Milton Bradley's ninth-inning two-run single and left fielder Jason Ellison's error on the play allowed the Los Angeles Dodgers to rally past the San Francisco Giants 9-8 on Tuesday.
The Giants led 8-5 entering the ninth, but closer Armando Benitez (0-1) loaded the bases twice and let in a run before Bradley lined a 2-2 pitch to left. The ball got past Ellison and rolled to the wall, allowing three runs.
"If I could go up there every time in a pressure situation, I might hit .400," the switch-hitting Bradley said. "I want to be in that situation."
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The Dodgers mobbed Bradley on the infield. The error was the Giants' fourth of the game.
"What we've got here is a team that's going to play nine innings," Kent said. "You don't see many balls like that go by an outfielder."
Buddy Carlyle, D.J. Houlton and Giovanni Carrara (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings each after Jeff Weaver allowed eight runs and 11 hits in three-plus innings.
Marlins 8, Phillies 2
At Miami, A.J. Burnett (1-1) allowed eight hits and became the third Florida pitcher to throw a complete game, joining Dontrelle Willis and Josh Beckett. Burnett was helped by three double plats.
Mike Lowell and Paul Lo Duca hit two-run homers off Randy Wolf (0-1), and Miguel Cabrera hit a solo homer and drove in two runs. The Marlins have outscored opponents 34-2 in their four wins and totaled just six runs in four losses.
Philadelphia's Pat Burrell, who leads the major leagues with 17 RBIs, went 1-for-3 but for the first time this season he failed to drive in a run.
Cardinals 5, Reds 1
In St. Louis, Jason Marquis (1-0) hit a bases-loaded triple and pitched into the seventh inning to lead St. Louis over Cincinnati.
Jim Edmonds and Reggie Sanders hit back-to-back homers in the sixth inning for the Cardinals.
Aaron Harang (1-1) lasted six innings, giving up five runs on five hits. Four of the hits were for extra bases and two of his three walks came at the start of the second before Marquis tripled.
Sammy Sosa hit his 575th career homer and first for Baltimore, helping the Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7-6 Tuesday.
Larry Bigbie broke a 5-5 tie in the eighth with a RBI single off Casey Fossum (0-1).
After narrowly missing down the right field line in his first at-bat, Sosa delivered his first American League homer since Sept. 8, 1991, on a 2-2 pitch from Kazmir, the 347th pitcher to surrender a home run to the 36-year-old slugger.
Todd Williams (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings, and B.J. Ryan got four outs for his first save. With runners at the corners and no outs in the ninth, he struck out Travis Lee and Jorge Cantu, then retired pinch-hitter Eduardo Perez on a flyout.
"You just have to put the ball in play, especially with no outs," Devil Rays manager Lou Piniella said.
Angels 13, Rangers 8
In Arlington, Texas, AL most valuable player Vladimir Guerrero had two singles and scored three times before leaving with a bruised right knee in Los Angeles' win over Texas.
Guerrero was hurt on a double steal in the third inning, when he slid into third base and then scampered home after a wild throw by catcher Rod Barajas for a 4-1 lead. He stayed in another inning, and got another at-bat, before leaving the game.
Orlando Cabrera drove in three runs. Juan Rivera replaced Guerrero and had a two-run double when the Angels scored three times in the seventh.
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