LOS ANGELES (CBS Sports) — Bankrupt Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt is placing partial blame on San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow for the savage beating in March that left him in a coma suffering from brain damage.

“I’ve been doing these cases for 23 years and I have never seen one yet which it didn’t take at least two people to tango,” McCourt’s attorney Jerome Jackson told ESPN in LosAngeles on Thursday.

Jackson has also filed a cross-complaint, on behalf of McCourt and the Dodgers, against the two men charged in the beating of Stow — claiming they should be held liable in a Stow family lawsuit that only blames the Dodgers organization for the attack.

Stow and his family are the largest of McCourt’s unsecured creditors, with the family’s lawyer Tom Girardi telling ESPN that damages could total as much as $50 million if a jury finds McCourt and the Dodgers liable for the attack on opening day in a Dodger stadium parking lot.

“One of the things the jury will be asked to do is to determine what percentage of fault various individuals have for this event,” Jackson said. “You’re saying to the jury, ‘They (the Stow family) are saying we’re 100 percent liable.’ But does that mean (Marvin) Norwood and (Louis) Sanchez, who beat this guy up, have no liability? And does it mean Mr. Stow himself has no liability?”

Jackson said if the civil case goes to trial, he wants jurors to assign percentages of liability to the team, Mccourt, Norwood, Sanchez and Stow — with financial damages paid out at those percentages.

The Stow family has contended that the Dodgers were negligent in providing adequate security when Stow was beaten.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the San Francisco Giants 8-5 on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium, in a game devoid of the pitch-by-pitch excitement of the Clayton Kershaw vs. Tim Lincecum duel of the night before. However, Matt Kemp did provide the home crowd with a delight, furthering his own case for National League MVP.

Kemp hit a long home run into the pavilion in left center field in the fifth inning, a three-run shot off Ryan Vogelsong. It was the 35th home run on the year for Kemp, making him the 14th player in MLB history to have 35 home runs and 35 stolen bases in the same season.

Kemp now has a National League-leading 116 RBI on the season, the sixth highest RBI total in Los Angeles Dodgers history.

Dana Eveland took the loss, allowing five runs in four innings in his fourth start as a Dodger. The Giants were up 5-0 early, then saw Kemp cut their lead to 5-4 in the fifth inning. But San Francisco tacked on one run in the sixth inning and two more in the seventh.

A pair of Dodgers rookies extended their hitting streaks on Wednesday. Jerry Sands singled in the eighth inning, pushing his hitting streak to nine games, and he has 17 hits in his last 34 at-bats. Dee Gordon’s streak is now at eight games, thanks to two singles, a stolen base, and a run scored tonight for the shortstop.

Hiroki Kuroda starts on Thursday for the Dodgers in their final home game of the season. Madison Bumgarner starts for San Francisco.

For more Dodgers news and information, be sure to read True Blue LA.

SAN FRANCISCO  — Madison Bumgarner won his fourth straight start, Pablo Sandoval doubled home the go-ahead run in the fifth inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-1 Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.

Bumgarner (11-12) struck out eight and allowed three hits in five innings, matching the longest winning streak of his career and improving to 8-3 with a 2.73 ERA since June 26.

It’s probably too little too late for the defending World Series champions, who snapped a three-game losing streak and trail NL West-leading Arizona by 8 1-2 games. When San Francisco scored two runs in the fifth and five in the sixth, it marked the first time since July 3 the Giants scored multiple runs in consecutive innings.

Slumping Aubrey Huff had two hits and a bases-loaded walk in his first start since Monday. Sandoval finished with a career-high three doubles, tying a Giants regular season record at AT&T Park.

Tony Gwynn Jr. doubled in the Dodgers’ run but struck out with the potential tying run at second base in the sixth. Los Angeles lost for only the third time in 13 games.

San Francisco had gone 18 consecutive scoreless innings until breaking through against Los Angeles starter Hiroki Kuroda, who had not lost in four previous appearances at the Giants.

Sandoval drove in Jeff Keppinger for a 2-1 lead in the fifth and Huff followed with an RBI single on an 0-2 pitch. In a 5-for-36 (.139) slump coming in, Huff also walked with the bases loaded against Scott Elbert during a five-run sixth.

