GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: LA DODGERS (29-21) at WASHINGTON (21-30)

NL: LA DODGERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">LA DODGERS (10) VS WASHINGTON (0) - MID 9TH - IN PROGRESS

LA DODGERS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Pierre cf 5 2 4 1 0 0 1 .286
R Furcal ss 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 .306
B Tomko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
N Garciaparra 1b 5 2 2 2 0 0 2 .284
J Kent 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .286
R Martinez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158
L Gonzalez lf 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 .280
B Clark lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234
R Martin c 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 .304
A Ethier rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273
T Abreu 3b-ss 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 .313
B Penny p 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .273
Y Brazoban p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-W Betemit ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .186

Totals 40 10 15 9 1 3 11

a-flied out to center for Y Brazoban in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - J Pierre 3 (8, J Simontacchi 3); B Penny (1, J Simontacchi); R
Furcal (10, W Abreu). 3B - J Pierre (2, J Simontacchi). HR - L Gonzalez (6, 7th
inning off W Abreu 2 on, 1 Out). S - B Penny. RBI - N Garciaparra 2 (30), J
Pierre (13), R Martin (34), J Kent (30), L Gonzalez 3 (19), R Furcal (15).
2-out RBI - R Furcal. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - N Garciaparra
1, R Furcal 2. GIDP - J Kent, A Ethier. Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: Picked Off - J Pierre (2nd base, J Simontacchi).

FIELDING: DP: 1 (R Furcal-N Garciaparra).


WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
F Lopez 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .259
C Guzman ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .256
R Zimmerman 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .245
R Church lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .259
A Kearns rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259
R Belliard 1b 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .289
B Schneider c 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 .238
J Flores c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
N Logan cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 .250
J Simontacchi p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
W Abreu p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-R Langerhans ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .159
B Traber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 28 0 5 0 1 7 11

a-struck out swinging for W Abreu in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - F Lopez (11, B Tomko). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -
N Logan 1, R Zimmerman 1. GIDP - C Guzman. Team LOB - 6.

FIELDING: E - C Guzman (4, ground ball); R Zimmerman (9, throw). DP: 2 (C
Guzman-F Lopez-R Belliard, F Lopez-C Guzman-R Belliard).


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WASHINGTON - 000 000 00 -- 0
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LA DODGERS ip h r er bb so hr era
B Penny 6 1/3 4 0 0 1 4 0 2.06
Y Brazoban 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 16.20
B Tomko 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6.00

WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Simontacchi 6 1/3 11 6 6 1 2 0 5.28
W Abreu 1 2/3 4 4 4 0 1 1 4.72
B Traber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.08

WP - W Abreu. IBB - R Furcal (by J Simontacchi). HBP - A Kearns (by B Penny).
Pitches-strikes: B Penny 103-69; Y Brazoban 7-7; B Tomko 11-7; J Simontacchi
87-55; W Abreu 31-20; B Traber 11-7. Ground balls-fly balls: B Penny 9-6; Y
Brazoban 0-0; B Tomko 2-0; J Simontacchi 10-6; W Abreu 1-4; B Traber 2-1.
Batters faced: B Penny 24; Y Brazoban 2; B Tomko 4; J Simontacchi 29; W Abreu
10; B Traber 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Phil Cuzzi. 1B--Chris Guccione. 2B--Jerry Crawford. 3B--Brian
O'Nora.

Weather: 79 degrees, clear. Wind: 0 mph, in from left.</div>

 

NL: LA DODGERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
LA DODGERS 1 0 1 0 0 1 6 1 0 10 15 0
WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: LOS - BRAD PENNY, YHENCY BRAZOBAN (7TH), BRETT TOMKO (8TH) AND
RUSSELL MARTIN

WAS - JASON SIMONTACCHI, WINSTON ABREU (7TH), BILLY
TRABER (9TH) AND BRIAN SCHNEIDER, JESUS FLORES (8TH)

HOME RUNS: LOS - LUIS GONZALEZ (6) OFF WINSTON ABREU IN THE 7TH, 2 ON

WAS - NONE</div>

 

Penny, Pierre combine to sink Nationals

<h3>LA DODGERS 10, WASHINGTON 0</h3>WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- Brad Penny and Juan Pierre made sure theLos Angeles Dodgers hit the road in style Tuesday.

