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| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| L.A. Dodgers (37-27) « | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 0 |
| Cincinnati (36-29) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
CINCINNATI -- Rafael Furcal had five hits, made a couple of nice plays in the field and pretty much did everything he could.
Except get six hits. He grounded out in the ninth.
"In a game like this, you want to take advantage," Furcal said. "You never know about the next game. You could go 0 for 5."
Manny Ramirez contributed with a home run four RBI to help the Dodgers snap a three-game losing streak with a 12-0 victory against the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night.
James Loney also had four hits to help the Dodgers finish with more runs than the eight they scored while being swept by the Los Angeles Angels in a three-game weekend series at Dodger Stadium.
A long rain delay obviously didn't bother Furcal, who was playing his 20th game since returning from the disabled list after pulling a hamstring.
"As soon as they said the game would start in a half hour, we started to stretch and move around," Furcal said. "I'm feeling better the last four or five days. The first week-and-a-half when I came back, I was a little sore, but it's gone now. I feel like I do at the start of the season now."
The Reds, who spent the previous six days alone in first place in the NL Central Division, lost for the third time in four games and dropped into a tie the Cardinals after St. Louis beat Seattle 4-2.
The Dodgers, who have scored 40 runs in four games at Great American Ball Park this season, tied a season high with 19 hits.
"They blew us out," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "They got hit after hit after hit. That was not a good night for us tonight -- a long game and a drubbing to boot."
Hiroki Kuroda outlasted a rain delay of 2 hours, 24 minutes to win for the first time in four starts since beating Houston 7-3 on May 18.
Kuroda (6-4) allowed three hits with two walks and five strikeouts while picking up his third victory in three career starts against Cincinnati.
"I felt good," Kuroda said. "I wanted to go back out there. I wanted to go all the way today. I have never waited this long. Generally, in Japan, they wait an hour. If it doesn't stop raining, they cancel the game. If I didn't go back out there, I thought my whole day would be wasted. I played catch with the bullpen coach three times during the delay."
Cincinnati starter Aaron Harang did not return after rain forced a delay with one out in the top of the fifth inning. Harang (5-6), who had won his previous three decisions, gave up seven hits and five runs with two walks and five strikeouts.
Furcal's double in the first sparked a three-run inning and the Dodgers added three more in the fifth after the delay on RBI singles by Ramirez, Loney and Casey Blake before Ramirez hit a two-run shot in the seventh.
Ramon Troncoso drew a bases-loaded walk for his first career RBI and Furcal drove in two runs with a line drive off the left field wall that went for a single when Troncoso stopped at second.
"Furcal was the star of the game," manager Joe Torre said. "He did everything but sell tickets."
Notes
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| Manny Ramirez's 552nd career home run pushes the Dodgers' lead to 8-0 in the seventh inning. (AP) |
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| Los Angeles Dodgers | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Rafael Furcal, SS | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .309 |
| Justin Miller, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Russell Martin, C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .258 |
| Andre Ethier, RF | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .339 |
| Manny Ramirez, LF | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .298 |
| Reed Johnson, LF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .295 |
| James Loney, 1B | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .304 |
| Matt Kemp, CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .268 |
| Casey Blake, 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .264 |
| Blake DeWitt, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .269 |
| Hiroki Kuroda, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| a- Ronnie Belliard, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 |
| Ramon Troncoso, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| George Sherrill, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| b- Jamey Carroll, PH-SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 |
| Totals | 41 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 8 | ||
| a-flied out for Kuroda in the 6th | ||||||||
| b-flied out for Sherrill in the 9th | ||||||||
| Batting | ||||||||
| 2B - Rafael Furcal (9, Harang), Russell Martin (9, Smith), James Loney 3 (21, Harang, Owings, Herrera) | ||||||||
| HR - Manny Ramirez (6, Owings) | ||||||||
| SF - Matt Kemp (4) | ||||||||
| RBI - Rafael Furcal 2 (18), Manny Ramirez 4 (32), James Loney 2 (41), Matt Kemp 2 (35), Casey Blake (28), Ramon Troncoso (1) | ||||||||
| 2-OUT RBI - Casey Blake (15) | ||||||||
| CS - Rafael Furcal (2, 2nd base by Owings/Hernandez) | ||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | ||||||||
| Los Angeles Dodgers | ||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Hiroki Kuroda (W,6-4) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3.10 |
| Ramon Troncoso | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.65 |
| George Sherrill | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.31 |
| Justin Miller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.18 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Hiroki Kuroda 84-55, Ramon Troncoso 34-24, George Sherrill 17-13, Justin Miller 15-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Hiroki Kuroda 2-5, Ramon Troncoso 2-2, George Sherrill 2-1, Justin Miller 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Hiroki Kuroda 20, Ramon Troncoso 8, George Sherrill 5, Justin Miller 4 | ||||||||
| Cincinnati Reds | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Orlando Cabrera, SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .260 |
| a- Paul Janish, PH-SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 |
| Brandon Phillips, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .307 |
| Miguel Cairo, 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| Joey Votto, 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .305 |
| Scott Rolen, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .311 |
| Jonny Gomes, LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .296 |
| Chris Heisey, LF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| Jay Bruce, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .267 |
| Drew Stubbs, CF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .248 |
| Ramon Hernandez, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .293 |
| Corky Miller, C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .071 |
| Aaron Harang, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .179 |
| Logan Ondrusek, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| b- Micah Owings, PH-P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 |
| Danny Herrera, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Jordan Smith, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| c- Laynce Nix, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .253 |
| Totals | 35 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||
| a-flied out for Cabrera in the 7th | ||||||||
| b-singled for Ondrusek in the 5th | ||||||||
| c-struck out for Smith in the 9th | ||||||||
| Batting | ||||||||
| SB - Drew Stubbs (13, 2nd base off Kuroda/Martin) | ||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | ||||||||
| Fielding | ||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Jay Bruce 1 | ||||||||
| DP - Rolen-B. Phillips-Votto, Cabrera-Votto, Bruce-Herrera | ||||||||
| Cincinnati Reds | ||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Aaron Harang (L,5-6) | 4.1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5.44 |
| Logan Ondrusek | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.10 |
| Micah Owings | 1.1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5.27 |
| Danny Herrera | 1.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.26 |
| Jordan Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| HBP - DeWitt (by Aaron Harang) | ||||||||
| WP - Aaron Harang 2 (8) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Aaron Harang 98-62, Logan Ondrusek 19-12, Micah Owings 53-30, Danny Herrera 32-18, Jordan Smith 17-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Aaron Harang 3-3, Logan Ondrusek 1-0, Danny Herrera 2-2, Jordan Smith 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Aaron Harang 21, Logan Ondrusek 5, Micah Owings 10, Danny Herrera 8, Jordan Smith 4 | ||||||||
| Game Information |
| Attendance - 22639 |
| Game Time - 3:17 |
| Temperature - 86 |
| Umpires - Home - Mike Winters, First Base - Hunter Wendelstedt, Second Base - Jerry Layne, Third Base - Brian Runge |
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