GAME THREAD: NL: WASHINGTON (58-75) at LA DODGERS (69-63)

NL: WASHINGTON at LA DODGERS

<div class="pre">NL FINAL 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
WASHINGTON 0 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 0
LA DODGERS 0 2 0 1 0 5 1 0 0

10 11 12 R H E
-- -- -- - - -
WASHINGTON 0 0 0 9 16 1
LA DODGERS 0 0 1 10 14 0 (FINAL 12)

BATTERIES: WAS - SHAWN HILL, LUIS AYALA (6TH), JESUS COLOME (7TH), JON RAUCH
(7TH), CHRIS SCHRODER (8TH), CHAD CORDERO (10TH), SAUL RIVERA
(12TH) AND JESUS FLORES

LOS - BRAD PENNY, MARK HENDRICKSON (6TH), RUDY SEANEZ
(7TH), JOE BEIMEL (7TH), JONATHAN BROXTON (8TH), TAKASHI SAITO
(9TH), SCOTT PROCTOR (10TH) AND RUSSELL MARTIN

HOME RUNS: WAS - ROBERT FICK (1) OFF MARK HENDRICKSON IN THE 6TH, 0 ON

LOS - RUSSELL MARTIN (17) OFF SHAWN HILL IN THE 2ND, 1 ON
SHEA HILLENBRAND (1) OFF LUIS AYALA IN THE 6TH, 1 ON
MATT KEMP (9) OFF LUIS AYALA IN THE 7TH, 0 ON</div>

 

Hillenbrand's sacrifice fly helps Dodgers outlast Nationals

<h3>LA DODGERS 10, WASHINGTON 9 (12 INNINGS)</h3>LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Shea Hillenbrand hit a game-winningsacrifice fly in the bottom of the 12th inning as the LosAngeles Dodgers posted a come-from-behind 10-9 victory over theWashington Nationals on Wednesday afternoon.


Jeff Kent had four hits and scored the winning run and JamesLoney had two hits and drove in four for Los Angeles, which haswon four straight to gain ground in the National League playoffrace.


With the win, the Dodgers (70-63) cut their deficit to fourgames behind the Arizona Diamondbacks (74-59) for first place inthe National League West. Los Angeles also trails the divisionrival San Diego Padres (72-59) by just three games for the leadin the wild card race. The Padres host the DiamondbacksWednesday night.


Hillenbrand and Matt Kemp also hit game-tying homers for LosAngeles, which has won eight of nine vs. Washington, includingtwo consecutive home sweeps over the past two seasons.

Washington has lost six in a row to fall into last place in theNL East.


In the bottom of the 12th with the score tied at 9-9, Kent ledoff with a single off reliever Saul Rivera (4-5) before movingto third one out later on a double down the right field line byRussell Martin.


After Loney was intentionally walked to load the bases,Hillenbrand lofted the first pitch he saw into right field,where Austin Kearns had to take a step back before rifling histhrow to home plate.


Kent tagged up and slid head first into home, getting his handto the plate before catcher Jesus Flores could make the tag.

Dodgers reliever Scott Proctor (3-0) pitched three innings ofone-hit ball to remain a perfect 3-0 for Los Angeles. Therighthander had been 2-5 with the New York Yankees before beingacquired by the Dodgers at the trade deadline for infielderWilson Betemit.


Los Angeles rallied several times to earn the hard-foughtdecision.


The Nationals, who led by as many as five runs, took a lead inthe top of the seventh when D'Angelo Jimenez hit a run-scoringsingle to give Washington a 9-8 advantage. However Kemp tiedthe score in the bottom of the frame with an opposite-field soloshot off reliever Luis Ayala to make it 9-9.


Just an inning earlier things looked bleak for the Dodgers.

Washington scored twice in the top of the sixth on a solo homerby Robert Fick and an RBI single by Nook Logan to increase itslead to 8-3 before Los Angeles responded a half-inning later.

With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom half of thesixth, Loney hammered a three-run double down the right fieldline off Nationals starter Shawn Hill to cut the Dodgers deficitto two. Hill was replaced by Ayala, who surrendered a two-runhomer to Hillenbrand to make it 8-8.


