Billingsley, Marquis Battle For Elusive 10th Win
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 4:00 PM PDT
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PrintJason Marquis' first attempt at his 10th win was last week in Anaheim, and he was hammered for eight runs in 3.1 innings. Chad Billingsley, sitting on nine wins, had leads of 4-1 and 4-0 in his last two starts, but has come up empty each time. The battle for win number ten happens tonight, as these two attempt to join a quartet of AL hurlers for the major league lead in wins:
| Jason Marquis | Chad Billingsley | |
| 9-5 | W-L | 9-3 |
| 15 | GS | 16 |
| 100.1 | IP | 104.2 |
| 4.22 | ERA | 3.10 |
| 108 | ERA+ | 136 |
| 4.38 | FIP | 3.26 |
| 4.48 | x-FIP | 4.03 |
| 1.405 | WHIP | 1.271 |
| 3.2 | BB/9 | 4.1 |
| 4.3 | K/9 | 8.5 |
| .285 | BABIP | .300 |
Just about the only negative thing I can find about Chad Billingsley's 2009 is his increased walk rate. He's walking 4.1 batters per nine innings, and has walked four or more batters in seven of his last 11 starts. Billingsley leads the majors with 48 walks on the season. Twelve Dodgers have led the National League in walks in their history, including Doug McWeeny, who walked 114 batters in 1928. The last Dodger to lead the league in walks was Kazuhisa Ishii in 2002.
Last night, the Dodgers used eight pitchers, for just the 13th time since moving to Los Angeles (and the second time this season). They have used 8 pitchers eight times, and 9 pitchers five times.
Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci named his all-star team, and four Dodgers made the cut: Orlando Hudson, Matt Kemp, Billingsley, and Jonathan Broxton.
The Dodgers, 14-11 in June heading into the final game of the month, have a winning record in June for the first time since 2003.
Catcher Yorvit Torrealba is expected to be activated for tonight's game, so says Troy Renck of the Denver Post.
The Dodgers are 27-10 against the NL West this season.
Get your guesses in for the final "She Is Gone" here.
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Another amazing stat for Billingsley is his HR/9, which is at 0.43. He may be getting a little lucky here as his HR/FB ratio is only 4.9% down from his career average of around 8%. He’s been giving up more outfield fly balls than usual, so the home runs could very easily catch up with him. But there’s not much to complain about here.
vr, Xei
Thankfully, AJP will not be around to terrorize us tonight :)
I really just wanted an excuse to use Doug McWeeny.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Lineups - O-Dog, Martin sit
Rockies
Smith LF
Barmes 2B
Helton 1B
Hawpe RF
Tulowitzki SS
Stewart 3B
Gonzalez CF
Iannetta C
Marquis RHP
Dodgers
Pierre LF
Furcal SS
Ethier RF
Blake 3B
Loney 1B
Kemp CF
Castro 2B
Ellis C
Billingsley RHP
At least the top of the order of Pierre, Furcal and Hudson finally changed.
And Ellis gets to start the day before he gets sent down.
by Michael White on Jun 30, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I like this lineup
All I would switch is Loney and Kemp.
by Brendan Scolari on Jun 30, 2009 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
No Yorvit after all
I guess we’ll be spared Vin’s disquisition on the derivation of the name Yorvit, again, for one more night… ;-)
Heh
According to Troy Renck (Denver Post), Torrealba’s activation was delayed by a day, even though Yorvit is in LA now.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Semi-interesting note
Jason Marquis is 6th in the NL, averaging 6.69 IP/start.
Billingsley is 11th in the NL at 6.54.
Let’s hope Billingsley passes up Marquis tonight. :)
Before tonight
O-Dog had played all but 17.1 defensive innings at 2B (681.1 out of 698.2, 97.5% of all innings)
I guess Joe noticed that Orlando was looking a bit tired
Hope Ellis gets a hit before he goes down. Nice of Joe to give him a start.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Watching the replay yesterday.
Hawpe muffs the Wolf single that allowed Martin and Kemp to score.
If he plays it clean, I’m not sure Martin could have made it to home.
Cliff Lee got lit up today.
3 innings, 7 ER, 11 hits, 1 walk, 3Ks, and one home run allowed, and was pulled out after 3 innings.
Good
Less we havwe to give up in a trade. ;-)
by Brendan Scolari on Jul 1, 2009 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Sandoval .3410 (2 for 2 tonight)
Wright .3404 (1 for 2 tonight)
Hanley .3392 (1 for 3 tonight)
by Eric Stephen on Jun 30, 2009 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
its amazing to me how well the Giants are hitting right now, and how bad the Cardinals have looked over the last couple of games. Besides Pujols, the rest of the team looks like a JV team
I like the pitching of Carpenter/Wainwright
but the Central looks like a punching bag. That is why I’m amused about rants about our pitching staff. The so called elite teams in the NL Central/East have got nothing like our pitching staff even with Milton in the five spot. The NL West pitching is strong, very strong.
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