It's a real shame the Dodgers have no more games scheduled with the Padres this year, because after finding all sorts of ways to lose to San Diego while dropping 13 of the first 17 games between the two teams, it looks like they've finally found a way to win.
The Dodgers hit seven home runs Monday night and needed every one, overcoming four-run deficits twice in a remarkable 11-10 victory in 10 innings that put them back into first place by one-half game and had to be seen to be believed.
"This will be a game," said manager Grady Little, "that people around here will remember for a long time."
The seven blasts by a team that ranked last in the league in homers included a stunning four in a row in the bottom of the ninth inning, and a shocking two-run walk-off blast by Nomar Garciaparra in the greatest performance by a disabled hitter in these parts since Kirk Gibson in the 1988 World Series.
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