Extended Box
(OFFICIAL SCORER'S CHANGE - ADDING HIT FOR J RIVERA, DELETING ERROR ON A BELTRE)
MONTREAL (4) VS LOS ANGELES (13) - FINAL
MONTREAL ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
E Chavez cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .188
O Cabrera ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .255
J Vidro 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .253
T Batista 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .231
B Wilkerson 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 .211
J Rivera lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .239
V Pascucci rf 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 .091
C Bentz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T Tucker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Biddle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-R Calloway ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .061
E Diaz c 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .222
Z Day p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T Sledge rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .122
Totals 32 4 9 4 2 2 11
a-hit sacrifice fly to left for R Biddle in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - E Diaz (1, K Ishii). 3B - E Diaz (1, D Dreifort). S - Z Day.
SF - R Calloway. RBI - B Wilkerson (4), V Pascucci (2), E Chavez (3), R Calloway (2).
2-out RBI - V Pascucci. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Batista 2.
GIDP - O Cabrera, V Pascucci. Team LOB - 6.
BASERUNNING: SB - T Batista (3, 2nd base off K Ishii/P Lo Duca).
FIELDING: DP: 2 (J Vidro-B Wilkerson, T Tucker-O Cabrera-B Wilkerson).
LOS ANGELES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Roberts cf 5 2 2 2 0 0 1 .278
C Izturis ss 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 .329
A Beltre 3b 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 .353
S Green 1b 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 .276
P Lo Duca c 4 2 2 1 0 0 2 .416
J Encarnacion rf 3 2 1 2 1 1 0 .244
J Grabowski lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .100
A Cora 2b 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 .213
K Ishii p 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167
a-O Saenz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125
D Dreifort p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
D Sanchez p 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .500
Totals 36 13 15 13 1 1 8
a-flied out to right for K Ishii in the 6th.
BATTING: 2B - S Green (4, Z Day); D Sanchez (1, R Biddle). 3B - C Izturis (1,
Z Day); D Roberts (2, R Biddle). HR - S Green (4, 1st inning off Z Day 0 on,
2 Out), P Lo Duca (1, 4th inning off Z Day 0 on, 1 Out). SF - C Izturis. RBI -
A Beltre (20), S Green (9), P Lo Duca (10), J Encarnacion 2 (15), J Grabowski (1),
A Cora (7), C Izturis 2 (9), D Sanchez 2 (2), D Roberts 2 (7). 2-out RBI -
S Green, J Encarnacion 2, J Grabowski, A Cora. GIDP - D Roberts, A Beltre.
Team LOB - 2.
BASERUNNING: SB - D Roberts (15, 2nd base off T Tucker/E Diaz).
FIELDING: E - A Beltre (2, throw). DP: 2 (A Cora-C Izturis-S Green,
C Izturis-A Cora-S Green).
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MONTREAL - 000 200 101 -- 4
LOS ANGELES - 200 104 15x -- 13
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MONTREAL ip h r er bb so hr era
Z Day (L, 2-2) 5 2/3 8 6 6 0 1 2 3.31
C Bentz 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 7.04
T Tucker 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 9.00
R Biddle 1 3 5 5 1 0 0 6.30
LOS ANGELES ip h r er bb so hr era
K Ishii (W, 4-1) 6 6 2 2 2 2 0 3.98
D Dreifort 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.37
D Sanchez 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.25
WP - D Sanchez. BALK - T Tucker. HBP - E Chavez (by K Ishii); A Cora (by R Biddle).
Pitches-strikes: Z Day 88-62; C Bentz 6-5; T Tucker 11-7; R Biddle 19-13;
K Ishii 94-51; D Dreifort 10-8; D Sanchez 27-17. Ground balls-fly balls:
Z Day 10-6; C Bentz 0-1; T Tucker 3-0; R Biddle 1-2; K Ishii 10-6; D Dreifort 2-1;
D Sanchez 3-3. Batters faced: Z Day 24; C Bentz 3; T Tucker 4; R Biddle 8;
K Ishii 25; D Dreifort 4; D Sanchez 8.
UMPIRES: HP--Mike Reilly. 1B--Chuck Meriwether. 2B--C.B. Bucknor. 3B--Eric Cooper.
T--2:40. Att--54,958.
Weather: 70 degrees, clear. Wind: 4 mph, out to right.
How They Scored
LOS ANGELES 1ST: D Roberts fouled out to third. C Izturis tripled to
right. A Beltre grounded out to shortstop, C Izturis scored. S Green homered
to right. P Lo Duca flied out to center. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MONTREAL 0,
LOS ANGELES 2.
MONTREAL 4TH: J Vidro flied out to right. T Batista singled to right
center. T Batista stole second. B Wilkerson singled to right, T Batista
scored, B Wilkerson to second advancing on throw. J Rivera grounded out to
shortstop. V Pascucci singled to shallow left, B Wilkerson scored. E Diaz
grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, V Pascucci out at second. (2 Runs,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) MONTREAL 2, LOS ANGELES 2.
LOS ANGELES 4TH: S Green grounded out to third. P Lo Duca homered to
center. J Encarnacion struck out swinging. J Grabowski grounded out to
second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MONTREAL 2, LOS ANGELES 3.