Penny allowed four hits in 6 1/3 innings and Pierre had fourextra-base hits as the Dodgers defeated the WashingtonNationals, 10-0, on Tuesday to kickstart their 10-game roadtrip.

The righthanded Penny (7-1) allowed a walk and struck out fourto run his scoreless innings streak to 13, and he tied for theNL lead in wins with Philadelphia's Cole Hamels, Atlanta's JohnSmoltz and San Diego's Jake Peavy.

Penny was also impressive in his last start, tossing sevenscoreless innings in a 5-1 victory over Milwaukee on Wednesday.He lowered his ERA to 2.06, second best in the majors, behindPeavy (1.47).

Pierre had three doubles and a triple for the Dodgers, who wonfor the fifth time in six games.

The center fielder led off the game with a triple and camearound to score on Nomar Garciaparra's single. In the thirdinning, Pierre's double to right-center field plated rookie TonyAbreu and his double in the fifth put runners on second andthird with two outs. The Dodgers were unable to capitalize onthis situation, but Luis Gonzalez made sure it would not matter.

Gonzalez's three-run home run off Nationals reliever WinstonAbreu highlighted a six-run seventh inning to salt the gameaway. Ryan Zimmerman's throwing error allowed Penny and Pierreto score earlier in the inning.

Washington's Jason Simontacchi (2-3) took the loss, allowing 11hits and six earned runs in 6 1/3 innings. The righthander, andfor that matter, the Nationals had been faring well as of late.

In his last outing, Simontacchi surrendered just one run andfour hits in 5 1/3 frames in a 12-7 win over the CincinnatiReds. As for the Nationals, they had won 12 of their last 17games, including five of six, prior to Tuesday's lopsided loss.

 

NL: LA DODGERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
LA DODGERS 1 0 1 0 0 1 6 1 0 10 15 0
WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: LOS - BRAD PENNY, YHENCY BRAZOBAN (7TH), BRETT TOMKO (8TH) AND
RUSSELL MARTIN

WAS - JASON SIMONTACCHI, WINSTON ABREU (7TH), BILLY
TRABER (9TH) AND BRIAN SCHNEIDER, JESUS FLORES (8TH)


WP - BRAD PENNY (7-1)
LP - JASON SIMONTACCHI (2-3)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: LOS - LUIS GONZALEZ (6) OFF WINSTON ABREU IN THE 7TH, 2 ON

WAS - NONE


TIME: 2:34 ATT: 18,483

PROBABLES: LOS - DEREK LOWE (4-5, 3.64)
WAS - MIKE BACSIK (1-0, 1.98)</div>

 

NL: LA DODGERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">LA DODGERS (10) VS WASHINGTON (0) - FINAL

LA DODGERS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Pierre cf 5 2 4 1 0 0 1 .286
R Furcal ss 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 .306
B Tomko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
N Garciaparra 1b 5 2 2 2 0 0 2 .284
J Kent 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .286
R Martinez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158
L Gonzalez lf 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 .280
B Clark lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234
R Martin c 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 .304
A Ethier rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273
T Abreu 3b-ss 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 .313
B Penny p 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .273
Y Brazoban p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-W Betemit ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .186

Totals 40 10 15 9 1 3 11

a-flied out to center for Y Brazoban in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - J Pierre 3 (8, J Simontacchi 3); B Penny (1, J Simontacchi); R
Furcal (10, W Abreu). 3B - J Pierre (2, J Simontacchi). HR - L Gonzalez (6, 7th
inning off W Abreu 2 on, 1 Out). S - B Penny. RBI - N Garciaparra 2 (30), J
Pierre (13), R Martin (34), J Kent (30), L Gonzalez 3 (19), R Furcal (15).
2-out RBI - R Furcal. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - N Garciaparra
1, R Furcal 2. GIDP - J Kent, A Ethier. Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: Picked Off - J Pierre (2nd base, J Simontacchi).

FIELDING: DP: 1 (R Furcal-N Garciaparra).


WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
F Lopez 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .259
C Guzman ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .256
R Zimmerman 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .245
R Church lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .257
A Kearns rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
R Belliard 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .287
B Schneider c 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 .238
J Flores c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
N Logan cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 .250
J Simontacchi p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
W Abreu p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-R Langerhans ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .159
B Traber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 31 0 5 0 1 8 11

a-struck out swinging for W Abreu in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - F Lopez (11, B Tomko). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -
N Logan 1, R Zimmerman 1. GIDP - C Guzman. Team LOB - 6.

