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Dodgers look to snap four-game slide

Apr 12, 2008 - 3:02 PM San Diego (6-5) at LA Dodgers (4-6) 10:10 pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers look to snap a four-game losing streak on Saturday when they host the San Diego Padres in the middle contest of a three-game series.

The Dodgers dropped Friday's series opener, 7-5, as San Diego's Jake Peavy, the reining NL Cy Young Award winner, improved to 3-0 on the young season. The Padres banged out a season-high 16 hits, including 15 singles.

Derek Lowe (0-0, 2.25) starts for the Dodgers and will face Chris Young (1-0, 2.13) in a rematch of last Sunday's matchup. Neither pitcher got a decision in the Dodgers' 3-2 victory in San Diego.

The NL West rivals have split their first four meetings this season. The Dodgers took two of three last weekend before dropping Friday's contest.

Sunday's victory was the last contest won by the Dodgers, who returned home Friday after suffering a three-game sweep at Arizona.

On Sunday, Lowe allowing two runs and five hits in six innings with six strikeouts. Young also yielded two runs and five hits over seven frames while striking out eight.

The Dodgers snapped a 2-2 tie on Chin-lung Hu's RBI single in the ninth inning, handing San Diego closer Trevor Hoffman his second loss of the season.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    SAN DIEGO 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2
    LA DODGERS 2 0 3 4 0 1 1 0 x 11 13 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: SDG - CHRIS YOUNG, WILFREDO LEDEZMA (4TH), GLENDON RUSCH (7TH),
    ENRIQUE GONZALEZ (8TH) AND JOSH BARD, COLT MORTON (5TH)
    LOS - DEREK LOWE, TAKASHI SAITO (9TH) AND RU

    Apr 13 12:47 AM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY MATT KEMP (1) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    7TH OFF GLENDON RUSCH.
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 1, LA DODGERS 11
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: A ETHIER (.325, 3-FOR-4, HR, 2 RBI)

    Padres 1, Dodgers 11  Bot 7, 0 OutsApr 13 12:20 AM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DEREK LOWE SCORED ANDRUW JONES.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D LOWE ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 1
    LA DODGERS 10 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: R FURCAL (.415, 1-FOR-4, HR, RBI)

    Padres 1, Dodgers 10  Bot 6, 0 OutsApr 13 12:10 AM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DEREK LOWE SCORED ANDRUW JONES AND BLAKE DEWITT.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, D LOWE ON FIRST, C HU ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 1
    LA DODGERS 9 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: R FURCAL (.425, 1-FOR-3, HR, RBI)

    Padres 1, Dodgers 9  Bot 4, 0 OutsApr 12 11:40 PM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY ANDRE ETHIER (2) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 4TH OFF CHRIS YOUNG SCORED JUAN PIERRE.
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 1, LA DODGERS 7
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: J LONEY (.368, 1-FOR-1, BB)

    Padres 1, Dodgers 7  Bot 4, 0 OutsApr 12 11:25 PM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY CHRIS YOUNG ALLOWED ANDRUW JONES TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, D LOWE ON FIRST, C HU ON SECOND, B DEWITT ON
    THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 1
    LA DODGERS 5 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: R FURCAL (.436, 1-FOR-2, HR, RBI)

    Padres 1, Dodgers 5  Bot 3, 0 OutsApr 12 11:14 PM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY BLAKE DEWITT SCORED ANDRE ETHIER AND JAMES LONEY.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, B DEWITT ON SECOND, A JONES ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 1
    LA DODGERS 4 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: C HU (.286, 0-FOR-1)

    Padres 1, Dodgers 4  Bot 3, 0 OutsApr 12 11:10 PM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RUSSELL MARTIN SCORED ANDRE ETHIER.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, R MARTIN ON FIRST, J LONEY ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 1
    LA DODGERS 2 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: A JONES (.114, 0 HR, 1 RBI)

    Padres 1, Dodgers 2  Bot 1, 0 OutsApr 12 10:31 PM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY RAFAEL FURCAL (1) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 1ST OFF CHRIS YOUNG.
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 1, LA DODGERS 1
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: J PIERRE (.273, 0 HR, 3 RBI)

    Padres 1, Dodgers 1  Bot 1, 0 OutsApr 12 10:23 PM


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

    CURRENT PITCHERS: SDG - CHRIS YOUNG
    LOS - DEREK LOWE

    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: R FURCAL (.432, 0 HR, 3 RBI)
    J PIERRE (.273, 0 HR, 3 RBI)
    A ETHIER (.278, 1 HR, 7 RBI)

    Padres 1, Dodgers 0  Bot 1, 0 OutsApr 12 10:20 PM
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