By Barry Markowitz, Special to the Star-Bulletin
Los Angeles Dodger relief pitcher Onan Masaoka, from Hilo,
left, and New York Mets outfielder, Benny Agbayani, from
Aiea, say aloha from Dodger Stadium Thursday night.

Ex-Dodgers live it up
in Los Angeles

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES -- Three former Los Angeles Dodgers wearing New York Mets uniforms came back to make life miserable for their former team.

Orel Hershiser, Mike Piazza and Roger Cedeno did most of the damage in a 3-1 Mets victory over the Dodgers last night.

"I don't know how much of a big deal that is, being beaten by all those ex-Dodgers, but it makes for a nice story," Dodgers first baseman Eric Karros said.

"Orel threw the ball and had good movement on it. I don't think he was hitting his spots at all, but the ball was moving all over the place."

A week shy of his 41st birthday, Hershiser (13-10) pitched the way he did at age 30 -- when he won a Cy Young Award with 23 wins and a major league record 59-inning scoreless streak, before capping his signature season with a the World Series MVP trophy.

In eight innings, he limited the Dodgers to two hits -- a home run by Gary Sheffield and an infield hit by Mark Grudzielanek -- before retiring his last 15 batters.

"He had everything working," said Piazza, Hershiser's batterymate in Los Angeles from 1992-94.

Hershiser outdueled Kevin Brown (16-7) as the Mets trimmed Atlanta's NL East lead to three games and maintained a 3-game lead over Cincinnati in the wild-card race.

Piazza hit his 34th homer of the season in the sixth inning.

Piazza, traded by the Dodgers to Florida last season in a multiplayer deal that brought Sheffield to Los Angeles, is 15-for-46 against Los Angeles, with three homers and 10 RBIs.

Mets 3, Dodgers 1

New York

		AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Henderson lf	4	0	0	0	1	1	.331
Benitez p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Alfonzo 2b	4	0	1	0	0	1	.313
Olerud 1b	4	1	0	0	0	0	.304
Piazza c	4	1	1	2	0	2	.316
Ventura 3b	4	0	1	0	0	1	.313
DHamilton cf	4	0	0	0	0	1	.317
Cedeno rf	3	0	1	0	0	1	.306
a-Agbayani ph	1	1	1	0	0	0	.287
Mora lf		0	0	0	0	0	0	.083
ROrdonez ss	4	0	0	0	0	0	.256
Hershiser p	3	0	1	0	0	1	.145
b-Payton ph	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
Dunston rf	0	0	0	0	0	0	.311
	Totals	36	3	7	3	1	8

Los Angeles

		AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
EYoung 2b	3	0	0	0	1	0	.274
Grudzielanek ss	4	0	1	0	0	1	.319
Sheffield lf	3	1	1	1	1	0	.304
Karros 1b	4	0	0	0	0	1	.290
Hundley c	3	0	0	0	0	0	.222
Mondesi rf	3	0	0	0	0	0	.244
DWhite cf	3	0	0	0	0	0	.262
Beltre 3b	3	0	0	0	0	0	.273
KBrown p	2	0	0	0	0	1	.070
PBorbon p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Herges p	0	0	0	0	0	0	--
c-Hansen ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250
	Totals	29	1	2	1	2	4

New York	000 002 001--3 7 0
Los Angeles	100 000 000--1 2 2

a-doubled for Cedeno in the 9th. b-doubled for Hershiser in the 9th. c-struck out for Herges in the 9th.

E--Grudzielanek (10), Karros (8). LOB--New York 7, Los Angeles 3. 2B--Agbayani (18), Payton (1). HR--Piazza (34) off KBrown; Sheffield (24) off Hershiser. RBIs--Piazza 2 (108), Payton (1), Sheffield (82). SB--Olerud (3), Cedeno (61).

Runners left in scoring position--New York 3 (Henderson, Piazza, Ventura); Los Angeles 1 (Karros).

Runners moved up--Olerud.

New York

		IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Hrshsr W, 13-10	8	2	1	1	0	1	94	4.43
Benitez S, 19	1	0	0	0	2	3	24	1.95

Los Angeles

		IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
KBrown L, 16-7	8	5	2	1	1	7	118	3.03
PBorbon		2/3	2	1	1	0	0	15	4.24
Herges		1/3	0	0	0	0	1	5	3.60

Inherited runners-scored--Herges 1-0.

T--2:39. A--33,954 (56,000).