FIELDING: E - C Guzman (4, ground ball); R Zimmerman (9, throw). DP: 2 (C
Guzman-F Lopez-R Belliard, F Lopez-C Guzman-R Belliard).


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LA DODGERS - 101 001 610 -- 10
WASHINGTON - 000 000 000 -- 0
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LA DODGERS ip h r er bb so hr era
B Penny (W, 7-1) 6 1/3 4 0 0 1 4 0 2.06
Y Brazoban 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 16.20
B Tomko 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 5.87

WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Simontacchi (L, 2-3) 6 1/3 11 6 6 1 2 0 5.28
W Abreu 1 2/3 4 4 4 0 1 1 4.72
B Traber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.08

WP - W Abreu. IBB - R Furcal (by J Simontacchi). HBP - A Kearns (by B Penny).
Pitches-strikes: B Penny 103-69; Y Brazoban 7-7; B Tomko 23-15; J Simontacchi
87-55; W Abreu 31-20; B Traber 11-7. Ground balls-fly balls: B Penny 9-6; Y
Brazoban 0-0; B Tomko 3-1; J Simontacchi 10-6; W Abreu 1-4; B Traber 2-1.
Batters faced: B Penny 24; Y Brazoban 2; B Tomko 7; J Simontacchi 29; W Abreu
10; B Traber 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Phil Cuzzi. 1B--Chris Guccione. 2B--Jerry Crawford. 3B--Brian
O'Nora.

T--2:34. Att--18,483.
Weather: 79 degrees, clear. Wind: 0 mph, n/a.</div>

 

NL: LA DODGERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
LA DODGERS 10
WASHINGTON 0 FINAL</div>

 

NL: LA DODGERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">LA DODGERS (10) VS WASHINGTON (0) - FINAL

LA DODGERS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Pierre cf 5 2 4 1 0 0 1 .286
R Furcal ss 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 .306
B Tomko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
N Garciaparra 1b 5 2 3 2 0 0 2 .289
J Kent 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .286
R Martinez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158
L Gonzalez lf 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 .280
B Clark lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234
R Martin c 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 .304
A Ethier rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273
T Abreu 3b-ss 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 .313
B Penny p 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .273
Y Brazoban p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-W Betemit ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .186

Totals 40 10 16 9 1 3 11

a-flied out to center for Y Brazoban in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - J Pierre 3 (8, J Simontacchi 3); B Penny (1, J Simontacchi); R
Furcal (10, W Abreu). 3B - J Pierre (2, J Simontacchi). HR - L Gonzalez (6, 7th
inning off W Abreu 2 on, 1 Out). S - B Penny. RBI - N Garciaparra 2 (30), J
Pierre (13), R Martin (34), J Kent (30), L Gonzalez 3 (19), R Furcal (15).
2-out RBI - R Furcal. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - N Garciaparra
1, R Furcal 2. GIDP - J Kent, A Ethier. Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: Picked Off - J Pierre (2nd base, J Simontacchi).

FIELDING: DP: 1 (R Furcal-N Garciaparra).


WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
F Lopez 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .259
C Guzman ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .256
R Zimmerman 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .245
R Church lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .257
A Kearns rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
R Belliard 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .287
B Schneider c 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 .238
J Flores c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
N Logan cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 .250
J Simontacchi p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
W Abreu p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-R Langerhans ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .159
B Traber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 31 0 5 0 1 8 11

a-struck out swinging for W Abreu in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - F Lopez (11, B Tomko). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -
N Logan 1, R Zimmerman 1. GIDP - C Guzman. Team LOB - 6.

FIELDING: E - C Guzman (4, ground ball); R Zimmerman (9, throw). DP: 2 (C
Guzman-F Lopez-R Belliard, F Lopez-C Guzman-R Belliard).


