前面說 Nomar 的就刪了…　總之就是說一些五四三的… 下面是和郭比較有關的.... This win wouldn't have been possible without another clutch performance from pitcher Hong-Chih Kuo, the Taiwanese rookie who has stepped up in the pressure of a pennant race while others with more experience have wavered. In August, management finally allowed Kuo to be the starting pitcher he's always wanted to be after treating him with kid gloves because of two Tommy John elbow operations years ago. Considering the way he shut down the Mets in New York over six scoreless innings two weeks earlier, what Kuo did to the Diamondbacks shouldn't be surprising. He allowed one unearned run on four hits over seven innings while striking out eight. The only surprise will be if he isn't named Friday night's starting pitcher in San Francisco. In Sunday's game, Kuo showed just how far he has come. Lacking his customary overpowering fastball, he shifted to sliders and curves that ate up a Diamondbacks lineup stacked with right-handed hitters, then mixed in the fastball as the game unfolded. Martin said having two breaking balls of different speeds allows Kuo to still be effective even if his fastball isn't particularly sharp. Kuo, unusually effective for a left-hander against right-handed hitters because he likes to pitch inside, said he's more confident using secondary pitches when he starts. "When I start, the time I get to warm up makes my slider and changeup work better," said Kuo, who has a 2.59 ERA in four starts, after struggling as a reliever with a 5.34 ERA that got him demoted to the Minor Leagues twice. Kuo even scored the first Dodgers run after a one-out double against Livan Hernandez off the bullpen gate. Kuo was so pleased while thinking that his first Major League hit was a homer, he flipped his bat, then had to start running when he realized the ball was still in play. Kuo was singled home one out later by Kenny Lofton, who later preceded Garciaparra's 19th homer by working a key walk to load the bases. The ninth inning began with a single up the middle by Marlon Anderson, the Aug. 31 addition who seems to be in the middle of all good things Dodgers these days. Anderson was bunted to second by Martin and took third on Oscar Robles' grounder to the right side. Rafael Furcal, who reached base all five plate appearances, took two balls, then was walked intentionally and took second base on fielder's indifference. Lofton's walk brought up Garciaparra, who hit the two-run homer in the 10th inning Monday night to beat the Padres in an epic game that included four consecutive ninth-inning homers. Sunday's was Garciaparra's seventh grand slam -- his second this year -- and the eighth walk-off hit of his career, bringing his season RBI total to 90. It came on a 2-1 pitch. "These guys aren't giving up, and they had some great at-bats before me," said Garciaparra. "I might have delivered the final blow, but the credit goes to them." Well, some credit goes to him. "The guy can barely run," manager Grady Little said of Garciaparra, who is nursing a sprained right knee and strained left quad. "What he's giving us, in the condition he's in, we're glad he's still on the field." And some credit goes to the two relievers that Little has given the bulk of the workload to down the stretch, Jonathan Broxton and Saito, who struck out five batters in the final two innings. "I'm glad we were able to pull it off for them," Garciaparra said. --

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