Bottom of the 6th
In a game where the Dodgers battled back multiple times only to fall in extra innings, the one extra run they lost in the sixth innings looms large. The inning started well, with a double by Ronnie Belliard followed by Rafael Furcal singling him to third. Matt Kemp hit a long sacrifice fly to right driving home Belliard and moving Furcal to second. After Ethier singled with Furcal going to third on the hit, Manny Ramirez was walked to load the bases with one out. Once again, Not-so-big-game James Loney struck out swinging for the second out and Casey Blake fouled out to end the inning.
While the Dodgers ended up losing in extra innings, things could have gone a lot differently had Loney been able to pick up the run in the sixth. In fact, Blake's game-tying double would have been a game-winning double, and the Dodgers would have been in line to sweep the D-Backs going into Thursday. Unfortunately, after Wednesday's game, the series was split, in large part due to the inability to execute once again.
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