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Associated Press
PHOENIX - Troy Glaus homered for the fourth straight game to tie a franchise record, and Shawn Green connected against his former team for the second day in a row to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 on Sunday.
Dodgers starter Derek Lowe left after being hit on the right arm by Craig Counsell's line drive in the fifth inning. The ball struck the right-hander just above the elbow in the triceps area, and X-rays were negative. He is day to day.
Chad Tracy, who committed a two-base error that led to an unearned run in the first, singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth off Duaner Sanchez (0-1) after Luis Gonzalez led off with a double.
Mike Koplove (1-0) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win. Brandon Lyon worked the ninth for his second save.
Glaus' shot tied it at 1 in the second and matched Reggie Sanders' team record for consecutive games with a home run. Sanders set the mark in April 2001, hitting six homers during that span.
Green's solo shot off reliever Kelly Wunsch put Arizona up 4-2 in the sixth.
Jason Repko's two-run drive in the seventh tied it at 4, his first major league home run. It marked the third game in a row that Los Angeles rallied when trailing Arizona after the sixth inning or later. But this time the Diamondbacks pulled it out, avoiding a three-sweep.
Counsell had two RBI - on a sacrifice fly and the single that injured Lowe.
The Diamondbacks took a 2-1 lead when Quinton McCracken doubled leading off the third. He moved to third on Russ Ortiz's bunt, then scored on Counsell's sacrifice fly.
In the fifth, Chris Snyder reached on a throwing error by shortstop Cesar Izturis. McCracken walked, then Ortiz laid down a perfect bunt with two strikes. The Dodgers waited for the ball to roll foul, but it barely stayed inside the line for a hit, and the bases were loaded for Counsell.
His liner off Lowe's arm sailed over the head of third baseman Jose Valentin to score Snyder and make it 3-1.
Ortiz allowed two runs and seven hits in five-plus innings, striking out one and walking three.
He failed to get an out in the sixth, giving up consecutive singles to Jeff Kent, Valentin and Jason Grabowski, then walking Jason Phillips to cut the lead to 3-2. Oscar Villarreal came on and got Hee-Seop Choi to pop out, then pinch-hitter Milton Bradley bounced into a double play to end the inning.
In the sixth, though, Izturis singled off Villarreal, then Repko hit a 2-2 pitch into the seats in left-center. Villarreal then left with a right shoulder strain.
Game notes
Los Angeles INF Norihiro Nakamura, called up from Triple-A Las Vegas earlier in the day, singled in his first major league at-bat, with two outs in the eighth. ... Dodgers OF J.D. Drew ended a season-opening 0-for-25 slump with a single off Randy Choate in the seventh. ... The Diamondbacks have a major league-best 13 home runs.
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PHOENIX - Troy Glaus homered for the fourth straight game to tie a franchise record, and Shawn Green connected against his former team for the second day in a row to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 on Sunday.
Dodgers starter Derek Lowe left after being hit on the right arm by Craig Counsell's line drive in the fifth inning. The ball struck the right-hander just above the elbow in the triceps area, and X-rays were negative. He is day to day.
Chad Tracy, who committed a two-base error that led to an unearned run in the first, singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth off Duaner Sanchez (0-1) after Luis Gonzalez led off with a double.
Mike Koplove (1-0) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win. Brandon Lyon worked the ninth for his second save.
Glaus' shot tied it at 1 in the second and matched Reggie Sanders' team record for consecutive games with a home run. Sanders set the mark in April 2001, hitting six homers during that span.
Green's solo shot off reliever Kelly Wunsch put Arizona up 4-2 in the sixth.
Jason Repko's two-run drive in the seventh tied it at 4, his first major league home run. It marked the third game in a row that Los Angeles rallied when trailing Arizona after the sixth inning or later. But this time the Diamondbacks pulled it out, avoiding a three-sweep.
Counsell had two RBI - on a sacrifice fly and the single that injured Lowe.
The Diamondbacks took a 2-1 lead when Quinton McCracken doubled leading off the third. He moved to third on Russ Ortiz's bunt, then scored on Counsell's sacrifice fly.
In the fifth, Chris Snyder reached on a throwing error by shortstop Cesar Izturis. McCracken walked, then Ortiz laid down a perfect bunt with two strikes. The Dodgers waited for the ball to roll foul, but it barely stayed inside the line for a hit, and the bases were loaded for Counsell.
His liner off Lowe's arm sailed over the head of third baseman Jose Valentin to score Snyder and make it 3-1.
Ortiz allowed two runs and seven hits in five-plus innings, striking out one and walking three.
He failed to get an out in the sixth, giving up consecutive singles to Jeff Kent, Valentin and Jason Grabowski, then walking Jason Phillips to cut the lead to 3-2. Oscar Villarreal came on and got Hee-Seop Choi to pop out, then pinch-hitter Milton Bradley bounced into a double play to end the inning.
In the sixth, though, Izturis singled off Villarreal, then Repko hit a 2-2 pitch into the seats in left-center. Villarreal then left with a right shoulder strain.
Game notes
Los Angeles INF Norihiro Nakamura, called up from Triple-A Las Vegas earlier in the day, singled in his first major league at-bat, with two outs in the eighth. ... Dodgers OF J.D. Drew ended a season-opening 0-for-25 slump with a single off Randy Choate in the seventh. ... The Diamondbacks have a major league-best 13 home runs.
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