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Diamondbacks, Dodgers continue NL West battle

Aug 4, 2007 - 3:21 PM Arizona (61-50) at LA Dodgers (58-51) 10:10 pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- The Arizona Diamondbacks will look to further their advantage in the National League West when they visit the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.

The Diamondbacks pushed their lead in the division to two games over the Dodgers on Friday with a 1-0 victory. Doug Davis pitched eight scoreless innings and Chris Synder provided the winning margin with a solo blast in the eighth inning.

The San Diego Padres (58-50) are now in between Arizona and the Dodgers, 1 1/2 games out of the lead in the West.

The Diamondbacks will hand the ball to Livan Hernandez (6-7, 4.98 ERA). The veteran righthander won for the first time in nearly two months on July 24, but could not keep the momentum going, giving up eight runs and eight hits in four innings in a 14-0 rout against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday.

The Dodgers will counter with Derek Lowe (8-9, 3.45), who will be making his first start since being forced to leave in the fourth inning of a 2-1 loss to the Houston Astros due to a groin strain.

Lowe has not earned a win since June 22 at the Tampa Bay Bay Devil Rays - a span of six starts. He is just 2-5 with a 4.62 ERA in 10 career starts against Arizona.

The Dodgers have dropped seven of their last nine contests.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ARIZONA 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 8 10 2
    LA DODGERS 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 7 9 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: ARI - LIVAN HERNANDEZ, JUAN CRUZ (7TH), TONY PENA (7TH), JOSE
    VALVERDE (9TH) AND MIGUEL MONTERO
    LOS - DEREK LOWE, D.J. HOULTON (6TH), RUDY SEANEZ
    (7TH), JONATHAN B

    Aug 5 1:06 AM
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    roots
    RUWTbot Added 35 roots (Close Finish)

    Diamondbacks vs. DodgersAug 5 12:43 AM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY ANDRE ETHIER (9) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 8TH OFF TONY PENA.
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 8, LA DODGERS 7
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: J BROXTON (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Diamondbacks vs. DodgersAug 5 12:40 AM


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    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY NOMAR GARCIAPARRA (6) TO LEFT WITH 1
    OUT IN THE 7TH OFF JUAN CRUZ SCORED JUAN PIERRE AND RUSSELL MARTIN.
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 8, LA DODGERS 6
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: J LONEY (.333, 1-FOR-2, BB)

    Diamondbacks vs. DodgersAug 5 12:24 AM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY LUIS GONZALEZ SCORED RAFAEL FURCAL.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R MARTIN ON FIRST, J PIERRE ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 8
    LA DODGERS 3 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: N GARCIAPARRA (.283, 1-FOR-3)

    Diamondbacks vs. DodgersAug 5 12:22 AM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY ANDRE ETHIER SCORED NOMAR GARCIAPARRA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R MARTINEZ ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 8
    LA DODGERS 2 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: D HOULTON (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Diamondbacks vs. DodgersAug 5 12:00 AM


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    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MIGUEL MONTERO (7) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 6TH OFF D.J. HOULTON SCORED MARK REYNOLDS.
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 8, LA DODGERS 1
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: L HERNANDEZ (.192, 0-FOR-2, RBI)

    Diamondbacks vs. DodgersAug 4 11:50 PM


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    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    FIELDER'S CHOICE BY ERIC BYRNES SCORED LIVAN HERNANDEZ.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, E BYRNES ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 6
    LA DODGERS 1 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: T CLARK (.228, 0-FOR-2)

    Diamondbacks vs. DodgersAug 4 11:31 PM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ORLANDO HUDSON SCORED MIGUEL MONTERO.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, O HUDSON ON FIRST, L HERNANDEZ ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 5
    LA DODGERS 1 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: E BYRNES (.306, 1-FOR-2, HR, 2 RBI)

    Diamondbacks vs. DodgersAug 4 11:29 PM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    FIELDER'S CHOICE BY LIVAN HERNANDEZ SCORED JUSTIN UPTON.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, L HERNANDEZ ON FIRST, M MONTERO ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 4
    LA DODGERS 1 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: C YOUNG (.241, 0-FOR-2)

    Diamondbacks vs. DodgersAug 4 11:24 PM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY JAMES LONEY ALLOWED MARK REYNOLDS TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M MONTERO ON SECOND, J UPTON ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 3
    LA DODGERS 1 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: L HERNANDEZ (.196, 0-FOR-1)

    Diamondbacks vs. DodgersAug 4 11:23 PM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO RAMON MARTINEZ SCORED JUAN PIERRE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R MARTINEZ ON FIRST, J LONEY ON SECOND, L
    GONZALEZ ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 2
    LA DODGERS 1 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: A ETHIER (.299, 0-FOR-1)

    Diamondbacks vs. DodgersAug 4 11:13 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ARIZONA 2 2 1 0
    LA DODGERS 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: ARI - LIVAN HERNANDEZ
    LOS - DEREK LOWE

    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: R FURCAL (.288, 4 HR, 37 RBI)
    J PIERRE (.277, 0 HR, 27 RBI)
    R MARTIN (.298, 12 HR, 68 RBI)

    Diamondbacks vs. DodgersAug 4 10:18 PM

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