A THREE-PEAT -- The Dodgers won their third consecutive game yesterday, a 6-5 victory vs. the Braves at Holman Stadium in Vero Beach. The Dodgers registered double-digits in hits and came-from-behind for the third time in three games. Jolbert Cabrera was 2-for-3 with two solo home runs, Paul Lo Duca was 1-for-2 with a solo home run and Adrian Beltre was 2-for-2 with a double and RBI. Guillermo Mota won in relief with a scoreless inning and Yhency Brazoban pitched a perfect ninth for his first save. Rick White (1.2 IP), Rodney Myers (1.0 IP) and Eric Knott (1.0 IP) also had scoreless relief outings.
DODGERS VS. THE METS -- Today marks the second of seven meetings with the Mets this spring, with the Dodgers winning the contest on March 3 in Vero Beach, 13-4. The Dodgers will also face New York tomorrow at Vero Beach in a 1:05 p.m. game. The two teams will meet here again in St. Lucie on March 20 and March 21 and then again in Vero Beach on March 15 and March 31. Scheduled to pitch for the Dodgers today are LHP Wilson Alvarez, RHP Edwin Jackson, RHP Jose Lima, RHP Masao Kida, RHP Agustin Montero and LHP Eric Knott. The Mets are expected to throw RHP Jae Weong Seo, RHP Braden Looper, LHP John Franco, LHP Pedro Feliciano and RHP James Baldwin. In the last four games played between the Dodgers and Mets, the teams have combined to score 79 runs for an average of 19.75 per game.
CHEN ARRIVES -- Outfielder Chin Feng-Chen has arrived at Dodgertown after being delayed in his native Taiwan with visa problems. Chen, 26, led all Dodger minor leaguers in games (133), runs (84), total bases (251), homers (26) and RBI (86) last season. Chen has 111 career home runs in five minor league seasons.
ALSO NEW TO CAMP -- The Dodgers have added minor leaguers Eric Riggs and Nick Theodorou to camp as non-roster players. Riggs batted .280 with eight home runs and 58 RBI and a team-leading 31 doubles in 125 games for Triple-A Las Vegas in 2003. Theodorou batted .294 in 36 games at Double-A Jacksonville and .188 in just 32 at-bats for Las Vegas last season.
INDIVIDUAL TICKETS GO ON SALE TODAY -- The first day to buy individual tickets for regular season Dodger home games is today at 10 a.m. PST. Tickets can be purchased at the Dodger Stadium box office, on www.dodgers.com or by calling (323) 224-1-HIT.
HOLY JOLBERT! -- Dodger infielder/outfielder Jolbert Cabrera is off to an explosive start this spring, homering a Major League-leading four times in his first six at-bats. Cabrera, who slugged a total of six home runs in 347 at-bats last season, has a career total of nine home runs in 448 games. In his two games this spring, Cabrera is 4-for-6 (.667) with four home runs, four runs scored and five RBI. The six-year veteran emerged as one of baseballs most versatile players in 2003, as he was one of just four big leaguers to play seven different positions and one of only three to start at six different positions.
GETTING LOONEY FOR LONEY -- First baseman James Loney has swung a hot bat this spring, with five hits, a sacrifice fly and five RBI in five official at-bats in the Dodgers' first three Grapefruit League games. Loney, 19, was the Dodgers' first-round selection in the June 2002 First-Year Player Draft and was recently rated as the fourth-best prospect in the Dodger organization by Baseball America.
IS THERE A COMMON THREAD? -- What do actor Tom Arnold, NBA All-Star Shaquille O'Neal and Dodger Physical Therapist Pat Screnar have in common? Well, probably the only thing they share is that they all have the same birthday. Screnar, who joined the Dodgers in February of 1981, was instrumental in rehabilitating Orel Hershiser after his "first-of-its-kind" right shoulder reconstructive surgery for a Major League pitcher in 1990 and develops therapy programs for injured players and plans individual exercise programs. Happy Birthday Pat!
MAKING THEIR PITCHES COUNT -- The Dodger pitchers have combined to walk just four batters while fanning 23 in 27.0 innings of work this spring. Yesterday, Dodger pitchers combined to walk one and strike out 10 Braves in the game at Holman Stadium. Dodger batters have nine walks in the three games.
MEET THE DODGERS -- Tomorrow is "Hale Groves Meet the Dodgers Day." All fans in attendance at the Dodgers-Mets game at Holman Stadium will have an opportunity to meet their favorite Dodger and obtain autographs. Fans will be allowed on the field from 12-12:30 p.m.
UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES
Sunday, March 7 -- 1:05 p.m.
