WITH FRANK AND Jamie McCourt amidst a nasty, public divorce trial calling into question the rightful legal owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, it appears there may be a third party with some serious vested interest in the club.
Less than 24 hours after his game-winning two-run blast off Jonathan Broxton, Juan Uribe laid claim again, belting another two-run shot Sunday as the Giants beat L.A. 3-0 to pull to within one game of the West-leading Padres.
As a Giant Uribe now has six home runs and 16 RBIs when seeing Dodger Blue. Three of those long balls have come in the seventh inning or later, and two were in the ninth or later — Saturday, and a 10th inning walk-off last Aug. 12th at AT&T.
The 31-year-old Dominican also now owns 19 dingers on the year and a penchant for the clutch.
10 of Uribe's home runs have either tied the game or given the Giants a lead. Seven have come in the seventh inning or later. Uribe also set a new career-high with his 75th RBI, putting him just two behind the pace of team leader Aubrey Huff.
After Jonathan Sanchez began his career against the Dodgers 0-5 with a 6.04 ERA against the Dodgers, the enigmatic lefty can't claim any ownership over the arch rivals but he may be looking to rent.
Sanchez contributed seven fantastic innings of three-hit ball, in which he struck out nine and turned in his second-consecutive outstanding start. He notched a career-best 10 wins, and it marked the first time since April 14 and 20 that Sanchez pitched consecutive quality starts.
With his next turn scheduled to come Friday in San Diego, Sanchez was in no mood to make any more predictions.
"We're going to go there and try to do our business," said a smiling Sanchez when speaking to the Bay Area News Group. "That's all. Everywhere we want to go, we want to beat everybody.”
Sergio Romo pitched a clean eighth inning needing only nine pitches to set up Brian Wilson, whose 1-2-3 ninth took just eight pitches to earn the closer his N.L.-best 40th save. Wilson is just one shy of his career high (41) that he set in 2008, and he's only eight away from tying Rod Beck for the Giants' single-season record.
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