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LA DODGERS - 101 001 610 -- 10
WASHINGTON - 000 000 000 -- 0
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LA DODGERS ip h r er bb so hr era
B Penny (W, 7-1) 6 1/3 4 0 0 1 4 0 2.06
Y Brazoban 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 16.20
B Tomko 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 5.87

WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Simontacchi (L, 2-3) 6 1/3 11 6 6 1 2 0 5.28
W Abreu 1 2/3 5 4 4 0 1 1 4.72
B Traber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.08

WP - W Abreu. IBB - R Furcal (by J Simontacchi). HBP - A Kearns (by B Penny).
Pitches-strikes: B Penny 103-69; Y Brazoban 7-7; B Tomko 23-15; J Simontacchi
87-55; W Abreu 31-20; B Traber 11-7. Ground balls-fly balls: B Penny 9-6; Y
Brazoban 0-0; B Tomko 3-1; J Simontacchi 10-6; W Abreu 0-4; B Traber 2-1.
Batters faced: B Penny 24; Y Brazoban 2; B Tomko 7; J Simontacchi 29; W Abreu
10; B Traber 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Phil Cuzzi. 1B--Chris Guccione. 2B--Jerry Crawford. 3B--Brian
O'Nora.

T--2:34. Att--18,483.
Weather: 79 degrees, clear. Wind: 0 mph, n/a.</div>

 

NL: LA DODGERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LA DODGERS (10) AT WASHINGTON (0) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

LA DODGERS 1ST: J Pierre tripled to deep right. R Furcal struck out
swinging. N Garciaparra singled to left, J Pierre scored. J Kent grounded
into double play, shortstop to second to first, N Garciaparra out at second.
(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 1, WASHINGTON 0.

LA DODGERS 3RD: T Abreu reached on infield single to second. B Penny
sacrificed to pitcher, T Abreu to second. J Pierre doubled to right center,
T Abreu scored. J Pierre picked off second. R Furcal safe at first on error by
shortstop C Guzman. N Garciaparra flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
1 Error) LA DODGERS 2, WASHINGTON 0.

LA DODGERS 6TH: N Garciaparra singled to center. J Kent flied out to
center. L Gonzalez singled to left, N Garciaparra to second. R Martin singled
to left center, N Garciaparra scored, L Gonzalez to third. A Ethier grounded
into double play, second to shortstop to first, R Martin out at second.(1 Run,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 3, WASHINGTON 0.

LA DODGERS 7TH: T Abreu grounded out to second. B Penny hit a ground rule
double to deep left. J Pierre doubled to left, B Penny to third. R Furcal
intentionally walked. W Abreu relieved J Simontacchi. N Garciaparra reached on
infield single to third, B Penny scored, J Pierre to third, R Furcal to second,
J Pierre scored, R Furcal to third on throwing error by third baseman
R Zimmerman. J Kent singled to left, R Furcal scored, N Garciaparra to second.
L Gonzalez homered to right, N Garciaparra and J Kent scored. R Martin struck
out swinging. A Ethier flied out to left. (6 Runs, 5 Hits, 1 Error)
LA DODGERS 9, WASHINGTON 0.

LA DODGERS 8TH: J Flores catching. T Abreu singled to center. W Betemit
hit for Y Brazoban. T Abreu to second on wild pitch by W Abreu. W Betemit flied
out to center. J Pierre flied out to center. R Furcal doubled to deep right,
T Abreu scored. N Garciaparra flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
LA DODGERS 10, WASHINGTON 0.</div>

 

NL: LA DODGERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
LA DODGERS 1 0 1 0 0 1 6 1 0 10 16 0
WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: LOS - BRAD PENNY, YHENCY BRAZOBAN (7TH), BRETT TOMKO (8TH) AND
RUSSELL MARTIN

WAS - JASON SIMONTACCHI, WINSTON ABREU (7TH), BILLY
TRABER (9TH) AND BRIAN SCHNEIDER, JESUS FLORES (8TH)


WP - BRAD PENNY (7-1)
LP - JASON SIMONTACCHI (2-3)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: LOS - LUIS GONZALEZ (6) OFF WINSTON ABREU IN THE 7TH, 2 ON

WAS - NONE


TIME: 2:34 ATT: 18,483

PROBABLES: LOS - DEREK LOWE (4-5, 3.64)
WAS - MIKE BACSIK (1-0, 1.98)</div>

 

NL: LA DODGERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LA DODGERS (10) AT WASHINGTON (0) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

La Dodgers Starting Lineups -- J Pierre CF, R Furcal SS, N Garciaparra 1B,
J Kent 2B, L Gonzalez LF, R Martin C, A Ethier RF, T Abreu 3B, B Penny RHP.

