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LOS ANGELES —Less than 24 hours after a game was literally stolen from them in
the ninth inning, the Los Angeles Dodgers gave one away to the San Diego Padres
with some costly errors that were converted into six unearned runs. Ray Lewis Pink Jersey . Cameron Maybin and
Everth Cabrera scored the tying and go-ahead runs on third baseman
Jerry Hairston Jr.s second throwing error of the seventh inning, Chase Headley
homered for the second straight game, and the Padres beat the Dodgers 7-2 on
Sunday in the rubber game of the three-game series. “We did take advantage of a
few things, which was good to see, but we also had some good at-bats,” manager
Bud Black said. “A couple of big hits got us started, and then we capitalized on
a couple of their mistakes and we kept adding on.” Jason Marquis (2-5) allowed
two runs and six hits over six innings before he was lifted for a pinch-hitter
during the Padres pivotal three-run rally. The 33-year-old right-hander was
making his eighth start since joining San Diego on May 29, the day after the
Minnesota Twins granted him free agency. “Marquis did a great job,” Black said.
“He was under the weather, battling stomach flu, and he didnt sleep well last
night. But he really gutted it out on a day that he wasnt a hundred per cent,
physically. He stayed down in the tunnel between innings to cool off, but he
hung in there.” Marquis was 0-4 with a 4.60 ERA in his previous five outings
since June 13, when he threw 6 1-3 scoreless innings for the Padres in a 1-0
interleague victory at Seattle. “I just tried to battle and conserve as much
energy as possible so Id have it when I needed it,” Marquis said. “After sitting
between innings, to get going again was the toughest part. I just tried to stick
to the game plan, pound the bottom of the strike zone and get ahead.”
Chris Capuano (9-5) was charged with four runs—all unearned—and five hits
in 7 2-3 innings after the Dodgers infield committed four errors behind him—
all on poor throws. The left-hander, pitching on six days rest because of the
All-Star break, was bumped up a day in the rotation after Chad Billingsley was
scratched with elbow soreness. “I found out last night after the game. But if
there was any time during the season that this was going to happen, this is the
perfect time, because I was well-rested and ready to go,” Capuano said. “I wasnt
perfect with my execution, but I felt like I made a pretty high percentage of my
pitches.” Hairstons RBI single in the sixth gave Capuano a 2-1 lead, and he
retired the first two batters in the seventh before Hairston gave the Padres
life with his first error on a grounder by Maybin. Cabrera followed with a
single, and a walk to John Baker loaded the bases. Yasmani Grandal batted for
Marquis, and Hairston backhanded his grounder down the line before his hurried
throw sailed past first baseman James Loney as two runs scored. “You hate to see
that compound into costing your team the game. But it did,” Hairston said.
“Obviously I would have liked to get a better grip on the ball after popping
back up on those plays. But playing third with those guys running down the line,
sometimes you dont have that luxury. So youve just got to let it go and hope for
the best. “They dont call it the hot corner for nothing.” Josh Lindblom relieved
Capuano after Hairstons second miscue, and Chris Denorfia singled home another
run to give the Padres a 4-2 lead. Headley added his 10th homer leading off the
eighth against Lindblom. Andre Ethier gave Los Angeles a 1-0 lead against
Marquis with a run-scoring single in the first. It increased his team-high RBI
total to 60 in 78 games—just two fewer than he had in 135 games last season,
when he missed the final 20 contests because of a knee injury that required
surgery. The Padres tied it in the fourth with another unearned run after
Logan Forsythe and Headley opened the inning with singles. Carlos Quentin
followed with a fielders choice grounder to shortstop, but second baseman
Mark Ellis threw wildly past first trying to complete a double play and Forsythe
was able to score. Reliever Jamey Wright committed the Dodgers season-high fifth
error of the game when he mishandled Alexi Amaristas sacrifice bunt in the
eighth. Mark Kotsay, who led off the inning with a double, scored on Quentins
sacrifice fly and Yonder Alonso followed with an RBI single. Both of those runs
also were unearned. NOTES: The Padres took two of three from the Dodgers after
getting swept in each of their last three three-game series at Chavez Ravine.