Hill allowed seven runs - six earned - and seven hits and a walkwhile striking out four in 5 1/3 innings. It was the firsttime all season the 26-year-old righthander has allowed morethan three runs in any of his 12 starts.


Los Angeles starter Brad Penny, who was looking to become thethird National League hurler to gain his 15th victory,surrendered six runs, eight hits and two walks in five innings.

Washington broke out to a 4-0 lead in the second on RBI singlesby Fick and Flores and a two-run single by Logan.


The Dodgers cut the lead in half in the bottom of the frame on atwo-run blast by Martin, but an RBI double by Ryan Church inthe third gave the Nationals a 5-2 lead.


Loney had a run-scoring single in the fourth before an RBI basehit by Ryan Zimmerman in the fifth gave Washington a 6-3advantage.

 

NL: WASHINGTON at LA DODGERS

<div class="pre">NL FINAL 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
WASHINGTON 0 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 0
LA DODGERS 0 2 0 1 0 5 1 0 0

10 11 12 R H E
-- -- -- - - -
WASHINGTON 0 0 0 9 16 1
LA DODGERS 0 0 1 10 14 0 (FINAL 12)

BATTERIES: WAS - SHAWN HILL, LUIS AYALA (6TH), JESUS COLOME (7TH), JON RAUCH
(7TH), CHRIS SCHRODER (8TH), CHAD CORDERO (10TH), SAUL RIVERA
(12TH) AND JESUS FLORES

LOS - BRAD PENNY, MARK HENDRICKSON (6TH), RUDY SEANEZ
(7TH), JOE BEIMEL (7TH), JONATHAN BROXTON (8TH), TAKASHI SAITO
(9TH), SCOTT PROCTOR (10TH) AND RUSSELL MARTIN


WP - SCOTT PROCTOR (3-0)
LP - SAUL RIVERA (4-5)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: WAS - ROBERT FICK (1) OFF MARK HENDRICKSON IN THE 6TH, 0 ON

LOS - RUSSELL MARTIN (17) OFF SHAWN HILL IN THE 2ND, 1 ON
SHEA HILLENBRAND (1) OFF LUIS AYALA IN THE 6TH, 1 ON
MATT KEMP (9) OFF LUIS AYALA IN THE 7TH, 0 ON


TIME: 4:05 ATT: 41,913

PROBABLES: LOS - DAVID WELLS (6-8, 5.46)

PROBABLES: SFO - KEVIN CORREIA (2-6, 3.84)
WAS - TIM REDDING (3-4, 3.10)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">WASHINGTON (9) VS LA DODGERS (10) - FINAL IN 12 INNINGS

WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N Logan cf 5 0 2 3 1 1 1 .274
F Lopez ss 6 2 1 0 0 0 3 .241
R Zimmerman 3b 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 .271
A Kearns rf 5 2 1 0 0 1 2 .264
R Church lf 5 1 4 1 1 1 1 .265
D Jimenez 2b 6 0 2 1 0 0 4 .159
R Fick 1b 6 2 2 2 0 0 4 .207
S Rivera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Flores c 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 .243
S Hill p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .100
L Ayala p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Colome p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Rauch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-D Young ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .337
C Schroder p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-T Batista ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276
C Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Schneider 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227

Totals 47 9 16 9 3 5 16

a-grounded to second for J Rauch in the 8th; b-flied out to left for C
Schroder in the 10th.

BATTING: 2B - R Church (37, B Penny); J Flores (6, M Hendrickson). HR - R Fick
(1, 6th inning off M Hendrickson 0 on, 1 Out). S - S Hill. RBI - R Fick 2 (7),
J Flores (19), N Logan 3 (19), R Church (53), R Zimmerman (78), D Jimenez (4).
2-out RBI - N Logan 3, R Church. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - F
Lopez 1, D Jimenez 1. GIDP - A Kearns, R Fick 2. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: SB - F Lopez (22, 2nd base off B Penny/R Martin). CS - N Logan
(4, 2nd base by B Penny/R Martin).

FIELDING: E - F Lopez (16, ground ball).


