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Torre turns to Billingsley to halt struggles vs. Indians

Jun 22, 2008 - 2:52 PM Cleveland (35-40) at LA Dodgers (34-40) 4:10 pm ET

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers look to avoid a second consecutive interleague sweep on Sunday when they host the Cleveland Indians.

Dodgers manager Joe Torre, who won four World Series titles in 12 seasons with the New York Yankees, probably has seen enough of the Indians. Cleveland ended Torre's tenure in the Bronx with a four-game victory over the Yankees in the American League Division Series last year.

Despite Torre's move across the country, little has changed as the Indians have collected a pair of 11-inning wins against the Dodgers, who have dropped six straight in interleague play.

Los Angeles hopes to end the slide behind righthander Chad Billingsley (5-7, 3.54 ERA), an Ohio native who is coming off an impressive outing.

Selected by Los Angeles in the first round out of Defiance High School in 2003, Billingsley yielded just one run and five hits in 6 1/3 innings in Tuesday's 3-1 victory over Cincinnati.

Cleveland counters with Paul Byrd (3-7, 5.21), who would like to forget his last outing. The righthander surrendered five runs and nine hits over four innings in Tuesday's 10-2 setback to Colorado.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CLEVELAND 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0
    LA DODGERS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 4 9 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: CLE - PAUL BYRD, RAFAEL PEREZ (8TH) AND KELLY SHOPPACH
    LOS - CHAD BILLINGSLEY, HONG-CHIH KUO (6TH), JOE BEIMEL
    (7TH), JONATHAN BROXTON (8TH), TAKASHI SAITO (9TH) AN

    Jun 22 6:54 PM
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    RUWTbot Added 35 roots (Close Finish)

    Guardians 3, Dodgers 4  Bot 7, 0 OutsJun 22 6:18 PM


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    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY CASEY BLAKE SCORED JHONNY PERALTA.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, R GARKO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 3
    LA DODGERS 4 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: D DELLUCCI (.222, 0-FOR-1)

    Guardians 3, Dodgers 4  Top 3, 0 OutsJun 22 5:09 PM


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    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RYAN GARKO SCORED SHIN-SOO CHOO.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, R GARKO ON FIRST, J PERALTA ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 2
    LA DODGERS 4 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: C BLAKE (.269, 0-FOR-1)

    Guardians 2, Dodgers 4  Top 3, 0 OutsJun 22 5:05 PM


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    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    FIELDER'S CHOICE BY SHIN-SOO CHOO SCORED GRADY SIZEMORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, S CHOO ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1
    LA DODGERS 4 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: J PERALTA (.237, 0-FOR-1)

    Guardians 1, Dodgers 4  Top 3, 0 OutsJun 22 4:59 PM


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    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY RUSSELL MARTIN (7) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT
    IN THE 1ST OFF PAUL BYRD SCORED JAMES LONEY.
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 0, LA DODGERS 4
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: B DEWITT (.273, 5 HR, 29 RBI)

    Guardians 0, Dodgers 4  Bot 1, 0 OutsJun 22 4:25 PM


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    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JAMES LONEY SCORED JUAN PIERRE AND MATT KEMP.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J LONEY ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 0
    LA DODGERS 2 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: R MARTIN (.316, 6 HR, 33 RBI)

    Guardians 0, Dodgers 2  Bot 1, 0 OutsJun 22 4:21 PM

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