Casey Blake scored the game-winning run on a Esmerling Vasquez balk in the ninth inning, as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied from a four-run deficit to stun the Arizona Diamondbacks, 5-4. Check out more at True Blue LA and AZ Snakepit.
AZ SnakePit: Diamondbacks 4, Dodgers 5: [. . .]
Needless to say, AZ SnakePit are a good deal less impressed by the way this contest finished:
Johnson, of course, committed the two-run error in the eighth inning, which allowed the Dodgers to tie the game.
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No one told the Diamondbacks that they didn’t need to bring any gifts with them to the ballpark on Monday. Esmerling Vasquez gave up the winning run via a balk in the ninth-inning, allowing the Dodgers to complete a four-run comeback for the 5-4 win.
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“A balk-off?” joked Dodgers manager Joe Torre. “Casey started off the third base line, Vasquez stopped, and it was a balk. We lucked out. It was nice to win the ball game.”
“I saw what he did. He flinched,” said Diamondbacks manager A.J. Hinch on Vasquez. “It was simple to see -- I didn’t talk to anybody. Lopez did everything you could ask. This one stings. This team needs a win. It’s frustrating for our club.”
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