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MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Arizona 4
LOS ANGELES, (UPI) -- Casey Blake scored the winning run on a ninth-inning balk by Esmerling Vasquez Monday, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-4 victory over Arizona.
With Blake standing on third and Blake DeWitt at the plate with two out, Blake bluffed going home, prompting Vasquez (0-1) to flinch after coming to the set position. Umpire Bob Davidson called the balk, and Blake trotted home with the winning run.
The Dodgers tied the score 4-4 in the eighth when two runs scored on a double error by Diamondbacks second baseman Kelly Johnson. He bobbled Andre Ethier's grounder, allowing Rafael Furcal to score, and then threw it past first base to let Matt Kemp come home with the tying run.
Manny Ramirez homered and Kemp went 3-for-4 with an RBI to help the Dodgers to their fourth win in six games.
Jonathan Broxton (3-0) got the victory after pitching a scoreless ninth. Los Angeles starter Chad Billingsley surrendered four runs on six hits over eight innings, fanning 11.
LOS ANGELES, (UPI) -- Casey Blake scored the winning run on a ninth-inning balk by Esmerling Vasquez Monday, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-4 victory over Arizona.
With Blake standing on third and Blake DeWitt at the plate with two out, Blake bluffed going home, prompting Vasquez (0-1) to flinch after coming to the set position. Umpire Bob Davidson called the balk, and Blake trotted home with the winning run.
The Dodgers tied the score 4-4 in the eighth when two runs scored on a double error by Diamondbacks second baseman Kelly Johnson. He bobbled Andre Ethier's grounder, allowing Rafael Furcal to score, and then threw it past first base to let Matt Kemp come home with the tying run.
Manny Ramirez homered and Kemp went 3-for-4 with an RBI to help the Dodgers to their fourth win in six games.
Jonathan Broxton (3-0) got the victory after pitching a scoreless ninth. Los Angeles starter Chad Billingsley surrendered four runs on six hits over eight innings, fanning 11.