Dodgers' Ishii suffers first loss

No matter how well Kazuhisa Ishii pitched, he wasn&#39;t going to win this game. Not with his Los Angeles Dodgers getting shut out once again. <br> <br> The Japanese rookie lost in the majors for the first time as Jeff D&#39;Amico pitched a two-hitter and led the New York Mets over Los Angeles 2-0 Wednesday night. <br> <br> Ishii (6-1) gave up one run, four hits and four walks in seven innings.<br> <br> ``I don&#39;t know if that was my best performance to this point. I did walk some guys and that was unfortunate,&#39;&#39; Ishii said through a translator. ``But I thought that my rhythm was a little better and I was happy with that.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> The Dodgers were blanked for the eighth time, most in the majors, in only 40 games this season. The day before, the Mets&#39; Pedro Astacio pitched a two-hit shutout at Dodger Stadium. <br> <br> Elsewhere in the NL, it was: San Diego 2, Montreal 1 in 14 innings; Atlanta 6, San Francisco 1; Arizona 6, Pittsburgh 2; Houston 6, Philadelphia 2; St. Louis 4, Chicago 1; Cincinnati 7, Milwaukee 4; Colorado 7, Florida 2. <br> <br> D&#39;Amico (3-3) struck out eight and walked two in his third complete game, all shutouts, in 81 career starts. It was his first shutout since July 20, 2000, when he was with Milwaukee and beat Pittsburgh 6-0. <br> <br> D&#39;Amico was limited to 10 starts last season because of a bad right arm. He missed all the 1998 season after hurting his right shoulder. <br> <br> ``All that stuff hopefully is in the past,&#39;&#39; D&#39;Amico said. ``It&#39;s more satisfying because my last couple of starts were a little bit rough. So it was nice to go out there and throw a quality game and hopefully get right back on track.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Edgardo Alfonzo doubled and scored on Jay Payton&#39;s groundout in the second inning. Mo Vaughn hit his third home run of the season in the eighth.

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