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Ethier drives in go-ahead run in Dodgers' 5-3 win
Apr 29, 2009 - 7:03 AM SAN FRANCISCO(AP) -- Manny Ramirez is embracing his role as a run scorer.The 12-time All-Star hit three doubles, twice leading off innings, and scoring each time to give Los Angeles the lead. Andre Ethier doubled him in with the go-ahead run in the ninth inning and the Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3 on Tuesday night, avoiding their longest losing streak of the season.
"I'm a doubles maniac," Ramirez said. "I set the table now. I'm just trying to get a good pitch to hit. When it comes September, we want to know where we're at. For now we'll go battle everybody hard and ... win."
Ethier said he feels a little more responsibility with Ramirez hitting ahead of him.
"You better get used to it, the manager is penciling you in there," Ethier said. "He's up there getting his pitches and we have to do our job to assure that he keeps getting pitches. When he sets the table like that it's a lot of fun."
James Loney drove in two runs and Matt Kemp also drove in a run for the Dodgers, who had lost their previous two games.
Jonathan Broxton (2-0) blew his first save after six straight successful chances when he walked pinch-hitter Rich Aurilia with the bases loaded in the eighth.
Will Ohman pitched a perfect ninth to get a save in his first opportunity with the Dodgers.
"This was a nice one to lock down," Ohman said. "My job was to come in and get three outs and I did and that's all it was."
Ramirez opened the ninth against Bob Howry (0-2) with his third double. Ethier followed one out later with his double and Matt Kemp tripled home Ethier.
"I was thinking why not get this thing done," Ethier said. "Most of all, I reminded myself don't swing at anything out of the zone, don't get yourself out. Get a good pitch in the zone. I was able to battle and hit one of his mistakes when he made them."
Dodgers starter Chad Billingsley pitched 7 1-3 innings, allowing three runs and seven hits, striking out eight.
Pablo Sandoval and Travis Ishikawa, who had two hits, drove in runs for the Giants, who have won six of eight.
"I made bad pitches and he's too good of a hitter to miss them," Howry said of Ramirez. "I threw an 0-2 slider off the plate and tried to come back with a splitfinger and hung it over the middle of the plate."
Giants starter Jonathan Sanchez gave up two runs, both unearned, and three hits.
The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead in the second on Loney's RBI single.
The Giants scored twice in the third and the Dodgers tied the game in the fourth courtesy of a throwing error by shortstop Juan Uribe.
"It was a strange game, that's for sure," Dodgers manager Joe Torre said.
Notes: Dodgers RHP Jason Schmidt threw 89 pitches in an extended spring game before leaving after getting hit in the left leg with a line drive. ... Giants OF Andres Torres was placed on the 15-day DL with a strained left hamstring. IF Eugenio Velez was recalled from Fresno a day after being optioned. ... Dodgers RHP Cory Wade was scheduled for a one-inning rehab at Single-A Inland Empire and is expected to join the team for Thursday's game against San Diego. ... The announced attendance of 30,482 was the lowest attended Giants-Dodgers game in San Francisco since 23,081 showed up at Candlestick Park on Aug. 7, 1995. ... Ramirez walked twice and reached base all five plate appearances to improve his on-base percentage to .494.
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FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
LA DODGERS 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 5 9 1
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 2 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: LOS - CHAD BILLINGSLEY, JONATHAN BROXTON (8TH), WILL OHMAN (9TH) AND
RUSSELL MARTIN
SFO - JONATHAN SANCHEZ, JUSTIN MILLER (6TH), BRANDON
MEDDERS (6TH), OSIRIS MATO
Apr 29 1:46 AM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
TRIPLE BY MATT KEMP SCORED ANDRE ETHIER.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M KEMP ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: LA DODGERS 5
SAN FRANCISCO 3 TOP, 9TH
DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: J LONEY (.324, 1-FOR-2, 2 BB, 2 RBI)
Dodgers 5, Giants 3 Top 9, 0 OutsApr 29 1:32 AM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY ANDRE ETHIER SCORED MANNY RAMIREZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A ETHIER ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: LA DODGERS 4
SAN FRANCISCO 3 TOP, 9TH
DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: M KEMP (.307, 1-FOR-3, BB)
Dodgers 4, Giants 3 Top 9, 0 OutsApr 29 1:31 AM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
BASES LOADED WALK TO RICH AURILIA SCORED AARON ROWAND.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R AURILIA ON FIRST, J URIBE ON SECOND, T
ISHIKAWA ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: LA DODGERS 3
SAN FRANCISCO 3 BOTTOM, 8TH
DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: O MATOS (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
Dodgers 3, Giants 3 Bot 8, 0 OutsApr 29 1:15 AM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
BASES LOADED WALK TO JAMES LONEY SCORED MANNY RAMIREZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J LONEY ON FIRST, M KEMP ON SECOND, A ETHIER
ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: LA DODGERS 3
SAN FRANCISCO 2 TOP, 7TH
DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: C BLAKE (.250, 1-FOR-3)
Dodgers 3, Giants 2 Top 7, 0 OutsApr 29 12:33 AM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
ERROR BY JUAN URIBE ALLOWED ANDRE ETHIER TO SCORE.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J LONEY ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: LA DODGERS 2
SAN FRANCISCO 2 TOP, 4TH
DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: C BLAKE (.242, 0-FOR-1)
Dodgers 2, Giants 2 Top 4, 0 OutsApr 28 11:23 PM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY TRAVIS ISHIKAWA SCORED RANDY WINN.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, T ISHIKAWA ON FIRST, A ROWAND ON SECOND, P
SANDOVAL ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: LA DODGERS 1
SAN FRANCISCO 2 BOTTOM, 3RD
DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: J URIBE (.211, 0-FOR-1)
Dodgers 1, Giants 2 Bot 3, 0 OutsApr 28 11:11 PM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
ERROR BY RAFAEL FURCAL ALLOWED FRED LEWIS TO SCORE.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, P SANDOVAL ON SECOND, R WINN ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: LA DODGERS 1
SAN FRANCISCO 1 BOTTOM, 3RD
DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: B MOLINA (.324, 0-FOR-1)
Dodgers 1, Giants 1 Bot 3, 0 OutsApr 28 11:07 PM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JAMES LONEY SCORED ANDRE ETHIER.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J LONEY ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: LA DODGERS 1
SAN FRANCISCO 0 TOP, 2ND
DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: C BLAKE (.246, 5 HR, 14 RBI)
Dodgers 1, Giants 0 Top 2, 0 OutsApr 28 10:36 PM
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