[新聞] 外電-NYTimes Dodgers 11, Pirates 2
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jeff Kent and Russell Martin homered, James Loney
extended his season-opening hitting streak to 14 games with an RBI single,
and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Pittsburgh 11-2 on Tuesday night to end the
Pirates' four-game winning streak.
Esteban Loaiza (1-2) got the victory in relief of starter Hong-Chih Kuo,
allowing a run and three hits over the final five innings with two strikeouts
and no walks. The right-hander, who made his big league debut with the
Pirates in 1995 and has pitched for seven other teams since, is 2-0 in two
appearances against them.
Kuo, making his second start this season and the first that he was scheduled
to make, threw 75 pitches over four innings. The left-hander allowed a run
and two hits, struck out six and walked three -- all consecutively. Kuo's
first start was April 2, when manager Joe Torre decided to hold back Chad
Billingsley until later in the game because of the threat of inclement
weather.
A bases-loaded walk to Ronny Paulino in the first gave Pittsburgh the lead,
but the Dodgers pulled ahead 3-1 in the fourth on a two-run, opposite-field
double by Andre Ethier and Loney's run-scoring single. Loney also was thrown
out trying to steal second by Paulino in the second and fourth innings.
Loney is one of two players to hit safely in each of his team's first 14
games this year, along with Pittsburgh's Nate McLouth. Kansas City's Billy
Butler had his 13-game streak snapped by the Seattle Mariners earlier Tuesday.
McLouth, whose three-run homer in the ninth off closer Takashi Saito sent the
Pirates to a 6-4 win on Monday, kept his streak alive with a first-inning
single and hit a broken-bat double in the eighth. McLouth is the first
Pirates player to open a season with a 14-game hitting streak since Willie
Stargell in 1976.
Los Angeles extended the lead to 8-1 in the fifth, scoring five runs with two
outs. Rafael Furcal hit an RBI single and Matt Kemp fopllowed with a triple
that chased Matt Morris (0-2). Paul Dumatrait relieved and plunked Ethier
with a 1-2 pitch before Kent drove a 2-1 delivery deep into the left-field
pavilion.
Kent's third homer of the season increased his career RBI total to 1,468,
vaulting him past Rusty Staub for 50th place. Kent's 368 homers are tied for
65th place on the career list with teammate Andruw Jones, who hasn't hit one
since Sept. 19 with Atlanta.
Martin, who led all NL catchers last season with 19 homers, led off the
eighth with his first of the season. Jones singled and scored on a
double-play grounder by Loaiza to complete the
scoring. Notes: The Dodgers and Pirates were among nine big league teams that
dressed all uniformed personnel in No. 42 jerseys to commemorate the 61st
anniversary of Jackie Robinson's first game in the majors. Robinson's
longtime Brooklyn Dodgers teammate, Don Newcombe, threw out the ceremonial
first pitch. He was accompanied by Kathy Robinson Young, Jackie's niece. ...
Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully recalled a game in 1951 at Cincinnati's
Crosley Field, where Robinson received pregame death threats. Teammate Gene
Hermanski suggested during a pregame clubhouse meeting that all the players
wear No. 42, thinking it would confuse any potential assassin. ... Dodgers 3B
Andy LaRoche, the younger brother of Pirates 1B Adam LaRoche, is still
recovering from thumb surgery in March. Their sister, Nikki, made the trip
from her Las Vegas home for the series, wearing a jersey that was half
Dodgers and half Pirates.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 16, 2008
Filed at 1:04 a.m. ET
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