Opponent: New York
Scheduled Pitchers: -- RHP Hideo Nomo, LHP Kazuhisa Ishii and RHP Paul Shuey vs. LHP Tom Glavine, RHP Aaron Heilman, RHP Dan Wheeler, RHP Orber Moreno and RHP Ricky Bottalico.
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DODGERS VS. THE METS -- Today marks the second of seven meetings with the Mets this spring, with the Dodgers winning the contest on March 3 in Vero Beach, 13-4. The Dodgers will also face New York tomorrow at Vero Beach in a 1:05 p.m. game. The two teams will meet here again in St. Lucie on March 20 and March 21 and then again in Vero Beach on March 15 and March 31. Scheduled to pitch for the Dodgers today are LHP Wilson Alvarez, RHP Edwin Jackson, RHP Jose Lima, RHP Masao Kida, RHP Agustin Montero and LHP Eric Knott. The Mets are expected to throw RHP Jae Weong Seo, RHP Braden Looper, LHP John Franco, LHP Pedro Feliciano and RHP James Baldwin. In the last four games played between the Dodgers and Mets, the teams have combined to score 79 runs for an average of 19.75 per game.
CHEN ARRIVES -- Outfielder Chin Feng-Chen has arrived at Dodgertown after being delayed in his native Taiwan with visa problems. Chen, 26, led all Dodger minor leaguers in games (133), runs (84), total bases (251), homers (26) and RBI (86) last season. Chen has 111 career home runs in five minor league seasons.
ALSO NEW TO CAMP -- The Dodgers have added minor leaguers Eric Riggs and Nick Theodorou to camp as non-roster players. Riggs batted .280 with eight home runs and 58 RBI and a team-leading 31 doubles in 125 games for Triple-A Las Vegas in 2003. Theodorou batted .294 in 36 games at Double-A Jacksonville and .188 in just 32 at-bats for Las Vegas last season.
INDIVIDUAL TICKETS GO ON SALE TODAY -- The first day to buy individual tickets for regular season Dodger home games is today at 10 a.m. PST. Tickets can be purchased at the Dodger Stadium box office, on www.dodgers.com or by calling (323) 224-1-HIT.
HOLY JOLBERT! -- Dodger infielder/outfielder Jolbert Cabrera is off to an explosive start this spring, homering a Major League-leading four times in his first six at-bats. Cabrera, who slugged a total of six home runs in 347 at-bats last season, has a career total of nine home runs in 448 games. In his two games this spring, Cabrera is 4-for-6 (.667) with four home runs, four runs scored and five RBI. The six-year veteran emerged as one of baseballs most versatile players in 2003, as he was one of just four big leaguers to play seven different positions and one of only three to start at six different positions.
GETTING LOONEY FOR LONEY -- First baseman James Loney has swung a hot bat this spring, with five hits, a sacrifice fly and five RBI in five official at-bats in the Dodgers' first three Grapefruit League games. Loney, 19, was the Dodgers' first-round selection in the June 2002 First-Year Player Draft and was recently rated as the fourth-best prospect in the Dodger organization by Baseball America.
IS THERE A COMMON THREAD? -- What do actor Tom Arnold, NBA All-Star Shaquille O'Neal and Dodger Physical Therapist Pat Screnar have in common? Well, probably the only thing they share is that they all have the same birthday. Screnar, who joined the Dodgers in February of 1981, was instrumental in rehabilitating Orel Hershiser after his "first-of-its-kind" right shoulder reconstructive surgery for a Major League pitcher in 1990 and develops therapy programs for injured players and plans individual exercise programs. Happy Birthday Pat!
MAKING THEIR PITCHES COUNT -- The Dodger pitchers have combined to walk just four batters while fanning 23 in 27.0 innings of work this spring. Yesterday, Dodger pitchers combined to walk one and strike out 10 Braves in the game at Holman Stadium. Dodger batters have nine walks in the three games.
MEET THE DODGERS -- Tomorrow is "Hale Groves Meet the Dodgers Day." All fans in attendance at the Dodgers-Mets game at Holman Stadium will have an opportunity to meet their favorite Dodger and obtain autographs. Fans will be allowed on the field from 12-12:30 p.m.
UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES
Sunday, March 7 -- 1:05 p.m.
Opponent: New York
Scheduled Pitchers: -- RHP Hideo Nomo, LHP Kazuhisa Ishii and RHP Paul Shuey vs. LHP Tom Glavine, RHP Aaron Heilman, RHP Dan Wheeler, RHP Orber Moreno and RHP Ricky Bottalico.
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