The Los Angeles Dodgers squeaked to victory over the San Francisco Giants yesterday at Dodger Stadium with the Dodgers earning the win 2 to 1. Wow! What a nail biter! This was a pitchers duel that Ramon Troncoso and Sergio Romo will never forget! Fans with Dodgers tickets saw two fantastic pitchers do battle. You don’t see baseball games as low-scoring as this, and when you do you better appreciate it! Baseball isn’t the only game in town. See what other cheap sports tickets are out there.
Dodgers pitcher Ramon Troncoso (2.84 ERA) got the win, while Sergio Romo (1.59 ERA) took the loss for the Giants. Clayton Kershaw went 7 solid innings for the Dodgers, allowed 4 hits, one home run and one earned run with 4 walks and 9 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Dodgers was Jeff Weaver (5.40), and George Sherrill (11.57). The Giants’s starter Barry Zito went 7.1 innings, allowed 4 hits, no home runs and one earned run with one walk and 3 strikeouts. With the win, Troncoso’s record goes to 1-0, while Romo is at 0-1. Jonathan Broxton earned the save for the Dodgers, bringing his saves up to 1.
In addition to the 2 runs, the Dodgers scored 5 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Dodgers, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. The Giants didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. Juan Uribe could not get much going at the plate as he left 4 runners on base. The Giants got one run, 4 hits and no errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Jerry Meals, Mark Wegner, Dan Iassogna and Dale Scott. There were 50,433 Dodgers ticket holders in attendance at Dodger Stadium.
The win puts the Dodgers at a record of -, ( games behind the division leader), while the loss brings the Giants to -, ( games behind first place in the division). Next up for the Dodgers are the (-) at the Reds’s Great American Ball Park. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for tickets because that game should be a good one. The Giants will next take on the (-) at Petco Park in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your tickets today and take in all the thrills.