Bats finally break out … sort of

The Dodgers came up with a two-spot in the fourth inning against former Daily News part-time sports staffer Jeff Suppan, and it all started with a leadoff bunt single by Juan Pierre, his second hit of the game. Nomar Garciaparra drove home the first run with a sac fly to to left, scoring Pierre from third, and Jeff Kent then drove in Russell Martin from first with a double to the wall in right-center. Meanwhile, Jason Schmidt’s velocity, according to the scoreboard gun reading, is still consistently in the 80s, but so far it has been enough to get the job done. He has retired nine of 10 batters, giving up a harmless, two-out single to Geoff Jenkins in the second. BTW, the Dodgers are 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position and 1 for 15 RISP for the season. Dodgers 2, Brewers 0, bottom 4