Washington Starting Lineups -- F Lopez 2B, C Guzman SS, R Zimmerman 3B,
R Church LF, A Kearns RF, R Belliard 1B, B Schneider C, N Logan CF,
J Simontacchi RHP.

Umpires -- Phil Cuzzi (HP), Chris Guccione (1B), Jerry Crawford (2B),
Brian O'Nora (3B).

Gametime Weather: 79 degrees, Clear, wind n/a at 0 mph.


LA DODGERS 1ST: J Pierre tripled to deep right. R Furcal struck out
swinging. N Garciaparra singled to left, J Pierre scored. J Kent grounded
into double play, shortstop to second to first, N Garciaparra out at second.
(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 1, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 1ST: F Lopez grounded out to shortstop. C Guzman lined out to
center. R Zimmerman walked. R Church grounded into fielder's choice to
shortstop, R Zimmerman out at second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 1,
WASHINGTON 0.

LA DODGERS 2ND: L Gonzalez popped out to first. R Martin grounded out to
third. A Ethier flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 1,
WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 2ND: A Kearns grounded out to shortstop. R Belliard singled to
right. B Schneider grounded into fielder's choice to third, R Belliard out at
second. N Logan struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 1,
WASHINGTON 0.

LA DODGERS 3RD: T Abreu reached on infield single to second. B Penny
sacrificed to pitcher, T Abreu to second. J Pierre doubled to right center,
T Abreu scored. J Pierre picked off second. R Furcal safe at first on error by
shortstop C Guzman. N Garciaparra flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
1 Error) LA DODGERS 2, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 3RD: J Simontacchi grounded out to first. F Lopez singled to
right. C Guzman grounded into double play, shortstop to first, F Lopez out at
second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 2, WASHINGTON 0.

LA DODGERS 4TH: J Kent grounded out to shortstop. L Gonzalez flied out to
center. R Martin grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
LA DODGERS 2, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 4TH: R Zimmerman flied out to right. R Church flied out to
left. A Kearns flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 2,
WASHINGTON 0.

LA DODGERS 5TH: A Ethier lined out to center. T Abreu struck out swinging.
B Penny singled to center. J Pierre doubled to deep right, B Penny to third.
R Furcal grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 2,
WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 5TH: R Belliard grounded out to shortstop. B Schneider singled
to shallow left. N Logan flied out to left. J Simontacchi struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 2, WASHINGTON 0.

LA DODGERS 6TH: N Garciaparra singled to center. J Kent flied out to
center. L Gonzalez singled to left, N Garciaparra to second. R Martin singled
to left center, N Garciaparra scored, L Gonzalez to third. A Ethier grounded
into double play, second to shortstop to first, R Martin out at second.(1 Run,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 3, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 6TH: F Lopez grounded out to second. C Guzman flied out to
center. R Zimmerman struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
LA DODGERS 3, WASHINGTON 0.

LA DODGERS 7TH: T Abreu grounded out to second. B Penny hit a ground rule
double to deep left. J Pierre doubled to left, B Penny to third. R Furcal
intentionally walked. W Abreu relieved J Simontacchi. N Garciaparra reached on
infield single to third, B Penny scored, J Pierre to third, R Furcal to second,
J Pierre scored, R Furcal to third on throwing error by third baseman
R Zimmerman. J Kent singled to left, R Furcal scored, N Garciaparra to second.
L Gonzalez homered to right, N Garciaparra and J Kent scored. R Martin struck
out swinging. A Ethier flied out to left. (6 Runs, 5 Hits, 1 Error)
LA DODGERS 9, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 7TH: R Martinez at second base. R Church struck out swinging.
A Kearns hit by pitch. R Belliard singled to right, A Kearns to second.
Y Brazoban relieved B Penny. B Schneider struck out swinging. N Logan struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 9, WASHINGTON 0.

LA DODGERS 8TH: J Flores catching. T Abreu singled to center. W Betemit
hit for Y Brazoban. T Abreu to second on wild pitch by W Abreu. W Betemit flied
out to center. J Pierre flied out to center. R Furcal doubled to deep right,
T Abreu scored. N Garciaparra flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
LA DODGERS 10, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 8TH: B Tomko relieved Y Brazoban. B Clark in left field. T Abreu
at shortstop. W Betemit at third base. R Langerhans hit for W Abreu.
R Langerhans struck out swinging. F Lopez doubled to deep left center. C Guzman
grounded out to second, F Lopez to third. R Zimmerman grounded out to
shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 10, WASHINGTON 0.

