal. Lofton, who had been 0-for-6 with the bases full this year, batted with one out and worked the count to 3-2, then pulled a high pitch down the right-field line. His helmet flipped off as he rounded second and he easily made it to third with a triple, then scored when Garciaparra singled over third baseman David Wright with the infield in.
Furcal singled in a run in the fourth against Brian Bannister, Betemit hit a sacrifice fly in the fifth and Garciaparra made it 9-0 in the sixth with his 17th homer.
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