The Beat Goes On: Dodgers 7, Giants 2
by Eric Stephen on Apr 16, 2009 10:48 PM PDT
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PrintThe Dodgers won their fifth straight game Thursday night, besting the Giants 7-2 in front of 36,553 at Dodger Stadium. The winning streak has been bookended so far by wins from recent callup Eric Stults.
Stults was again serviceable tonight, allowing two runs in five innings, evening his career record as a starter to 6-6 with a 3.90 ERA over 16 starts. Ronald Belisario, one night after his only mistake of the young season, came back with a strong two innings, allowing only two hits.
Rafael Furcal lead off the game with a home run, the twelfth time he has done so as a Dodger. Leading 3-2 in the sixth inning, the Dodgers broke the game open with three runs, highlighted by a two-run double by pinch-hitter Doug Mientkiewicz. However, Mientkiewicz needlessly slid head first into second base and dislocated his shoulder. An MRI is scheduled for Friday, but it would appear he's headed for the disabled list.
Mark Loretta also had a pinch hit, giving the Dodgers five hits in 12 pinch-hit at-bats, plus two walks for a batting line of .417/.500/.417.
Manny Ramirez went 0-4 with two strikeouts, lowering his batting average to .258. He was walked intentionally in the second inning, however, giving him a major league leading 13 walks.
After sweeping the Giants for the first time since July 2007, the 7-3 Dodgers welcome the 4-4 Rockies to town for three games. Randy Wolf starts against Jorge De La Rosa on Friday night.
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Crazy question:
with Manny batting 3rd and either Etheir (hah) or Loney batting cleanup, why don’t we have Kemp batting 5th? His OPS is over 1.000 so far, he just might maintain an OPS of over .900 this year, he’s got speed to burn and for someone trying to develop power numbers and patience I think the middle of the order, the 5th spot is a decent spot to bat and have people consistently on base to drive in (as opposed to 7th). Also, Kemp is faster than Martin and less likely to be doubled up than Russell.
Agreed
I’d be fine with Kemp in the 5 hole (or even 2 hole, but with Hudson’s hot streak, that ain’t happening).
I've wanted this for a while
Kemp is doing really well so far (see: 10-game hitting streak to start season), and going Ethier-Kemp-Loney instead of Ethier-Martin-Loney just seems so much stronger to me. If Martin can start picking it up, I’ll feel better about him being the 5-spot, but at this point Kemp really deserves it. He’s just such a better player than someone batting at the bottom of the order.
by uclaisthebest123 on Apr 17, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, the Rockies in for the weekend...
Now we don’t have to face that tough Giant pitching for a while. Everyone hits & pads their stats Fri, Sat & Sun. vs Col.
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