LOS ANGELES 6TH: C Izturis grounded out to second. A Beltre singled to
center. S Green doubled to right, A Beltre to third. P Lo Duca popped out to
shortstop. J Encarnacion singled to left, A Beltre and S Green scored,
J Encarnacion to second advancing on throw. C Bentz relieved Z Day. T Sledge in
right field. J Grabowski singled to left, J Encarnacion scored, J Grabowski to
second advancing on throw. A Cora singled to right, J Grabowski scored.
O Saenz hit for K Ishii. O Saenz flied out to right. (4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors)
MONTREAL 2, LOS ANGELES 7.
MONTREAL 7TH: D Dreifort relieved K Ishii. E Diaz tripled to center.
T Sledge fouled out to third. E Chavez grounded out to shortstop, E Diaz scored.
O Cabrera grounded out to first. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MONTREAL 3, LOS ANGELES 7.
LOS ANGELES 7TH: T Tucker relieved C Bentz. D Roberts reached on bunt
single to second. D Roberts stole second. D Roberts to third on balk by
T Tucker. C Izturis singled to right, D Roberts scored. A Beltre grounded into
double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, C Izturis out at second. S Green
grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MONTREAL 3, LOS ANGELES
8.
LOS ANGELES 8TH: R Biddle relieved T Tucker. P Lo Duca singled to left.
J Encarnacion walked, P Lo Duca to second. J Grabowski flied out to left.
A Cora hit by pitch, P Lo Duca to third, J Encarnacion to second. D Sanchez hit
a ground rule double to deep left, P Lo Duca and J Encarnacion scored, A Cora
to third. D Roberts tripled to deep left center, A Cora and D Sanchez scored.
C Izturis hit sacrifice fly to right, D Roberts scored. A Beltre grounded out
to shortstop. (5 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) MONTREAL 3, LOS ANGELES 13.
MONTREAL 9TH: J Rivera reached on infield single to third, J Rivera to
second on throwing error by third baseman A Beltre. R Calloway hit for
R Biddle. J Rivera to third on wild pitch by D Sanchez. R Calloway hit sacrifice
fly to left, J Rivera scored. E Diaz grounded out to third. T Sledge singled
to right. E Chavez grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error)
MONTREAL 4, LOS ANGELES 13.
Game Story
LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers got six good
innings out of Kazuhisa Ishii. The Montreal Expos could not say
the same of their starter Zach Day.
The Dodgers tagged Day for six runs and eight hits in 5 2/3
innings en route to a 13-4 rout of the reeling Expos, who lost
for the eighth time in nine games.
"We hit rock bottom tonight," Expos manager Frank Robinson said.
"This is as low as we can go. Maybe this will make us mad and
determined. We got embarrassed tonight."
Ishii (4-1) allowed two runs and six hits in six innings as he
improved to 3-0 at home.
"We got another solid outing from Kazuhisa Ishii," Dodgers
manager Jim Tracy said. "We're coming to expect that kind of
performance from him."
"He's been great," Dodgers catcher Paul Lo Duca said of Ishii.
"His tempo is there again and he's a lot smoother than he was
last year."
Every Dodgers position player had at least one hit and one RBI
as they avoided their second losing streak of the season.
Los Angeles took the lead for good, 3-2, on Paul Lo Duca's solo
homer against Day (2-2) with one out in the fourth inning, the
catcher's first of the season.
"Offensively we got a number of hits from up and down the entire
order," Tracy said.
The Dodgers added four runs with two outs in the sixth to open a
7-2 cushion. Juan Encarnacion rapped a two-run single that
chased Day, and Jason Grabowski and Alex Cora added RBI singles
against Chad Bentz.
"The key hit that eluded us last year was the two-out hit,"
Tracy said. "Tonight it was the two-out RBI by Encarnacion.
Then we got a couple more. When we do things like that, we're
going to score enough runs to win the game."
Los Angeles produced one run against T.J. Tucker in the seventh
inning and five in the eighth against Rocky Biddle as it produced
its highest run total since scoring 16 runs against San Francisco on
April 20, 2003.
The win came a day after the Mets became the first visiting team
this season to win a series at Dodger Stadium. Los Angeles
improved to 7-1 following a loss this season.
"It felt good for us to rebound from that series and pile on the
runs," said Dodgers center fielder Dave Roberts, who had a
two-run triple in the eighth inning.
Los Angeles shortstop Cesar Izturis continued his torrid April,
adding two hits and two RBI. He has at least one hit in 16 of
his last 17 games and 19 of 21 this season.
"I can't say enough about Cesar," Lo Duca said. "He just keeps
getting good at-bat after good at-bat."
Lo Duca's two hits gave him an average of .416, marking the
highest average by a Dodger in the opening month of a season
since Ron Cey batted .425 in April 1977.
The win improved the Dodgers' record to 14-8, their best 22-game
start since 1988 - the year of their last world title. It keeps
them atop the National League West Division, a spot they have
held or shared since April 14.
"It's a great way to start the season, no doubt about it," Lo
Duca said. "We just have to keep it going from here and see
where it takes us."
