Kershaw and Pierre lead Dodgers over Marlins 12 - 5
by Phil Gurnee on May 17, 2009 7:26 PM PDT
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PrintClayton Kershaw flirted with immortality and a high pitch count as he took to the mound in the eight inning leading 10 - 0. The game was not in doubt only his ability to limit his pitch count while keeping his no hitter in tact. Discussion was rampant in the True Blue press box with one side saying Torre would let him go until he gave up a hit and the other saying he'd take him out as soon as he walked one more batter.
Unfortunately, old friend Cody Ross made it a moot point blasting a head high fastball into the left field gap. Clayton was done but not before he had thrown 7 1/3 innings with nine strikeouts and four walks. Coming into the game with a ERA over 9.00 on the road, Kershaw showed he is more then just a home cooking pitcher and gave notice to the rest of the league that the Dodger's might have the best young one two punch in baseball when Chad/Kershaw come to town.
Juan Pierre has been the butt of just about every possible joke on True Blue by writer and commentator ever since Ned Colletti signed him in the fall of 2006. Since Manny went on the suspended list he has been nothing short of amazing. HIs last 10 games:
| DATE | OPP | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/07/2009 | WSH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .371 |
| 05/08/2009 | SF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .378 |
| 05/09/2009 | SF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .405 |
| 05/10/2009 | SF | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .426 |
| 05/12/2009 | @PHI | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .404 |
| 05/13/2009 | @PHI | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .411 |
| 05/14/2009 | @PHI | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .383 |
| 05/15/2009 | @FLA | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .391 |
| 05/16/2009 | @FLA | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .406 |
| 05/17/2009 | @FLA | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .419 |
His wOBA was .460 headed into Sundays game and after three more hits he's probably flirting at .480. At some point Juan Pierre is going to cool off (.414 BABIP) but he has been a joy to watch for the last 10 games.
The Dodgers end their first Eastcoast road trip by winning both series and showing the league that even without Manny this is a team to be reckoned with. Maybe the crickets about their easy Western League schedule will cease for a little while.
The Marlins were so unimpressed with Koronka that he was waived after the game.
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enjoy the game double
had kershaw and pierre on fantasy, they help me win the week, was losing by 80
He's been in Beast Mode.
He may be exiting it by now. ;-)
by Brendan Scolari on May 18, 2009 2:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Doesn't look like he's coming out of it just yet
Another 3-5 game with 2 doubles and 3 rbi…the guy is just plain sick right now. Little Juan’s OPS is above 1.000. Juan is Manny without the home runs which is just fine by me.
by IanKinslerMVP on May 18, 2009 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Well yeah
But there’s no reason to think that he’ll keep this up in future.
by Brendan Scolari on May 18, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
think with manny is he also makes ethier better
ethier numbers increase a lot with manny.
Yeah, but why does MOTA suck so bad
This game should have ended 12-0, why did Mota have to go and screw it up. Instead of sending McDonald down, they should just release Mota under his own cognizance. The guy sucks for us and is serving up meatballs right down the plate, and to Cody Ross of all people. I say get rid of him, he stinks. Either that, or get him back on the roids, he was much better then…
Mota was bad
when we signed him. Nothing new going on there.
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