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Article: Newcomer Lugo delivers winning sacrifice fly in the 8th for Dodgers.
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- Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA)
- Article date:
- August 11, 2006
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Byline: Bill Plunkett
LOS ANGELES _ On their way to the top of the National League West, the Dodgers have shown a nice change of speed.
During their 11-game winning streak, they went with the high, hard one, outscoring their victims by an average of 4{ runs per game. But now they have gone to something with more late movement.
For the second consecutive game _ the length of their latest winning streak _ the Dodgers rallied for the winning run in their final at-bat.
This time, Julio Lugo played the hero role for his first time as a Dodger, driving in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to beat the San Francisco ...