LA DODGERS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Furcal ss 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 .278
J Pierre cf 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 .288
M Kemp rf 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 .328
J Kent 2b 5 3 4 0 1 1 0 .296
L Gonzalez lf 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 .279
R Seanez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Beimel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-R Martinez ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190
J Broxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T Saito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
d-O Saenz ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .182
S Proctor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
e-E Stults ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .222
R Martin c 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 .297
J Loney 1b 5 1 2 4 1 0 2 .303
S Hillenbrand 3b 5 1 2 3 0 0 3 .255
B Penny p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .245
a-M Sweeney ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .252
M Hendrickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .038
b-A Ethier ph-lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .292

Totals 47 10 14 10 4 9 13

a-struck out looking for B Penny in the 5th; b-singled to right for M
Hendrickson in the 6th; c-sacrificed to pitcher for J Beimel in the 7th;
d-struck out swinging for T Saito in the 9th; e-struck out looking for S
Proctor in the 12th.

BATTING: 2B - J Kent 2 (33, S Hill, L Ayala); J Loney (11, S Hill); R Martin
(29, S Rivera). HR - R Martin (17, 2nd inning off S Hill 1 on, 1 Out), S
Hillenbrand (1, 6th inning off L Ayala 1 on, 1 Out), M Kemp (9, 7th inning off
L Ayala 0 on, 0 Out). S - R Martinez. SF - S Hillenbrand. RBI - R Martin 2
(77), J Loney 4 (35), S Hillenbrand 3 (9), M Kemp (33). 2-out RBI - J Loney.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Loney 1. Team LOB - 8.

BASERUNNING: CS - R Martin (7, 2nd base by C Cordero/J Flores).

FIELDING: DP: 3 (J Kent-R Furcal-J Loney 2, S Hillenbrand-J Kent-J Loney).


----------------------------------------------------
WASHINGTON - 041 012 100 000 -- 9
LA DODGERS - 020 105 100 001 -- 10

Two outs when winning run scored.
----------------------------------------------------

WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
S Hill 5 1/3 7 7 6 1 4 1 2.87
L Ayala (B, 1) 2/3 4 2 2 0 1 2 3.30
J Colome 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.56
J Rauch 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.02
C Schroder 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2.37
C Cordero 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.29
S Rivera (L, 4-5) 2/3 2 1 1 1 1 0 3.69

LA DODGERS ip h r er bb so hr era
B Penny 5 8 6 6 2 1 0 2.88
M Hendrickson 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 5.16
R Seanez 1/3 0 1 1 0 0 0 3.50
J Beimel 2/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.97
J Broxton 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.19
T Saito 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.33
S Proctor (W, 3-0) 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.19

L Ayala pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

IBB - J Loney (by S Rivera). HBP - A Kearns (by R Seanez). Pitches-strikes: S
Hill 96-63; L Ayala 18-12; J Colome 6-4; J Rauch 2-2; C Schroder 31-19; C
Cordero 26-18; S Rivera 16-8; B Penny 83-49; M Hendrickson 22-13; R Seanez 7-4;
J Beimel 9-6; J Broxton 11-8; T Saito 15-10; S Proctor 47-29. Ground balls-fly
balls: S Hill 7-6; L Ayala 0-1; J Colome 1-0; J Rauch 0-1; C Schroder 1-3; C
Cordero 3-2; S Rivera 0-1; B Penny 5-8; M Hendrickson 2-0; R Seanez 0-1; J
Beimel 2-0; J Broxton 2-0; T Saito 0-1; S Proctor 3-6. Batters faced: S Hill
25; L Ayala 6; J Colome 2; J Rauch 1; C Schroder 7; C Cordero 7; S Rivera 5; B
Penny 23; M Hendrickson 6; R Seanez 2; J Beimel 3; J Broxton 4; T Saito 4; S
Proctor 10.

UMPIRES: HP--Dale Scott. 1B--Ron Kulpa. 2B--Paul Emmel. 3B--Dan Iassogna.

T--4:05. Att--41,913.
Weather: 89 degrees, sunny. Wind: 4 mph, swirling.</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at LA DODGERS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
WASHINGTON 9
LA DODGERS 10 FINAL</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at LA DODGERS

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WASHINGTON (9) AT LA DODGERS (10) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WASHINGTON 2ND: A Kearns singled to right. R Church singled to right,
A Kearns to second. D Jimenez flied out to center. R Fick singled to right,
A Kearns scored, R Church to third. J Flores singled to left, R Church scored,
R Fick to second. S Hill sacrificed to pitcher, R Fick to third, J Flores to
second. N Logan singled to center, R Fick and J Flores scored. N Logan caught
stealing second, catcher to shortstop.(4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 4,
LA DODGERS 0.