LA DODGERS 9TH: B Traber relieved W Abreu. R Martinez flied out to center.
B Clark grounded out to second. R Martin grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 10, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 9TH: R Church struck out swinging. A Kearns grounded out to
third. R Belliard flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS
10, WASHINGTON 0.</div>

 

Penny, Pierre combine to sink Nationals

<h3>LA DODGERS 10, WASHINGTON 0</h3>WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- Brad Penny and Juan Pierre made sure theLos Angeles Dodgers hit the road in style Tuesday.

Penny allowed four hits in 6 1/3 innings and Pierre had acareer-high four extra-base hits as the Dodgers defeated theWashington Nationals, 10-0, on Tuesday to kickstart their10-game road trip.

The righthanded Penny (7-1) allowed a walk and struck out fourto run his scoreless innings streak to 13, and he tied for theNL lead in wins with Philadelphia's Cole Hamels, Atlanta's JohnSmoltz and San Diego's Jake Peavy.

"He just pitched like he's been pitching all season," Dodgersmanager Grady Little said. "He mixed his pitches. He's nottrying to overpower everyone. He's doing it with a lot lesseffort and he's getting very good results.

"He's not worried about (overpowering hitters) anymore. He'sworried about getting people out. He's proud when he gets themout on one or two pitches. He's proud when he gets adouble-play ball. That's all a part of maturation."

Penny, who wasn't very talkative, downplayed his performance.

"I just threw strikes with all three of my pitches," he said.

Penny was also impressive in his last start, tossing sevenscoreless innings in a 5-1 victory over Milwaukee on Wednesday.He lowered his ERA to 2.06, second best in the majors, behindPeavy (1.47).

Penny also went 2-for-2 at the plate with a ground-rule doubleand scored a run.

"I guessed right," he said.

Pierre had three doubles and a triple for the Dodgers, who wonfor the fifth time in six games.

"We got jump-started there with Juan Pierre having a great dayfor us and the pitching was outstanding," Little said. "Therewas some good hitting going on and good pitching. That's realgood for winning games."

"Anytime you have a night like that you'll be able to slow thepitches down and see the ball real good," Pierre said. "It wasjust one of those nights where I was hitting the fastball, thecurveball, his changeup - I hit every pitch good. It's one ofthose nights you've got to take advantage of."

The center fielder led off the game with a triple and camearound to score on Nomar Garciaparra's single.

In the third inning, Pierre's double to right-center fieldscored rookie Tony Abreu and his double in the fifth put runnerson second and third with two outs.

The lead runner in the fifth was Penny, whom Pierre chastisedfor potentially costing him an RBI.

"Oh, man, I was giving him crap on the second one because I cango a month without a RBI," Pierre said. "My RBIs are too far inbetween so I was trying to get all I could tonight. That's amonth worth of RBIs if I get three RBIs in a night."

The Dodgers were unable to capitalize on that situation, butLuis Gonzalez made sure it didn't matter. Gonzalez's three-runhome run off Nationals reliever Winston Abreu highlighted asix-run seventh inning to salt the victory. Ryan Zimmerman'sthrowing error allowed Penny and Pierre to score earlier in theinning.

"Without a doubt everything was clicking as far as usingline-to-line, hitting the ball down the left-field line and theright-field line, hitting with men in scoring position," Pierresaid. "It was probably the best I've felt at the plate as aDodger.

Washington's Jason Simontacchi (2-3) took the loss, allowing 11hits and six earned runs in 6 1/3 innings. The righthander, andfor that matter, the Nationals had been faring well as of late.

In his last outing, Simontacchi surrendered just one run andfour hits in 5 1/3 frames in a 12-7 win over the CincinnatiReds. As for the Nationals, they had won 12 of their last 17games, including five of six, prior to Tuesday's lopsided loss.

"Too much for us today - dominant," Nationals manager Manny Actasaid of Penny. "Command of every one of his pitches and theyare above average pitches, every one of them. ... We had nochance."