Piazza drills a pair for streaking Dodgers
By ALAN ROBINSON
AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH The Pitts
burgh Pirates finally learned how
to fill the left-field seats in Three
Rivers Stadium. They kept pitch
ing to Mike Piazza.
Piazza hit two homers and
drove in six runs four in the
first two innings and the divi
sion-leading Los Angeles Dodgers
continued jumping out to early
leads, winning 9-5 yesterday for
their 11th victory in 15 games.
Piazza had a run-scoring single
in a three-run first inning, then
hit the first pitch thrown in the
majors by Jason Johnson for a
three-run homer in the second.
He added his 31st homer of the
season in the ninth, a two-run
shot off Matt Ruebel measured at
456 feet that landed deep in the
third-level grandstands.
Los Angeles took three of four
from the Pirates to win the sea
son series 9-2, outscoring them
66-32.
"Yeah, I'd have to say I'm
happy to see them leave town,"
Pirates manager Gene Lamont
said. "Sometimes you don't match
up well against a team. They can
put a lot of pressure on a defense
when their veterans at the top of
the lineup get on base."
The Dodgers' 1-2 batters had
nine hits Eric Young had four
and Otis Nixon had a career-high
five -- to jump start an offense
that has scored in the first inning
of its last four games and seven
of its last 10. The Dodgers have
batted .432 (19-of-44) in the first
inning of those 10 games.
Los Angeles scored four runs in
the first inning of a 6-4 victory
Tuesday, then added three more
Wednesday as Pirates starter
Steve Cooke (9-13) was lifted
after getting only three outs.
"That's why we got Eric Young
and Otis Nixon. We wanted those
guys with their speed to get on
base, create problems for the
other team and give Piazza, (Eric)
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Pittsburgh Pirates. Piazza hit a three-run homer in the second inning off Pittsburgh starter Steve Cooke.
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since joining the Dodgers until
receiving a phone call from for
mer Pirates manager Harry
Walker, considered one of the top
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was a back-to-basics thing.
"I guess he saw (Tuesday's)
game on TV, and he said,
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took some of that with me. "
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Schilling paces
Phillies with 15 Ks
By The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA If the
Phillies' bullpen were better, Curt
Schilling would have 17 wins. Still,
he's putting together a mighty
impressive season.
Schilling became the first pitch
er since 1984 to reach double digits
in strikeouts 15 times in one sea
son, and Philadelphia beat the San
Diego Padres 7-6 in 12 innings yes
terday.
"Being a closer is a tough job,"
Schilling said. "I know because I've
been there."
After Ricky Bottalico wasted a 6-
3 lead in the ninth, the Phillies won
it on Kevin Stocker's 12th-inning
single for their first four-game
sweep in two seasons.
Schilling allowed three runs and
six hits in six innings, struck out 10
and walked two. He raised his
strikeout total to 264, tying Seat
tle's Randy Johnson for the major
league lead.
"I had some fatigue and my arm
felt a little tired," said Schilling,
13-10 with a 2.92 ERA. "I'd love to
get the win, but I'm thrilled that we
won the game."
The last pitcher to reach double
digits 15 times had been Dwight
Gooden with the New York Mets.
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"He clearly battled himself but
he also battled," Phillies manager
Terry Francona said of Schilling.
"He doesn't have to have his best
stuff, and he deserved to get a win
today."
San Diego, which has lost nine of
11, tied the score in the ninth when
Bottalico blew a save for the sev
enth time in 32 chances four of
which cost Schilling wins.
"I feel bad for Ricky," Schilling
said, "but we won the game and
he's just got to keep on battling,
and he will."
With the Phillies ahead 6-3, Quil
vio Veras and Steve Finley hit RBI
singles and Tony Gwynn hit a sac
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should have won the game, and I
went out there and stunk up the
joint."
Francona was supportive
"He's pitched well, even though
he didn't do so good today," Fran
cona said. "He's my closer, and I'll
keep giving him the ball."
Ken Caminiti homered into the
right-field upper deck on an 0-2
pitch in the sixth, becoming only
the 12th player to hit a ball into
that level since the ballpark opened
in 1971. He reached 20 homers for
the third consecutive season and is
22-for-52 in his last 14 games with
six homers and 11 RBIs.
Rico Brogna singled off Jim
Bruske (3-1) leading off the 12th
and Mike Robertson was hit by a
pitch with one out. A groundout by
pinch-hitter Kevin Sefcik advanced
the winning run to third, and Stock
er singled to right.
Wayne Gomes (3-1), Philadelphia
got five outs for the win.
Gwynn went 2-for-5, leaving his
league-leading average at .382.
Padres starter Joey Hamilton
allowed six runs and 11 hits in
seven-plus innings. He had been 6-
1 in his previous 14 starts.
Philadelphia took a 4-0 lead in
the third on Kevin Jordan's RBI
single, Brogna's RBI double and
Mike Lieberthal's two-run single.
Gwynn hit an RBI double in the
fourth and scored on a single by
Chris Gomez.
Notes:
Schilling has 27 double-digit
strikeout games in his career. ..
Philadelphia completed its fitst
four-game sweep since June 1995
at New York and its the first four
game sweep over San Diego since
May 1979. Philadelphia's Scott
Rolen was in the original starting
line up but the Phillies decided to
wait until Friday before he returns.
Rolen bruised his right arm after
being hit by a Hideo Nomo fastball
Saturday. It was the fifth game he
has missed.