San Francisco Giants reliever Billy Sadler got under the Dodgers’ skin again.
Sadler wildly pumped his first when he struck out Casey Blake for the Dodgers’ final out of the eighth inning, prompting Blake to stare at him. Matt Kemp, who was on third base, crossed paths with Sadler as they retreated to their respective dugouts and turned around to say something to him.
Sadler irked the Dodgers in their last visit to San Francisco, celebrating a strikeout of Ramirez on Aug. 9 in similar fashion. Jeff Kent hit a home run later that game and pointed into the Giants’ dugout.
“If I hit a homer off him, I’m not going to pump my fist and yell,
especially if we’re not in the race,” Blake said. “But that’s not me. That’s him.”