Snyder Comes Up Big as Dodgers Hit Road

The Dodgers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-4, in 10 innings Wednesday night, heating up the remnants of a cold and dampened crowd of 30,065 at Dodger Stadium.

Amid a steady mist, the Dodgers ended a 5-2 home stand that left them within one game of the San Francisco Giants in the National League West when Cory Snyder singled in Henry Rodriguez against Larry Andersen with one out in the 10th inning.

Andersen had walked Rodriguez and Tim Wallach to open the inning.

He then struck out Eric Karros, but Snyder, making his first career start at second base as replacement for Delino DeShields, drove in Rodriguez with his third single of a game in which he also drove in three runs.

Jim Gott, the sixth Dodger pitcher, retired Philadelphia in order in the 10th to gain the victory.

The Dodgers, who came in batting .306 over their last 15 games, had 12 hits but grounded into four double plays and left nine runners on base.

They took a 4-2 lead against Danny Jackson in the seventh, but Omar Daal and Darren Dreifort couldn’t hold it for Orel Hershiser in the eighth.

Hershiser worked seven-plus innings, giving up five hits, one walk and three runs while striking out four.

Snyder had a sacrifice fly in the second, a run-scoring single in the fourth, a single in the sixth, a sacrifice bunt in the eighth and his game-winning hit in the 10th.

“He’s a valuable man. He can do it all,” Manager Tom Lasorda said of the versatile Snyder.

The Dodgers also got a double, single and walk from the hot-hitting Wallach and a pair of singles from catcher Carlos Hernandez, making his 1994 debut after coming off the disabled list April 22, having been sidelined with a lower back strain. A single by Hernandez, double by Brett Butler and single by Jose Offerman had given the Dodgers a 4-2 lead in the seventh.

Hershiser left after a leadoff double by Mickey Morandini in the eighth. Daal popped up Len Dykstra and struck out Mariano Duncan, but John Kruk’s third single made it 4-3 and brought in Dreifort, who yielded a game-tying double to Dave Hollins after Lasorda thought the inning should have been over. Hollins grounded to Dreifort, but first base umpire Larry Vanover said the ball was foul.

Lasorda argued heatedly, but Hollins got another chance and took advantage of it. Gary Wayne then struck out Darren Daulton, combining with Todd Worrell and Gott to retire the last seven Phillies in order.

While the defending National League champions limp home with a 1-6 record for their first West Coast trip, the Dodgers leave this morning for New York and Friday night’s start of a 10-game trip that includes four against the Giants.

Raul Mondesi, who had to leave the Wednesday night game with a bruised left leg, said he expected to play Friday night. DeShields, however, may have to go on the disabled list. Snyder’s first start at second will probably not be his last.

The Dodgers mounted a series of early threats against Jackson only to ground into two double plays and strand five runners in the first four innings.

They took a 1-0 lead in the second on singles by Wallach and Karros and a sacrifice fly by Snyder.

The Phillies took a 2-1 lead in the third when Hershiser walked pitcher Jackson to open the inning. Dykstra followed with a double that put Jackson on third and in position to score on Duncan’s drive to Mitch Webster on the warning track in left. Dykstra moved to third on it and scored on Kruk’s grounder.

The Dodgers came back to tie in the fourth, but wasted a chance to put the game away.

Wallach opened the inning with a double. Karros walked, and Snyder followed with a hit-and-run single to center that scored Wallach.

Webster then walked to load the bases, but Jackson struck out Hernandez and Hershiser, and got Butler on a grounder.