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Article: Dodgers' winning streak over and out at 1l.
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- Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA)
- Article date:
- August 9, 2006
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Byline: Bill Plunkett
LOS ANGELES _ For one night at least, the Dodgers might have been too versatile for their own good.
Julio Lugo, starting at third base for the first time in the major leagues, handled the only chance that came his way for eight innings. With the score tied in the ninth, though, Manager Grady Little began moving the new pieces on his infield chessboard Wednesday.
As part of a double switch that brought Wilson Betemit in to play third, Lugo moved to second. Five pitches later, Lugo couldn't get to Brad Hawpe's hard one-hopper to his right. Hawpe's single drove in the go-ahead run as the Colorado Rockies snapped the Dodgers' ...