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 Carl Crawford homered and drove in three runs, and the Dodgers
rallied from a three-run deficit to defeat the San Diego Padres 8-6
at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night.
Crawford, who went 3-for-3, scored three runs and stole a base,
drilled a two-run shot off Padres reliever Alex Torres in the
seventh inning to help the Dodgers (71-56) end a three-game slide.
The Padres (58-66) lost for the eighth time in their past 11
meetings, including six of their last seven with Los Angeles.
An off-day Monday couldn't have come at a better time for the
Dodgers, particularly after Sunday's 7-2 spanking by the Brewers
capped their sweep.
"I think that day off was big for us," Crawford said. "A lot of guys
were talking about it and how they felt good today coming back from
an off-day. It felt good to get that rest in and (coming) out strong
today."
Crawford said a team meeting before the game didn't hurt either.
"Not to air it out," Crawford said. "We had just lost three straight
games, so we just wanted to try to get back on track."
Los Angeles starting pitcher Kevin Correia (2-0) allowed four runs
and scattered eight hits and a walk in five innings. He struck out
six. Correia, though, survived a rocky first inning, giving up a
three-run homer to Padres second baseman Jedd Gyorko, before
settling down.
"It was pretty much that one pitch," said Correia, a former Padre.
"Everything else that inning went the way it should. I just fell
behind to Gyorko, and I didn't want to go 3-1 on him in the first
inning with one out. So I wasn't as fine as I could have been with
the pitch, and I just ended up running it back to the middle."
Closer Kenley Jansen gave up a run in the ninth before recording his
35th save. He was bailed out when the Padres threatened to score
more as center fielder Abraham Almonte was thrown out at third by
Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. Padres manager Bud Black
challenged the call, but the call was upheld.
The Dodgers tagged San Diego's Ian Kennedy for six runs (five
earned) and seven hits in five innings. Kennedy (9-11) fanned five
and walked two. Before Tuesday's loss, Kennedy had gone 4-1 with a
2.57 ERA in his last seven starts.
"From my perspective, he didn't really have consistent secondary
pitches," Black said. "The curve, the slider and the change, overall
all night weren't as good all night as we've seen from Ian."
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After Almonte hit a one-out double in the first inning and left fielder
Seth Smith drew a walk, Gyorko clubbed a three-run homer off Correia to
give San Diego an early lead.
Three consecutive hits off Kennedy in the second inning plated two runs
for the Dodgers. Third baseman Justin Turner had an RBI double, scoring
left fielder Crawford, who reached on a base hit. Shortstop Erisbel
Arruebarrena drove home Turner with a single, cutting San Diego's lead
to 3-2.
Turner delivered again in the fourth, driving a double over the head of
Almonte to score right fielder Matt Kemp and tie the game. A sacrifice
fly by catcher A.J. Ellis gave Los Angeles the lead.
Turner scored on a throwing error by first baseman Jake Goebbert, who
fielded a sacrifice by Correia but threw wildly to third as the ball
bounced past Yangervis Solarte. The rally gave the Dodgers a 5-3
advantage.
"The mistakes really can back to hurt us," Black said. "A couple of
ill-advised walks, a couple of missed plays, both in the outfield and
the infield, and those plays came back to haunt us."
Smith's RBI single in the fifth scored Solarte with two outs to pull San
Diego to within a run.
However, the Dodgers scored again in the fifth when Crawford drove in
Kemp with a single for a 6-4 lead.
NOTES: The Dodgers recalled INF Erisbel Arruebarrena from Triple-A
Albuquerque. To make room, INF Carlos Triunfel was optioned to
Albuquerque. ... Padres RHP Jesse Hahn was sent to Double-A San Antonio.
San Diego selected the contract of LHP Frank Garces from San Antonio and
designated INF Brooks Conrad for assignment. ... San Diego RHP Andrew
Cashner is scheduled to return to the mound this weekend when the Padres
visit the Arizona Diamondbacks for a three-game series. Cashner went on
the 15-day disabled list June 23 due to right shoulder soreness. ... The
game drew a crowd of 45,459.
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