A little pre-game preview. We’ll cover the action inning-by inning.
Attendance: 43,713
First Inning:
Top:
Lilly on the mound for the Dodgers. Pagan, Theriot, and Cabrera go down 1-2-3 to begin the first inning.
Bottom:
Barry Zito on the mound for the Giants. Gordon is on with a walk. He gets caught stealing second. Ellis grounds to first. Matt Kemp is aboard with a single. Ethier sprints for a base hit. Rivera grounds out to end the inning. No score.
Second Inning:
Top:
Buster Posey walks. Lilly strikes out Brett Pill. Kemp snags Arias’ fly ball to deep center on the dead run. Sanchez strikes out. No score.
Bottom:
Abreu aboard with a double to left. Uribe fouls out. Vito strikes out Lilly.
Third Inning:
Top:
Conor Gillaspie grounds to first. Pitcher Barry Vito gets aboard with a single. Thrown out at second on a hit by Pagan. Pagan steals third. Theriot aboard. Cabrera grounds out. No Score.
Bottom:
Gordon out at first. Ellis gets a double to left. Kemp walked deliberately. Ethier walks. Dodgers load the bases with one out. Ellis scores on a sacrifice by Rivera. Abreu grounds to first. Dodgers 1, Giants 0.
Fourth Inning:
Top
Posey flies out to deep right. Arias aboard at first. Sanchez grounds out.
Bottom:
Uribe strikes out. A.J. Ellis hits one right at Zito for the second out. Lilly strikes out swinging.
Fifth Inning:
Top:
Gillaspie flies out to right. Zito out at first. Pagan (Excellent “wave” there, folks) gets to second on a fielding and throwing error by Gordon. (Gordon bobbled the grounder, then threw wild to first.) Theriot flies out to right.
Bottom:
Gordon flies out. Ellis flies out. Kemp singles to left. Ethier flies out to left.
Dodgers 1, Giants 0.
Sixth Inning
Top:
Cabrera on base with a double to center. Posey flies out, moving Cabrera to third. Pill flies out. Arias moves Cabrera across the plate with a drop-in single, tying the score. Sanchez strikes out. Dodgers 1, Giants 1.
Bottom:
Rivera grounds to first. Abreu singles to first. Uribe walks. A double by Ellis scores Abreu. Uribe holds at third. Tony Gwynn Jr. in to bat for Lilly. Gwynn bunts safely. Uribe gets home on a throwing error. Ellis out at first. Dodgers 3, Giants 1.
Seventh Inning:
Top:
Ron Bellisario in to pitch for Lilly. Schierholtz singles. Pagan hits a sharp shot at Gordon who shoots down Schierholtz. (Did I miss someone?) Dodgers 3, Giants 1.
Bottom:
Steve Edlefsen in to pitch for the Giants. Kemp doubles to the deep right corner. Ethier flies out to center. Rivera hits to Edlefson, who bobbles and throws wild to third, sending Kemp home. Rivera stands up at second. Abreu grounds out to short, and moves Rivera to third. Uribe flies out to right. Dodgers 4, Giants 1.
Eight Inning:
Top:
Josh Lindblom in to pitch for the Dodgers. Cabrera singles to left. Posey flies out to left. Pill flies out to left. Arias doubles deep to left. Loney stops Sanchez with a leaping vertical catch of his hot grounder to first. Dodgers 4, Giants 1.
Bottom:
Ellis on first with an error by Posey. (Travis Blackley in to pitch for the Giants) The Giant defense begins to come unglued. Gwynn sacrifices Ellis to second, and gets to first on a fielding error by Posey. Gordon to first on a bobbled bunt. Bases loaded. Ellis comes home on a walk. Gwynn comes home on a single by Kemp. Ethier singles to short, scoring Gordon and Ellis. Dodgers 8-Giants 1. A wild pitch by Blackley advances the runners yet again. Abreu sacrifices to first, scoring Kennedy. Uribe grounds out to first. Dodgers 9, Giants 1.
Ninth Inning:
Top:
Fans begin to head for the parking lots. Late. Scott Elbert in to pitch for the Dodgers. Aubrey Huff flies out to center. Gregor Blanco singles up the middle. Pagan strikes out. Blanco advances on the wild pitch. Theriot grounds to short. Final: Dodgers 9, Giants 1
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