Diamondbacks 6 - 1 Dodgers
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Dodgers aim to complete sweep of Diamondbacks

Sep 16, 2007 - 2:35 PM Arizona (83-66) at LA Dodgers (79-69) 4:10 pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) - The Los Angeles Dodgers certainly wanted a weekend sweep of the National League West-leading Diamondbacks. On Sunday, they will get a chance to do just that as the divisional rivals conclude their three-game series.

Derek Lowe tossed seven solid innings and Rafael Furcal became the first Dodger in over 33 years to steal four bases in a single game as Los Angeles downed Arizona, 6-2, on Saturday.

It was the Dodgers' fourth straight win, helping them move to within 3 1/2 games of the NL West-leading Diamondbacks. They also trail NL wild card leader San Diego by 1 1/2 games.

Los Angeles will turn to Esteban Loaiza (2-1, 4.32 ERA) to complete the sweep. He will need to bounce back from his poor outing on Tuesday in which he surrendered six runs and six hits over 3 1/3 innings in a 9-4 loss to the Padres.

The righthander will be searching for his first career win against Arizona. In six appearances, including five starts, he is 0-2 with a 5.10 ERA.

Loaiza's opponent on the mound will be fellow Mexican righthander Edgar Gonzalez (7-2, 4.76), who will be making just his second start after spending the last two-plus months in the bullpen. He did not factor into the decision in his latest outing - a 2-1 loss against the San Francisco Giants - despite yielding one run and three hits over six innings.

The righthander has struggled in four lifetime starts and one relief appearance vs. the Dodgers, going 0-3 with a 10.18 ERA. Loaiza and Gonzalez are just two of 13 current major league pitchers who hail from Mexico.








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

    BATTERIES: ARI - EDGAR GONZALEZ, BILL MURPHY (6TH), TONY PENA (6TH), BRANDON
    LYON (8TH), JOSE VALVERDE (9TH) AND CHRIS SNYDER
    LOS - ESTEBAN LOAIZA, ERIC HULL (5TH), RUDY SEANE

    Sep 16 7:21 PM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY STEPHEN DREW SCORED ERIC BYRNES AND ALBERTO
    CALLASPO.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, S DREW ON FIRST, T CLARK ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 6
    LA DODGERS 1 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: C YOUNG (.234, 0-FOR-4)

    Diamondbacks vs. DodgersSep 16 7:05 PM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CHAD TRACY SCORED CHRIS SNYDER.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C TRACY ON FIRST, A OJEDA ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 4
    LA DODGERS 1 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: E BYRNES (.291, 0-FOR-3)

    Diamondbacks vs. DodgersSep 16 6:00 PM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY RAFAEL FURCAL (6) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 0
    OUT IN THE 4TH OFF EDGAR GONZALEZ.
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 3, LA DODGERS 1
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: J PIERRE (.292, 1-FOR-1)

    Diamondbacks vs. DodgersSep 16 5:16 PM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY CHRIS SNYDER (13) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT
    IN THE 2ND OFF ESTEBAN LOAIZA SCORED MARK REYNOLDS AND STEPHEN
    DREW.
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 3, LA DODGERS 0
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: A OJEDA (.250, 1 HR, 7 RBI)

    Diamondbacks vs. DodgersSep 16 4:39 PM

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