... Dodgers CF Matt Kemp, who was 5 for 9 in his first two games off the
disabled list, got the day off. ... With SS Dee Gordon on the disabled list,
Dodgers manager Don Mattingly gave slumping 3B Juan Uribe his first start at
short since May 4 of last season. ... Black inserted Denorfia and Forsythe at
the top of his lineup card after Mattingly informed him of the change in
starting pitchers. ... Ethier came in 1 for 21 against Marquis, but started his
third straight game since coming off the DL and was 2 for 4—including an
infield single in the third. Lardarius Webb Womens Jersey . —Roy Oswalt
threw one curveball clocked at 57 mph. Ray Lewis Youth Jersey .C. —Fred Funk took
a one-stroke lead over Larry Mize in the Greater Hickory Classic on Saturday,
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. And after just 71 regular-season games, the Lakers decided Brown wasnt the man
for a pressure-packed job. The Lakers fired their coach on Friday after a 1-4
start to his second season in charge, making one of the earliest coaching
changes in NBA history. Ray Rice NFL Jersey . No such reprieve for
the Pittsburgh Pirates, whose misery goes on. Ludwick drove in the winning run
with a two-out infield single in the 14th inning, lifting the Cincinnati Reds to
a marathon 4-3 victory Monday night that handed the fading Pirates their fourth
straight loss. Ray Lewis Nike Jersey . Not after trailing
the front-running and rarely faltering Nationals all summer and into the fall.
Still, the Braves manager took pride in the way his team stubbornly hung in
there.KANSAS CITY, Kan. —A badly depleted Toronto FC lineup appeared poised
most of the evening to gain a hard-earned point on the road for the second
straight game. Unfortunately, a late-game collapse cost the Reds once again.
Substitute Oriol Rosell scored his first goal in Major League Soccer in the 88th
minute, leading Sporting Kansas City to a come-from-behind 2-1 victory over
Toronto FC on Saturday. The loss dropped Toronto FC to 5-16-6, stretched its
current winless streak to seven games and solidified its spot in the cellar of
the Eastern Conference. “Its a long-playing record,” said Toronto defender
Richard Eckersley, who headed several KC crosses out of the Toronto penalty area
and assisted on Ryan Johnsons goal in the 44th minute. “Its the same old story
every week.” Indeed, it marked the fifth time in the last eight games Toronto,
which is missing seven regulars from its lineup because of injuries, has allowed
a goal after the 80th minute. Rosells late goal ruined what otherwise was a
hard-fought effort in which Toronto effectively hunkered down on defence and
waited for counterattack opportunities. “Because of all of the injuries, we had
to come in here and play a certain way,” said Toronto coach Paul Mariner. “We
set in and waited to break. We were in a great spot. Im just heartbroken for the
players. They put a great effort in.” Despite spending most of the first half on
its heels defensively, Toronto FC entered halftime with a lead. Some dogged
defence by Eckersley, Darren ODea and Jeremy Hall in the box kept Sporting from
finishing its numerous chances. Goalkeeper Freddy Hall was required to make just
two routine saves, one off a meek shot by Sportings C.J. Sapong in the 22nd
minute and a second on a wild shot from Roger Espinoza outside the box in the
41st minute. Torontos only scoring chance prior to scoring ccame in the 35th
minute, when Andrew Wiedeman broke free behind the KC defence, but keeper Jimmy
Nielsen beat him to the ball for the save. Torrey Smith Youth Jersey. But with a minute
left in the half, Toronto finally got the break it needed. Eckersley found
Johnson unmarked on the left side, just outside the KC penalty area. Johnson
took one dribble toward goal and slid a shot low that beat Nielsen to his left
and found the right corner of the net for his sixth goal of the season. It was
Torontos only shot of the half. “I knew he was peeling off his man, so I just
played the ball back to him,” Eckersley said. Johnson nearly handed Toronto a
two-goal lead in the opening minutes of the second half when he took a ball just
outside the Sporting area and fired a shot off the right post. Instead, Sporting
KC earned the equalizer in the 60th minute following an unfortunate foul and
yellow card by Toronto midfielder Terry Dunfield on Graham Zusi just outside the
box. Zusis free kick was headed out, but Sporting midfielder Paulo Nagamura took
the rebound with a swinging right foot that bounced the ball hard to the turf
and high over Halls head into the net. “We failed to clear the line,” Mariner
said. Toronto FC nearly regained the lead in the 79th minute when Luis Silva
gained possession of a cross at the top of the KC six-yard box. Silva got off a
hard shot, but Nielsen made a nice diving save. That set up Rosells game-winner
nine minutes later. Myers, who had been dangerous on the right side the entire
game, fluttered a cross into the box that Rosell skipped past an outstretched
Hall into the left corner. “Its a hard way to lose,” said Toronto defender
Jeremy Hall. “We led 1-0 against a really good team at their place. Their first
goal was a bad goal. The second one was just heartbreak in the 88th minute.
“Yeah, it sucks.” ’ ’ ’
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