In the second, Huff doubled leading off after initially thinking he had a home run. The ball hit the top of the fence and bounced back onto the field, but second base umpire John Hirschbeck ruled the ball was still in play. Umpires upheld the call following a video review.

It was reminiscent of San Francisco’s win over Texas in Game 2 of the World Series last year when the Rangers’ Ian Kinsler hit a ball to almost the same spot as Huff did. Kinsler was also given a double on the play.

Three batters later, Eli Whiteside singled in Huff with San Francisco’s first run.

Kuroda (11-16) allowed three runs and eight hits in 4 2-3 innings, his shortest outing since getting only 12 outs against San Diego on Aug. 2 last year.

Cody Ross hit a bases-loaded double and Mark De Rosa added a pinch two-run single in the sixth.

Los Angeles scored its lone run in the second and had a chance for more with the bases loaded before Bumgarner worked his way out of it. He got Kuroda to ground into a force play at home then retired Dee Gordon on a comebacker.

The Dodgers managed only four runners the rest of the way and ended their trip 7-3.

NOTES: A moment of silence was held before the game to commemorate the victims of 9-11. There was no ceremonial first pitch; instead, San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy walked out to the field alone and left a ball on the pitching mound. … The previous San Francisco player to have three doubles in one home game was Nate Schierholtz on Sept. 24, 2008. … The Giants activated LHP Barry Zito from the 15-day DL. Bochy plans to use Zito as a spot-starter and out of the bullpen. … Eric Surkamp (1-0) pitches for San Francisco in the series opener against San Diego on Monday. The rookie lefty beat the Padres on Sept. 6 for his only career win in the majors. … Dodgers LHP Ted Lilly (9-13), who tied his season high of nine strikeouts in his previous start, will pitch for Los Angeles in the opener of a three-game set with Arizona.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 11 (UPI) — Dana Eveland and two relievers combined on a five-hit shutout Saturday and the Los Angeles Dodgers stifled San Francisco 3-0.

Eveland (2-0), promoted from Class AAA Albuquerque this month, baffled the Giants on three hits and two walks over seven frames. He fanned three while tossing 63 of his 94 pitches for strikes.

Kenley Jansen and Javy Guerra each finished with one scoreless frame to complete the whitewash and deliver another blow to San Francisco, which fell 9 1/2 games behind first-place Arizona in the National League West.

Juan Rivera went 3-for-4 with an RBI single, and James Loney added two hits and a run scored for Los Angeles.

Ryan Vogelsong (10-7) went eight innings but was saddled with the loss for San Francisco after yielding three runs on nine hits and a walk. He struck out six.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—Bruce Bochy has walked into the manager’s office every
day this September expecting his San Francisco Giants to show some life. That
day has yet to come.

It likely won’t this year.

After the latest scoreless performance to the rival Los Angeles Dodgers
knocked the Giants 9 1/2 games behind Arizona in the NL West, Bochy finally vented
about his team’s horrendous offense and all but admitted the playoff race is
over.

“We’re bad right now with the bats,” he said. “We’re awful. There’s no
other way to say it.”

Dana Eveland(notes) combined with two relievers to throw a six-hitter, and the
Dodgers delivered another blow to the Giants’ dismal playoff hopes with a 3-0
victory over the defending World Series champions on Saturday night.

The pitching performance extended San Francisco’s scoreless streak to 17
innings. The Giants have only had two runners reach third base in that span, and
about all they can do now is play out the remainder of the season.

“You’re obligated to go out there and give it your best,” Bochy said.
“We’re fortunate to be here every game and have it sold out and have these
great fans here. That’s what makes it so much tougher—at home is where we’re
so bad.”

Juan Rivera(notes) had three singles and drove in a run off Ryan Vogelsong(notes) (10-7)
to lift the Dodgers back to .500 with their 15th win in 18 games. Vogelsong gave
up three runs in eight innings—including one on a balk—for his fifth
straight loss.

For the first time this September, San Francisco started to show signs that
it’s already moving ahead to next year.

