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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- When Eric Karros was growing up in San Diego
in the 1970s, he was a Cincinnati Reds fan and hated the Dodgers.
Now he owns a share of the record for most home runs hit by a
Dodger in Los Angeles.
"I was in the minority in my household because my dad and my
brother were huge Dodger fans," Karros said after hitting his
228th career homer in Saturday night's 7-2 victory over the Oakland
Athletics.
"So I was very aware of what those guys accomplished in the
'70s with Ron Cey, Steve Garvey and Billy Russell and Don Sutton.
They were very familiar names in our household."
Karros' sixth-inning solo homer was his 17th of the season. He
reached Cey's total in his 4,669th career at-bat, 547 fewer than
the former All-Star third baseman needed.
Karros, who has spent his entire career with Los Angeles, drove
a 1-1 pitch from reliever Scott Service into the lower seats in the
left-field corner with two outs for a 7-1 lead.
"I don't want to say it was inevitable, but I had four years
(on his current contract) to do it," Karros said. "When I look
back on my career and some of the things I've been able to do, I'll
probably have a greater appreciation for it.
"I mean, it's great to be mentioned in the same breath as a Ron
Cey, but I want to mentioned in the same breath with them when
they're talking about World Series championships."
Shawn Green homered and drove in three runs and Kevin Brown
(5-2) pitched a seven-hitter en route to his third complete game of
the season and second in a row.
Brown, who has not allowed more than three earned runs in any of
his 12 outings this year, went the distance for the eighth time in
47 starts with the Dodgers.
The right-hander was staked to a 6-0 lead before giving up Jason
Giambi's RBI single in the sixth inning and Eric Chavez's ninth
homer in the seventh.
"I've played with some pretty good offensive teams in Texas and
Florida, but we've definitely put some numbers up this year,"
Brown said. "I think we've got a very balanced lineup and are
pretty strong from top to bottom -- and we've still got some guys
injured. So when we get those guys healthy, we'll be in even better
shape."
Omar Olivares (3-8) lost for the fifth time in as many starts,
after giving up three runs in the first inning. Olivares, who is
tied for the most losses in the majors, allowed six runs and nine
hits in six innings.
"We need him for the long haul. But if he continues to go the
way he's going, we're going to have to do something about it and
take a long hard look at him," manager Art Howe said. "But the
main this is we do need him, and we need him pitching better."
F.P. Santangelo led off the first with a single, Mark
Grudzielanek doubled inside first base and Gary Sheffield delivered
both runners with a double off the fence in right-center. Green
then looped a broken-bat RBI double inside the left-field line.
The Dodgers made it 4-0 in the third on a two-out walk to Chad
Kreuter and singles by Alex Cora and Brown, who leads Dodgers
pitchers with three RBIs in 24 at-bats.
Olivares walked Sheffield with one out in the fourth before
surrendering Green's 11th homer, a towering drive to right-center
that made it 6-0. Oakland was the only American League team Green
did not homer against last season, when he hit a career-high 42 for
the Toronto Blue Jays.
"They were the team I disliked to face more than any other
team," Green said. "They pitched me tough last year. They have a
good knack of working both sides of the plate. They really work
that inside corner and then throw a lot of slow stuff away. So it's
always a battle to face them."
Game notes
Including Olivares' third-inning single, Oakland pitchers
are 4-for-51 at the plate since interleague play began in 1997. ...
Giambi was hit by a pitch in the first inning, he became the first
batter plunked by Brown this season and the 37th by Dodger pitchers -- the most in the majors.
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