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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Chan Ho Park picked up where ace Kevin Brown
left off.
|  | | Dodgers pitcher Chan Ho Park has not recorded a shutout in 140 major-league starts. |
Park allowed two hits and struck out 13 over eight innings and
Shawn Green scored on a wild pitch as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat
the San Diego Padres on Sunday for their third 1-0 victory in five
games.
"Chan Ho has definitely elevated his game a little bit,"
teammate Jeff Shaw said after Park won for the seventh time in nine
decisions. "He's been going like 1 2/3 innings deeper into the
ballgame to help our bullpen out, and he's been doing an
outstanding job."
Park (17-10), who retired 12 of his last 13 batters, is still
looking for his first shutout after 140 major-league starts.
The Padres' offense totaled one run, four hits and 26 strikeouts
in the last two games against Park and Brown, who are the first
pair of Dodgers to record at least 200 strikeouts in the same
season since Don Sutton and Bill Singer in 1969.
"They're two of the best pitchers in the league -- and it's
unfortunate, because we had two guys going for us who did a heck of
a job," Padres catcher Ben Davis said, referring to Woody Williams
and Matt Clement, who alowed one run and three hits over seven
innings and struck out seven.
Shaw got three outs for his 27th save in 34 chances. Tom Goodwin
made a diving catch on Ed Sprague's blooper to center and threw to
first to double up Ryan Klesko to end the game.
Shaw, whose season has been hampered by tendinitis in his left
elbow, has converted all 14 save opportunities since coming off the
disabled list after the All-Star break.
"It's really been a good run," he said. "Some of the bad luck
I had in the first half of the season hasn't been happening in the
second half. I've been making better pitches and staying healthy,
and that's all it boils down to."
Despite their eighth victory in nine games, Los Angeles will be
eliminated from the NL wild-card race with one more loss or a Mets
win. Both teams are off Monday.
Green singled with one out in the fourth off Matt Clement
(13-16) and moved to third on a double by Adrian Beltre. Clement
loaded the bases with an intentional walk to Chris Donnels. After
striking out Bruce Aven, Clement threw his club-record 23rd
wild pitch of the year, scoring Green.
"I called for a sinker away, and he just cut it across his
body. It was a tough one to handle," Davis said. "But Matt
pitched well. He was able to use both sides of the plate, used all
three of his pitches and was basically getting ahead of guys. Even
when he was falling behind, he was making quality pitches to get
them out."
Ruben Rivera led off the fifth with a triple, but the Padres
couldn't cash it in. Greg La Rocca grounded out to third, Clement
looked at a called third strike after his suicide squeeze bunt
dribbled foul, and Damian Jackson struck out.
"When he gets challenges and bows his neck, there's no better
pitcher in baseball," Johnson said. "Even if a guy gets on third,
if he makes his pitches, they've got no chance to score."
The Padres also got a runner to third base with no outs in the
fourth. John Mabry, who singled after a leadoff walk to Klesko,
tried to advance on a pitch in the dirt and was thrown out by Chad
Kreuter. After a walk to Ed Sprague, Park caught Ben Davis' line
drive and trapped Sprague off first base for the inning-ending
double play.
Clement allowed one run and three hits in seven innings. He
struck out seven and walked three.
Game notes
The Padres' offense totaled one run, four hits and 26
strikeouts against Park and Kevin Brown in the last two games. ...
The Dodgers have scored fewer than three runs for six straight
games. ... Park has 204 strikeouts, 13 more than his previous best
in 1998. ... Park walked four, increasing his major league-leading
total to 123. Clement is next with 121. Clement's next walk will
tie the Padres' club record, set by Steve Arlin in 1972. ...
Dodgers starting pitchers have a 1.73 ERA over the last 14 games.
... Chad Kreuter had thrown out six consecutive baserunners who
attempted to steal against him, until Darr stole second in the
first inning. ... Sunday marked the 43rd anniversary of the
Dodgers' final game in Brooklyn, a 2-0 loss to Pittsburgh at Ebbets
Field. ... The victory put the Dodgers 10 games over .500 for the
first time since finishing the 1997 season 88-74.
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