June 27, 2007
Bullpen Battle
The starters in Arizona pitched poorly Tuesday night. Both Billingsley and Gonzalez lasted just four innings, allowing five runs each. But the relievers were magnificent. The two groups kept each side scoreless into the tenth. The Dodgers relievers allowed just four hits and no walks as they struck out six in their six innings of work. The Diamondbacks were not as sharp, but despite five hits and three walks in their first five innings of work, they kept the Dodgers off the scoreboard.
In the top of the tenth, however, Doug Slaten made a mistake:
He left a 1-1 change-up high over the plate, and Abreu clobbered it, the 11th hit and third homer Slaten has given up to a right-handed hitter this season. Righties are hitting .333 against him.
"I put it right there on a tee for him to hit," Slaten said of Abreu's home run. "He took advantage of it."
That was Tony Abreu's first career home run, the second player last night to have his first home run win a game in extra innings.
The loss moves Arizona from first to third in the NL West as the Padres use three solo shots to defeat the Giants 3-2. Kouzmanoff delivered the extra-inning home run in that game.
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