LA DODGERS 2ND: J Kent singled to center. L Gonzalez flied out to right.
R Martin homered to left, J Kent scored. J Loney grounded out to second.
S Hillenbrand flied out to left. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 4,
LA DODGERS 2.

WASHINGTON 3RD: F Lopez singled to left. R Zimmerman walked, F Lopez to
second. A Kearns grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first,
R Zimmerman out at second, F Lopez to third. R Church doubled to deep right,
F Lopez scored. D Jimenez popped out to third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 5, LA DODGERS 2.

LA DODGERS 4TH: J Kent struck out looking. L Gonzalez singled to center.
R Martin grounded out to second, L Gonzalez to second. J Loney singled to
left, L Gonzalez scored. S Hillenbrand grounded out to catcher. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 5, LA DODGERS 3.

WASHINGTON 5TH: N Logan walked. F Lopez grounded into fielder's choice to
second, N Logan out at second. F Lopez stole second. R Zimmerman singled to
center, F Lopez scored. A Kearns lined out to center. R Church struck out
swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 6, LA DODGERS 3.

WASHINGTON 6TH: M Hendrickson relieved B Penny. D Jimenez grounded out to
shortstop. R Fick homered to right. J Flores doubled to left. S Hill struck
out swinging. N Logan singled to center, J Flores scored. F Lopez grounded
into fielder's choice to third, N Logan out at second. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0
Errors) WASHINGTON 8, LA DODGERS 3.

LA DODGERS 6TH: M Kemp grounded out to third. J Kent hit a ground rule
double to deep right. L Gonzalez walked. R Martin grounded into fielder's
choice to shortstop, J Kent to third, L Gonzalez safe at second on error by
shortstop F Lopez. J Loney doubled to right, J Kent, L Gonzalez and R Martin
scored. L Ayala relieved S Hill. S Hillenbrand homered to left center, J Loney
scored. A Ethier hit for M Hendrickson. A Ethier singled to right. R Furcal
struck out swinging. J Pierre popped out to second. (5 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error)
WASHINGTON 8, LA DODGERS 8.

WASHINGTON 7TH: R Seanez relieved M Hendrickson. A Ethier in left field.
R Zimmerman flied out to center. A Kearns hit by pitch. J Beimel relieved
R Seanez. R Church singled to left, A Kearns to second. D Jimenez singled to
center, A Kearns scored, R Church to second. R Fick grounded into double play,
second to shortstop to first, D Jimenez out at second.(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 9, LA DODGERS 8.

LA DODGERS 7TH: M Kemp homered to right. J Kent doubled to left.
R Martinez hit for J Beimel. J Colome relieved L Ayala. R Martinez sacrificed
to pitcher, J Kent to third. R Martin struck out swinging. J Rauch relieved
J Colome. J Loney fouled out to catcher. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 9, LA DODGERS 9.

LA DODGERS 12TH: S Rivera relieved C Cordero. B Schneider at first base.
J Kent singled to left. E Stults hit for S Proctor. E Stults struck out
looking. R Martin doubled to right, J Kent to third. J Loney intentionally
walked. S Hillenbrand hit sacrifice fly to right, J Kent scored. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 9, LA DODGERS 10.</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at LA DODGERS

<div class="pre">NL FINAL 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
WASHINGTON 0 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 0
LA DODGERS 0 2 0 1 0 5 1 0 0

10 11 12 R H E
-- -- -- - - -
WASHINGTON 0 0 0 9 16 1
LA DODGERS 0 0 1 10 14 0 (FINAL 12)

BATTERIES: WAS - SHAWN HILL, LUIS AYALA (6TH), JESUS COLOME (7TH), JON RAUCH
(7TH), CHRIS SCHRODER (8TH), CHAD CORDERO (10TH), SAUL RIVERA
(12TH) AND JESUS FLORES

LOS - BRAD PENNY, MARK HENDRICKSON (6TH), RUDY SEANEZ
(7TH), JOE BEIMEL (7TH), JONATHAN BROXTON (8TH), TAKASHI SAITO
(9TH), SCOTT PROCTOR (10TH) AND RUSSELL MARTIN


