Instead, he hit a bouncer back to the mound for the second out, and Strawberry also went down.

Strawberry went to third base during the play at home, but he was stranded there.

Strawberry went 0 for 4 and struck out twice for the Dodgers.

Strawberry played four innings, had no fielding chances and went 0-for-1 with two walks.

It had reached the point where one could almost call the days when Strawberry was going to hit one out.

Strawberry went 2 for 4 with a home run and two runs batted last night.

Strawberry, 33, went 0 for 3 with a walk and a stolen base as Tampa's designated hitter.

One day," he said, "Strawberry is going to walk out.

But he also said that it would have been better if Strawberry had gone to his manager and apologized.

"Well, it can't be helped," said Strawberry, and off they went.