Bochy filled out his lineup with rookies and up-and-comers: Hector Sanchez(notes)
made his first start at catcher, Brett Pill(notes) was at first, Brandon Belt(notes) played
left field and Justin Christian(notes) was out in center.

The revamped lineup did nothing to ignite San Francisco’s offense.

James Loney(notes) hit a one-out triple off Vogelsong in the second inning, and
scored on Jerry Sands’(notes) groundout to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead.

Matt Kemp(notes) lined a triple to right leading off the fourth. Rivera followed
with an RBI single, the first of three straight infield hits for Los Angeles.

As if that wasn’t enough to frustrate Vogelsong, he balked in a run with the
bases loaded to extend the Dodgers’ lead to 3-0. Vogelsong argued unsuccessfully
with second base umpire Laz Diaz and paced the infield furiously over the call.

“Even though they weren’t hitting the balls hard, they were finding holes.
It happens,” Vogelsong said.

The right-hander rallied to get three straight outs and limit the damage. Of
course, with San Francisco’s scoring woes, that was more enough for the Dodgers.

The closest the Giants came to scoring was a dismal two-out rally in the
fourth, when Pablo Sandoval(notes) singled and Brett Pill doubled down the line in
left. With a chance to knock home two runs, Brandon Belt lined out to third.

“His two outings have been really good,” Dodgers manager Don Mattingly
said of Eveland. “He throws strikes and gets ahead of hitters. If he keeps
pitching like that, it’s tough to keep a guy out.”

Things would only get worse for the home team.

Carlos Beltran(notes) caught Jerry Sands’ flyout in right field for the second out
of the eighth and started jogging toward the dugout, apparently thinking it was
the final out of the inning. Tony Gwynn Jr.(notes) easily went from second to third,
and Giants fans booed Beltran—the prize acquisition at the trade deadline from
the New York Mets—and several others left their seats.

Eveland was lifted for Jansen after he walked Hector Sanchez to open the
bottom of the eighth. After pinch-hitter Mark DeRosa(notes) singled to put runners on
first and third with no outs, the Giants again went out with a whimper.

Pinch-hitter Aubrey Huff(notes) and Jeff Keppinger(notes) struck out swinging, and Beltran
groundout out to second to end the inning. All fans could do was boo.

NOTES: Giants C Buster Posey(notes) threw a light toss for the first time since he
tore three ligaments in his left ankle and fractured a bone in his leg in a
home-plate collision with Florida’s Scott Cousins(notes) on May 25. He is on schedule
to be ready by spring training. … Giants LHP Barry Zito(notes) (ankle) will take
fielding practice Sunday and is expected to be activated before the game. …
The Dodgers will send RHP Hiroki Kuroda(notes) (11-15) to the mound in the series
finale Sunday against Giants LHP Madison Bumgarner(notes) (10-12).

By Eric Stephen

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Sep 10, 2011 – The Los Angeles Dodgers look for their fourth straight win on Saturday night, facing the San Francisco Giants in the second game of a three-game series at AT&T Park in San Francisco. With a win on Saturday, the Dodgers would be at .500 for the first time since May 2, when they were 15-15. The Dodgers are 19-8 in their last 27 games.

Dana Eveland gets the start for the Dodgers, his second start of the season. After allowing one run in eight innings in a win in Pittsburgh on September 1, Eveland was scheduled to pitch Wednesday in Washington D.C. against the Nationals, but that game got rained out. He was then scheduled to pitch Thursday in the second game of the doubleheader Thursday, but that got rained out too.

Ryan Vogelsong was picked up off the scrap heap by the Giants in the offseason, and was rewarded for his efforts with the Willie Mac Award, given annually to the Giant who embodies the competitiveness and spirit of Hall of Famer Willie McCovey. Vogelsong was pursued by the Dodgers this winter, but turned them down and called the Giants instead. “I couldn’t see myself being a Dodger,” Vogelsong said.

Saturday night’s 6:05 p.m. PDT game will be televised on Prime Ticket. For more news and information on the Dodgers, be sure to read True Blue LA.

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