WP - SCOTT PROCTOR (3-0)
LP - SAUL RIVERA (4-5)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: WAS - ROBERT FICK (1) OFF MARK HENDRICKSON IN THE 6TH, 0 ON

LOS - RUSSELL MARTIN (17) OFF SHAWN HILL IN THE 2ND, 1 ON
SHEA HILLENBRAND (1) OFF LUIS AYALA IN THE 6TH, 1 ON
MATT KEMP (9) OFF LUIS AYALA IN THE 7TH, 0 ON


TIME: 4:05 ATT: 41,913

PROBABLES: LOS - DAVID WELLS (6-8, 5.46)
SDG - UNDECIDED

PROBABLES: SFO - KEVIN CORREIA (2-6, 3.84)
WAS - TIM REDDING (3-4, 3.10)</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at LA DODGERS

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WASHINGTON (9) AT LA DODGERS (10) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Washington Starting Lineups -- N Logan CF, F Lopez SS, R Zimmerman 3B, A Kearns RF,
R Church LF, D Jimenez 2B, R Fick 1B, J Flores C, S Hill RHP.

La Dodgers Starting Lineups -- R Furcal SS, J Pierre CF, M Kemp RF, J Kent 2B,
L Gonzalez LF, R Martin C, J Loney 1B, S Hillenbrand 3B, B Penny RHP.

Umpires -- Dale Scott (HP), Ron Kulpa (1B), Paul Emmel (2B), Dan Iassogna (3B).


Gametime Weather: 89 degrees, Sunny, wind swirling at 4 mph.


WASHINGTON 1ST: N Logan flied out to right. F Lopez flied out to left.
R Zimmerman flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 0,
LA DODGERS 0.

LA DODGERS 1ST: R Furcal lined out to center. J Pierre flied out to
center. M Kemp flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 0,
LA DODGERS 0.

WASHINGTON 2ND: A Kearns singled to right. R Church singled to right,
A Kearns to second. D Jimenez flied out to center. R Fick singled to right,
A Kearns scored, R Church to third. J Flores singled to left, R Church scored,
R Fick to second. S Hill sacrificed to pitcher, R Fick to third, J Flores to
second. N Logan singled to center, R Fick and J Flores scored. N Logan caught
stealing second, catcher to shortstop.(4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 4,
LA DODGERS 0.

LA DODGERS 2ND: J Kent singled to center. L Gonzalez flied out to right.
R Martin homered to left, J Kent scored. J Loney grounded out to second.
S Hillenbrand flied out to left. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 4,
LA DODGERS 2.

WASHINGTON 3RD: F Lopez singled to left. R Zimmerman walked, F Lopez to
second. A Kearns grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first,
R Zimmerman out at second, F Lopez to third. R Church doubled to deep right,
F Lopez scored. D Jimenez popped out to third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 5, LA DODGERS 2.

LA DODGERS 3RD: B Penny struck out swinging. R Furcal grounded out to
first. J Pierre singled to left. M Kemp popped out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) WASHINGTON 5, LA DODGERS 2.

WASHINGTON 4TH: R Fick fouled out to catcher. J Flores fouled out to
first. S Hill grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 5,
LA DODGERS 2.

LA DODGERS 4TH: J Kent struck out looking. L Gonzalez singled to center.
R Martin grounded out to second, L Gonzalez to second. J Loney singled to
left, L Gonzalez scored. S Hillenbrand grounded out to catcher. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 5, LA DODGERS 3.

WASHINGTON 5TH: N Logan walked. F Lopez grounded into fielder's choice to
second, N Logan out at second. F Lopez stole second. R Zimmerman singled to
center, F Lopez scored. A Kearns lined out to center. R Church struck out
swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 6, LA DODGERS 3.

LA DODGERS 5TH: M Sweeney hit for B Penny. M Sweeney struck out looking.
R Furcal struck out looking. J Pierre grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) WASHINGTON 6, LA DODGERS 3.

