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Padres defeat Dodgers in second Beijing showdown
AP, BEIJING
Monday, Mar 17, 2008, Page 20
Pitcher Josh Geer picked up the victory, and Scott Hairston hit a double for San Diego to gave the Padres a 4-3 victory against the LA Dodgers in an exhibition match in Beijing yesterday.
After their game on Saturday ended in a 3-3 tie after nine innings, yesterday's game drew a crowd of 11,890, down slightly from 12,224 the previous day.
Both had the feel of games played almost anywhere in the US with hot dogs and peanuts on sale and vendors selling beer and soft drinks.
Many of the vendors even wore shirts patterned after the Texas flag, with Dodgers and Padres caps selling briskly.
The only hints this was China came from a Chinese flag waving in left field -- the US flag was fluttering alongside -- and a stadium of mostly non-baseball fans cheering foul balls and ordinary outs.
"I absolutely think it's been a memorable weekend for the fans and for us in a different environment," Padres third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff said. "It was pretty cool to play in front of people who had never seen baseball before."
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