Scott Kazmir rotated his bat 90 degrees, so that the head of the lumber ran parallel with the ground, as he chopped a bunt into the infield grass of Dodger Stadium.
After 11 years in the American League, his artistry at the plate is limited, so he can be forgiven for the unorthodoxy of his first hit as a Dodger. The baseball rolled into a patch of dirt vacated by the Cardinals in Saturday’s fifth inning, an unlikely but critical moment in a 5-3 victory for the Dodgers.