Kemp finishes another by HR

Times wires
Thursday, April 21, 2011

LOS ANGELES — Matt Kemp hit his second game-ending homer in five days, connecting in the 12th inning Thursday to lift the Dodgers over the Braves 5-3.

Cristhian Martinez surrendered the deciding hit on an 0-and-2 pitch, three innings after Casey Blake tied it in the bottom of the ninth with an RBI single on an 0-and-2 delivery from Craig Kimbrel.

"You can't make mistakes 0-2, and we did today," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "Anytime you do that late in the game, you're asking for trouble."

David Ross hit a two-out, two-run single in the top of the ninth to put the Braves ahead 3-2. They rallied with two hits and a walk against Clayton Kershaw, who had held them to two hits through the first eight.

Andre Ethier doubled with one out in the Dodgers' 12th before Kemp's drive to left-center. On Sunday, Kemp hit a two-run homer in the ninth to beat St. Louis 2-1.

Source: http://www.tampabay.com/sports/kemp-finishes-another-by-hr/1165274

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