NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
LOS ANGELES 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 0
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: LOS - HIDEO NOMO AND MIKE PIAZZA
SFO - JAMIE BREWINGTON, TERRY MULHOLLAND (7TH),
SCOTT SERVICE (8TH), SHAWN BARTON (9TH) AND
KIRT MANWARING
WP - HIDEO NOMO (9-2)
LP - JAMIE BREWINGTON (2-1)
SAVE - NONE
HOME RUNS: LOS - NONE
SFO - NONE
TIME: 2:28 ATT: 43,167
PROBABLES: LOS - ISMAEL VALDES (8-6, 2.98)
SFO - MARK LEITER (6-6, 3.38)
LOS ANGELES (3) AT SAN FRANCISCO (0) - FINAL
LOS ANGELES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Fonville 2b 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .254 Offerman ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .297 Mondesi rf 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 .310 Piazza c 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 .355 Karros 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .307 D Hansen 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .283 R Kelly lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .282 Hollandsworth cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .247 Nomo p 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 .085
Totals 31 3 7 3 4 6 10
BATTING: 2B - D Hansen (6, Brewington); Mondesi (17, Brewington); Piazza (9, Brewington). S - Fonville. SF - Piazza. RBI - Mondesi (56), Piazza (50), Nomo (1). 2-out RBI - Nomo. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Hollandsworth 1, Karros 1, R Kelly 1, Fonville 1. GIDP - Karros. Team LOB - 7.
BASERUNNING: SB - Fonville (8, 2nd base off Brewington/Manwaring).
SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Sanders cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .226 Ro Thompson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .230 Bonds lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .295 G Hill rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .267 M Carreon 1b 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .296 Clayton ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .243 Manwaring c 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .263 Scarsone 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .266 Brewington p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 a-Patterson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .207 Mulholland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .038 Service p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-Je Reed ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .277 Barton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 27 0 1 0 3 11 6
a-struck out for Brewington in the 6th; b-struck out for Service in the 8th.
BATTING: S - Brewington. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ro Thompson 1, Manwaring 1. Team LOB - 4.
FIELDING: DP: 1 (Clayton-Ro Thompson-M Carreon).
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LOS ANGELES ip h r er bb so hr era Nomo (W, 9-2) 9 1 0 0 3 11 0 1.89
SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era Brewington (L, 2-1) 6 5 2 2 3 1 0 3.32 Mulholland 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 7.27 Service 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.00 Barton 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 3.52
Pitches-strikes: Brewington 102-61; Mulholland 10-9; Service 8-7; Barton 22-13; Nomo 120-77. Ground balls-fly balls: Brewington 8-9; Mulholland 0-0; Service 0-1; Barton 1-2; Nomo 5-11. Batters faced: Brewington 25; Mulholland 3; Service 3; Barton 6; Nomo 31.
UMPIRES: HP--Joe West. 1B--Gary Darling. 2B--Mark Hirschbeck. 3B--Frank Pulli. T--2:28. Att--43,167. Weather: 62 degrees, overcast. Wind: 12 mph, out to right.
LOS ANGELES (3) AT SAN FRANCISCO (0) - HOW THEY SCOREDLOS ANGELES 3RD: Nomo grounded out to second. Fonville walked. Fonville stole second. Offerman walked. Mondesi doubled to left, Fonville scored, Offerman to third. Piazza hit sacrifice fly to right, Offerman scored, Mondesi to third. Karros fouled out to first. LOS ANGELES 2, SAN FRANCISCO 0.
LOS ANGELES 9TH: Shawn Barton relieved Scott Service. Karros grounded out to third. D Hansen walked. R Kelly flied out to center. Hollandsworth singled to left, D Hansen to second. Nomo singled to center, D Hansen scored, Hollandsworth to third. Fonville lined out to shortstop. LOS ANGELES 3, SAN FRANCISCO 0.
GAME RECAPHideo Nomo allowed one hit - an infield single by Royce Clayton in the seventh inning - and struck out 11 as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants, 3-0.
Nomo (9-2) pitched 6 2/3 hitless innings until Clayton hit a grounder in the hole between shortstop and third base. Shortstop Jose Offerman backhanded the ball and threw to first but Clayton beat the throw by a step.
It was the fifth complete game and major league-leading third shutout for Nomo, the Japanese rookie sensation who has been one of the most exciting stories of the 1995 baseball season.
"I had a good tempo and rhythm that was the cause of tonight's good pitching," Nomo said.
Ironically, his bid for a no-hitter came on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the most infamous day in his country's history - August 6th, 1945, when the United States dropped the atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, killing an estimated 90,000 people.
Nomo lowered his earned-run average to 1.89. He went 2-for-4 with an R-B-I single in the ninth inning, raising his batting average to .085.
"As far as the hitting, it just happened," Nomo said.
Nomo was bidding for the first rookie no-hitter since Wilson Alvarez tossed one for the Chicago White Sox in 1991. Teammate Ramon Martinez pitched the only no-hitter of this year against Florida on July 14th.
Nomo walked a batter in the second and third innings but set down 14 in a row from the third to the seventh before walking Mark Carreon with two out. Clayton followed with his hit on a 3-2 forkball.
"His split finger was better the last time but he had a lot of giddy-up on his fastball," Clayton said. "He has a very live fastball."
Nomo then set down the final seven batters, striking out four. He extended his season strikeout total to 161, tops in the National League.
"Far as the no-hitter, it doesn't matter to me but I was really satisfied with the way I pitched," said Nomo.
The Dodgers scored twice in the third off Giants starter Jamie Brewington (2-1). With one out, Chad Fonville and Offerman walked. Raul Mondesi then hit a smash off Brewington's foot that deflected into left field for a double as Fonville scored. Mike Piazza followed with a sacrifice fly.
Brewington allowed two runs and five hits over six innings. He walked three and struck out one in his first major-league loss.