Foe Chan Ho sows no mojo, yo?

June 7, 2009 | 9:00 pm

Another comeback? Not this time.

**Manny Ramirez workout photos**
From ESPN, courtesy of Sons of Steve Garvey ...

Poised to rally from a 3-1 deficit after knocking out Phillies starter Alberto Bastardo with none out in the sixth inning, the Dodgers succumbed to none other than two-time ex-Raviner Chan Ho Park, who entered the game with a 7.32 ERA but got Matt Kemp to ground into a run-scoring (and close at first) double play, essentially the only blemish in three shutout innings of relief.

Where's Brad Lidge when you need him?

The Phillies blew the game open with homers by Carlos Ruiz (him again?), Shane Victorino and Ryan Howard (on rookie Travis Schlicting's fifth career major-league pitch). I didn't give up at any point in this game, but it was not to be: Phillies 7, Dodgers 2.

Much more interesting than this affair was what took place a bit to the south:

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- It was the kind of matchup that only an extra-inning marathon can produce - an infielder pitching to a batter working on an 0-for-6 afternoon, including four strikeouts.

With the Petco Park lights on as dusk fell, Mark Reynolds hit a three-run homer off infielder Josh Wilson with two outs in the 18th inning, sending the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 9-6 win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday in the longest major league game this season.

''It's tough because No. 1, he's a position player and you don't want him to get you out, and No. 2, you don't know what he's going to throw,'' Reynolds said.

The Padres were held hitless through nine extra innings by four relievers. Their only baserunners in extras came on three walks. The game took 5 hours, 45 minutes.

San Diego used all its relievers and had starter Chad Gaudin - the loser in Friday night's series opener - pitch the 16th and 17th innings before turning to Wilson in the 18th for his third career relief appearance.

Wilson (0-1) was claimed off waivers from Arizona on May 15, four days after he pitched a scoreless inning for the Diamondbacks against Cincinnati.

''When he pitched for us he threw all fastballs, so you figure he has some kind of wrinkle,'' said Reynolds, who fell behind 0-2. ''He threw a curveball up there and I laid off some high fastballs, and he left one out over and I was able to barrel it up.''

Wilson allowed a single to Felipe Lopez and walked Ryan Roberts with one out before Reynolds hit a full-count pitch off an advertising sign atop the right-field wall.

''One pitch away,'' Wilson said. ''I had Mark 0-2 there. I wish I could have thrown a strike before I got to 3-2.

''I was very comfortable,'' he added. ''I expected it in that type of game. It was probably just a matter of time. I was ready.''

Wilson pitched in high school and his two other big league relief appearances had been in blowout losses.

''I don't know how long I could have lasted,'' he said. ''I started getting tired toward the end of that inning.''

Arizona manager A.J. Hinch said he didn't want his players getting comfortable facing a position player.

''Your swings can get a little bit big,'' said Hinch, who had Gerardo Parra lay down a sacrifice bunt to advance Lopez. ''We had the players concentrate on getting a good pitch to hit and hit it hard.''

Hinch said he had his pitching figured out for at least 22 innings before he would have to go to a position player.

Padres manager Bud Black said he didn't want to overextend Gaudin.

San Diego scored five in the ninth and tied it at 6 on David Eckstein 's first career pinch-hit homer, a three-run shot with two outs off Chad Qualls .

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