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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Dodgers 2, San Francisco 1
When: 4:10 PM ET, Sunday, April 18, 2010
Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Meals, 1B - Mark Wegner, 2B - Dan Iassogna, 3B - Dale Scott
Attendance: 50433

Manny Ramirez hit a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday afternoon.

Ramirez’s second homer of the season came on a 1-2 count with one out in the eighth. It was served up by Giants reliever Sergio Romo (0-1), who had just entered the game in place of starting pitcher Barry Zito.

Ramon Troncoso (1-0) picked up the win by getting one batter out in the eighth. Jonathan Broxton worked a perfect ninth for his first save of the season.

Ramirez’s homer spoiled an excellent outing by Zito, who allowed just one run and four hits in 7 1/3 innings. But he was pulled after walking Garret Anderson, his lone free pass of the game.

San Francisco’s only run came on Juan Uribe’s one-out homer in the seventh off Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw.

Kershaw struck out nine in seven innings, giving up four hits and four walks.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
San Francisco   LA Dodgers
Barry Zito Player Clayton Kershaw
No Decision W/L No Decision
7.1 IP 7.0
3 Strikeouts 9
4 Hits 4
1.23 ERA 1.29
Hitting
San Francisco   LA Dodgers
Nate Schierholtz Player Andre Ethier
1 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
1 TB 2
.333 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
San Francisco 4 1 8 .143 13 10 1 5 0 0
LA Dodgers 5 1 8 .179 6 4 2 1 0 0