Dodgers Tied With Arizona

The Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks went to the 11th inning Friday night tied at 3-3 before a sellout crowd of 46,838 at Bank One Ballpark.

The Dodgers rallied from a 2-0 deficit, scoring three runs in the fourth against Arizona starter Curt Schilling.

Gary Sheffield had a two-run double and Adrian Beltre added a run-scoring single to help the Dodgers take the lead in the opener of a three-game series against the National League West leaders.

The Diamondbacks tied the score, 3-3, in the eighth on Mark Grace’s run-scoring single against Jesse Orosco.

Arizona closer Byung-Hyun Kim pitched two perfect innings in relief of Schilling, who pitched well in eight inning but was not typically dominant against the Dodgers.

Matt Herges gave up three hits but pitched a scoreless ninth and 10th.

Manager Jim Tracy summoned reliever Giovanni Carrara in the seventh with the Dodgers leading, 3-2.

After pitching a scoreless seventh, Carrara gave up a leadoff single to Steve Finley, pinch-hitting for Reggie Sanders, to start the eighth.

Finley advanced to second on Craig Counsell’s sacrifice, and pinch-hitter Jay Bell struck out swinging against left-hander Orosco.

In what seemed like an odd move, Arizona Manager Bob Brenly sent left-handed batter Grace, hitting for Schilling, to face Orosco.

Grace, who had one hit in four at-bats against Orosco, sent a bouncer up the middle to drive in Finley with the tying run.

Schilling entered the game 4-0 with an earned-run average of 0.82 against the Dodgers in 2001.

Although Schilling wasn’t as impressive in a no-decision, the 20-game winner still pitched eight effective innings. He gave up seven hits, three runs and had eight strikeouts with a walk while throwing 89 strikes in 132 pitches.

Terry Adams overcame command problems in the first. He pitched six innings and left with a one-run lead. The right-hander--who has worked a career-high 1661/3 innings--gave up seven hits. He had five strikeouts and five walks.

Adams matched Schilling for six innings in Sunday’s 6-1 loss to the Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium, then was chased in a five-run seventh. With Adams’ pitch count at 103 Friday, Tracy went to the bullpen to start the seventh.

Schilling retired eight in a row after Mark Grudzielanek’s out-out single in the first, and his leadoff single in the fourth got the Dodgers started.

Shawn Green send a line drive off Schilling’s right ankle, putting runners at first and second and the right-hander remained in the game after he was examined by team medical personnel.

Sheffield came to the plate in a production slump, failing to drive in a run in the club’s previous 12 games.

He finally delivered, tying the score at 2-2 on a two-run double to right-center.

Paul Lo Duca bunted Sheffield to third. After Eric Karros struck out, Adrian Beltre singled to center to drive in Sheffield, giving the Dodgers a 3-2 lead, their first lead against Schilling in 37 innings this season. In Schilling’s first four starts, spanning 33 innings, the Dodgers scored four runs.

Shortstop Jeff Reboulet made a nifty play in the Diamondbacks’ half of the inning to preserve the one-run lead.

With Danny Bautista on second after a two-out double, Gonzalez sent a liner up the middle that the sure-handed Reboulet grabbed behind the bag. He nailed Gonzalez at first to prevent the tying run from scoring.

Adams was shaky in the first, walking the first two batters on eight pitches and prompting a conference on the mound.

He got out of that jam, but not in the third.

Matt Williams walked with two out and Colbrunn doubled down the right-field line.

Green retrieved the ball and made a strong throw to Grudzielanek. His one-hop throw to the plate handcuffed Lo Duca, and Williams slid in for a 1-0 lead.

Colbrunn advanced to third on Sanders’ infield single, scoring on Counsell’s chopper that also went for an infield single.

The Diamondbacks had a 2-0 lead, which could have seemed like 20-0 to the Dodgers with the way Schilling had overwhelmed them.