Not Our Night

by Brendan Scolari on Jun 28, 2009 1:12 AM PDT in Dodgers Game Recaps

The Dodgers lost 5-1 to the Mariners Saturday night, giving Eric Milton took his first loss of the season. If FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching) was all that mattered Milton was dominant, recording 7 strikeouts with no walks or home runs allowed in 5 innings. However, baseball has more to it than that, and 7 Mariners hits led to 4 runs in those 5 innings. Felix Hernandez was actually dominant, going 8 innings and allowing only 1 unearned run on 4 hits, 1 walk, and 9 strikeouts.

The Mariners scored 1 run in the second inning on a Franklin Gutierrez double but the bulk of their runs came in the third inning. Ichiro led off with a single and scored on a Russell Branyan triple. After an Adrian Beltre popup it looked like Milton could strand Branyan at third but Ken Griffey Jr. promptly deposited a fastball into the left field seats. The home run put the Mariners up 4-0 and all but ended the Dodgers hopes for the game. Felix Hernandez was just too good tonight.

On offense the Dodgers were very quiet. Only Rafael Furcal managed to reach base safely twice. James Loney had the only Dodgers extra base hit of the game when he hit a double in the 9th inning. The Dodgers only run came when Ichiro Suzuki misplayed a fliner to right by Casey Blake and it bounced off of his leg to score Furcal. So even the only run wasn't deserved.

Here's the win probability chart for the game:

via www.fangraphs.com

Apologies in advance for the lateness of the game recap. My car had a flat tire and I was stuck in the basement a parking garage until the wee hours of the morning. Clearly the baseball gods decided to make my night a microcosm of the game.

Back to news that matters, tommorow the Dodgers will try to win the series at 1:10 PM with Hiroki Kuroda taking the hill against Garrett Olson. Kuroda got his first win since Opening Day in his last start, going 8.2 innings against the White Sox. Olson has been pretty bad this year and was roughed up in his last start against the Padres, allowing 6 runs in 5.1 innings. In other words, the Dodgers should win.

WP - Felix Hernandez (8-3): 8 IP, 4 hits, 1 run (0 earned), 1 walk, 9 strikeouts

LP - Eric Milton (2-1): 5 IP, 7 hits, 4 runs, 0 walks, 7 strikeouts

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HR: Griffey Jr. (9, 3rd inning off Milton, 1 on, 1 out), ahhhh, doesnt this change that FIP thingy.

by Bluetrain on Jun 28, 2009 5:17 AM PDT reply actions

HR is a big part of FIP

It’s in the formula. All FIP is is an attempt to quantify what the pitcher is responsible for. Home runs are definitely on the pitcher, and are reflected in FIP

by Eric Stephen on Jun 28, 2009 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions

Yes, it will change his FIP

but he also had a ton of strikeouts and no walks. So his FIP probably comes out okay.

by Michael White on Jun 28, 2009 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah

Forgot about the HR for some reason.

by Brendan Scolari on Jun 28, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions

NL Standings : )

LA 48-27 . (21 games over .500 still ain’t bad at all) .

Milw.. 40-34 . 7 1/2
StLou 41-35 . 7 1/2
Frisco 39-34 . 8
Philly.. 38-34 . 8 1/2
Colo…. 39-35 . 8 1/2
NYM….. 37-36 . 10

by Craig88USC on Jun 28, 2009 7:16 AM PDT reply actions

Kind of a tough error on Ichiro

And it costs Blake an RBI and keeps an earned run from King Felix.

Yeah, Ichiro probably catches that ball 99% of the time, but he was sliding and the ball went below his glove and hit off his thigh a little above the knee.

I suppose the call could have gone either way, but Ichiro had to either slide or shoestring that one, so I lean toward “hit” on that play when the fielder doesn’t come up with the catch.

by David Young on Jun 28, 2009 11:41 AM PDT reply actions

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Pos	No	Player	2012 Salary
C	17	Ellis	$490,000
1B	7	Loney	$6,375,000
2B	37	Herrera	$375,082
3B	6	Hairston	$2,250,000
SS	9	Gordon	$485,000
LF	23	Abreu	$401,311
CF	10	Gwynn	$850,000
RF	16	Ethier	$10,950,000

OF/1B	33	Van Slyke	$388,197
2B/3B	3	Kennedy	$800,000
OF/1B	30	Sands	$375,175
IF	13	DeJesus	$448,992
C	18	Treanor	$850,000

SP	22	Kershaw	$6,000,000
SP	58	Billingsley	$9,000,000
SP	29	Lilly	$12,000,000
SP	44	Harang	$3,000,000
SP	35	Capuano	$3,000,000

CL	74	Jansen	$491,000
RHP	52	Lindblom	$483,000
RHP	51	Belisario	$414,426
RHP	54	Guerra	$488,000
RHP	28	Wright	$900,000
LHP	57	Elbert	$488,500
RHP	60	Coffey	$1,000,000

DL	27	Kemp	$10,000,000
DL	21	Rivera	$4,000,000
DL	12	Sellers	$481,000
DL	5	Uribe	$8,000,000
DL	55	Guerrier	$4,750,000
DL	14	Ellis	$2,500,000
60DL	36	Hawksworth	$495,000
60DL	41	De La Rosa	$485,000

AA	50	Eovaldi	$7,885
AAA	56	Antonini	$7,869

		Manny	$8,087,432	deferred
		Andruw	$3,375,000	deferred
		Pierre	$3,050,000	deferred
		Furcal	$3,000,000	deferred
		Kuroda	$2,000,000	deferred
		Garland	$1,500,000	option buyout
		Blake	$1,250,000	option buyout
DFA	66	MacDougal	$650,000

Totals			$115,942,869
For more detailed information, click here.
Current 40-man roster count: 42 (incl. De La Rosa & Hawksworth)

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