WASHINGTON 6TH: M Hendrickson relieved B Penny. D Jimenez grounded out to
shortstop. R Fick homered to right. J Flores doubled to left. S Hill struck
out swinging. N Logan singled to center, J Flores scored. F Lopez grounded
into fielder's choice to third, N Logan out at second. (2 Runs, 3 Hits,
0 Errors) WASHINGTON 8, LA DODGERS 3.

LA DODGERS 6TH: M Kemp grounded out to third. J Kent hit a ground rule
double to deep right. L Gonzalez walked. R Martin grounded into fielder's
choice to shortstop, J Kent to third, L Gonzalez safe at second on error by
shortstop F Lopez. J Loney doubled to right, J Kent, L Gonzalez and R Martin
scored. L Ayala relieved S Hill. S Hillenbrand homered to left center, J Loney
scored. A Ethier hit for M Hendrickson. A Ethier singled to right. R Furcal
struck out swinging. J Pierre popped out to second. (5 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error)
WASHINGTON 8, LA DODGERS 8.

WASHINGTON 7TH: R Seanez relieved M Hendrickson. A Ethier in left field.
R Zimmerman flied out to center. A Kearns hit by pitch. J Beimel relieved
R Seanez. R Church singled to left, A Kearns to second. D Jimenez singled to
center, A Kearns scored, R Church to second. R Fick grounded into double play,
second to shortstop to first, D Jimenez out at second.(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 9, LA DODGERS 8.

LA DODGERS 7TH: M Kemp homered to right. J Kent doubled to left.
R Martinez hit for J Beimel. J Colome relieved L Ayala. R Martinez sacrificed
to pitcher, J Kent to third. R Martin struck out swinging. J Rauch relieved
J Colome. J Loney fouled out to catcher. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 9, LA DODGERS 9.

WASHINGTON 8TH: J Broxton relieved J Beimel. J Flores singled to left.
D Young hit for J Rauch. D Young grounded out to second, J Flores to second.
N Logan struck out swinging. F Lopez grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) WASHINGTON 9, LA DODGERS 9.

LA DODGERS 8TH: C Schroder relieved J Rauch. S Hillenbrand flied out to
center. A Ethier struck out swinging. R Furcal flied out to center. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 9, LA DODGERS 9.

WASHINGTON 9TH: T Saito relieved J Broxton. R Zimmerman struck out
swinging. A Kearns struck out swinging. R Church singled to left. D Jimenez
popped out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 9, LA DODGERS 9.

LA DODGERS 9TH: J Pierre flied out to center. M Kemp grounded out to
shortstop. J Kent walked. O Saenz hit for T Saito. O Saenz struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 9, LA DODGERS 9.

WASHINGTON 10TH: S Proctor relieved T Saito. R Fick flied out to left.
J Flores flied out to left. T Batista hit for C Schroder. T Batista flied
out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 9, LA DODGERS 9.

LA DODGERS 10TH: C Cordero relieved C Schroder. R Martin walked. J Loney
bunt popped out foul to catcher. R Martin caught stealing second, catcher to
second to first to shortstop. S Hillenbrand singled to left center. A Ethier
grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 9, LA DODGERS 9.

WASHINGTON 11TH: N Logan grounded out to third. F Lopez flied out to left.
R Zimmerman flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 9,
LA DODGERS 9.

LA DODGERS 11TH: R Furcal lined out to right. J Pierre grounded out to
shortstop. M Kemp grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 9, LA DODGERS 9.

WASHINGTON 12TH: A Kearns flied out to right. R Church walked. D Jimenez
singled to center, R Church to third. R Fick grounded into double play, third
to second to first, D Jimenez out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 9, LA DODGERS 9.

LA DODGERS 12TH: S Rivera relieved C Cordero. B Schneider at first base.
J Kent singled to left. E Stults hit for S Proctor. E Stults struck out
looking. R Martin doubled to right, J Kent to third. J Loney intentionally
walked. S Hillenbrand hit sacrifice fly to right, J Kent scored. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 9, LA DODGERS 10.</div>

 

Hillenbrand's sacrifice fly helps Dodgers outlast Nationals

<h3>LA DODGERS 10, WASHINGTON 9 (12 INNINGS)</h3>LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Shea Hillenbrand hit a game-winningsacrifice fly in the bottom of the 12th inning as the LosAngeles Dodgers posted a come-from-behind 10-9 victory over theWashington Nationals on Wednesday afternoon.


Jeff Kent had four hits and scored the winning run and JamesLoney had two hits and drove in four for Los Angeles, which haswon four straight to gain ground in the National League playoffrace.


With the win, the Dodgers (70-63) cut their deficit to fourgames behind the Arizona Diamondbacks (74-59) for first place inthe National League West. Los Angeles also trails the divisionrival San Diego Padres (72-59) by just three games for the leadin the wild card race. The Padres host the DiamondbacksWednesday night.


"No doubt that this was a big win," Dodgers manager Grady Littlesaid. "We have good momentum heading down to San Diego."

The Dodgers open a three-game series with the Padres on Friday.

Hillenbrand and Matt Kemp also hit game-tying homers for LosAngeles, which has won eight of nine vs. Washington, includingtwo consecutive home sweeps over the past two seasons.

Washington has lost six in a row to fall into last place in theNL East.


"This was a long one, and would have been good to pull it outand win at least one game this series," Nationals manager MannyActa said. "The Dodgers are a team that just has to win rightnow."


In the bottom of the 12th with the score tied at 9-9, Kent ledoff with a single off reliever Saul Rivera (4-5) before movingto third one out later on a double down the right field line byRussell Martin.


"Jeff played a great game for us," Martin said. "He alwaysplays the game hard and it's something that the younger guys onthe team can look up to."


After Loney was intentionally walked to load the bases,Hillenbrand lofted the first pitch he saw into right field,where Austin Kearns had to take a step back before rifling histhrow to home plate.


"I just wanted to make sure I got a pitch up in the zone andcould get under the ball to lift it to the outfield,"Hillenbrand said. "I did what I needed to do and it was a huge,huge win for us."


Kent tagged up and slid head first into home, getting his handto the plate before catcher Jesus Flores could make the tag.

Dodgers reliever Scott Proctor (3-0) pitched three innings ofone-hit ball to remain perfect for Los Angeles. The righthanderhad been 2-5 with the New York Yankees before being acquired bythe Dodgers at the trade deadline for infielder Wilson Betemit.

"He (Proctor) battled and gave us a chance to win the gametoday," Little said.


Los Angeles rallied several times to earn the hard-foughtdecision.


"This win feels even better after being able to come back andwin it after being down by five runs," Hillenbrand said.

The Nationals, who led by as many as five runs, took a lead inthe top of the seventh when D'Angelo Jimenez hit a run-scoringsingle to give Washington a 9-8 advantage. However Kemp tiedthe score in the bottom of the frame with an opposite-field soloshot off reliever Luis Ayala to make it 9-9.


Just an inning earlier things looked bleak for the Dodgers.

Washington scored twice in the top of the sixth on a solo homerby Robert Fick and an RBI single by Nook Logan to increase itslead to 8-3 before Los Angeles responded a half-inning later.

With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom half of thesixth, Loney hammered a three-run double down the right fieldline off Nationals starter Shawn Hill to cut the Dodgers deficitto two. Hill was replaced by Ayala, who surrendered a two-runhomer to Hillenbrand to make it 8-8.


"I've been battling lately at the plate and have been hitting alot of balls hard," Hillenbrand said. "It's good to see someare starting to drop for hits."


Hill allowed seven runs - six earned - and seven hits and a walkwhile striking out four in 5 1/3 innings. It was the firsttime all season the 26-year-old righthander has allowed morethan three runs in any of his 12 starts.


"I felt like I pitched a good game overall, but that one inningcame back to haunt me when I made some bad pitches and they hitme hard," Hill said.


Los Angeles starter Brad Penny, who was looking to become thethird National League hurler to gain his 15th victory,surrendered six runs, eight hits and two walks in five innings.

"I just fell behind early in counts and missed with my commandtoday," Penny said. "I definitely need to start pitching betterto help the team out."


Washington broke out to a 4-0 lead in the second on RBI singlesby Fick and Flores and a two-run single by Logan.


The Dodgers cut the lead in half in the bottom of the frame on atwo-run blast by Martin, but an RBI double by Ryan Church inthe third gave the Nationals a 5-2 lead.


Loney had a run-scoring single in the fourth before an RBI basehit by Ryan Zimmerman in the fifth gave Washington a 6-3advantage.