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Hudson Hammers the Brewers

The Dodgers took the series against the Brewers on Sunday with a 7-4 victory. Clayton Kershaw picked up his seventh win of the season despite some familiar control problems The victory leaves the Dodgers with a 56-32 record at the All-Star Break, much better than I think any of us had hoped for. The Dodgers easily have the best record in the National League, with their closest competitors being the Giants who are seven games back in the standings. Manager Joe Torre said after the game:

"It was a great game for [Kershaw] and, of course, for us," Torre said. "The one thing you concern yourself with is when you're heading toward the All-Star break, [sometimes the players] take it before it gets here. This ballclub didn't do that."

The Dodger offense hammered Brewers ace Yovani Gallardo, who lasted only 5 innings and alowed 5 runs on 6 hits and 4 walks. Orlando Hudson was the most notable player of the game, homering from both sides of the plate for only the second time of his career. HIs two bombs helped propel the Dodgers offense, but unlikely hero Brad Ausmus added a home run as well, his first of the season. The Dodgers hit a total of ten homeruns in the three game series after averaging much less than a home run per game for the rest of the season (66 homers in 85 games).

Manny Ramirez didn't hit any home runs but was as valuable as anyone else today. He went 3-3 with a walk, 2 doubles, and 2 runs scored. James Loney also added to the offensive attack, going 2-4 with a walk and 2 RBI's.

Clayton Kershaw was nearly unhittable, allowing only 2 hits all game. However, he only pitched 6 innings because he was once again very innefficient, issuing 5 walks to go along with his 4 strikeouts. Kershaw later said:

"That first inning I felt pretty good, I was just missing some spots by a little bit. The first inning is just always my rough inning. If I'm able to get out of that unscathed, I can kind of settle in after that. I threw too many pitches, obviously, but that's another story."

He still only allowed one run though, and the run wasn't scored until Hiroki Kuroda came into the game.

That's right, Hiroki Kuroda. Kuroda came in as a reliever for the first time in his MLB career because the All-Star game will allow  him to get extra rest before his next start. Torre wanted to get Kuroda some work and give the tired bullpen some extra rest. Kuroda wasn't very effective though, allowing 3 runs in only 1.1 innings. Perhaps he wasn't so comfortable coming out of the bullpen. James McDonald came into the game when Kuroda struggled and got two quick outs to send the game to the 9th inning. In the 9th Ramon Troncoso came in and got his fifth save of the season, allowing two hits but no runs.

Here's the win probability chart for the game:

Now it's time for the All-Star Break! The Home Run Derby begins tommorow at 5 PM. The competitors will be Albert Pujols, Adrian Gonzalez, Prince Fielder, Joe Mauer, Ryan Howard, Brandon Inge, Nelson Cruz, and Carlos Pena.

WP - Clayton Kershaw (7-5): 6 IP, 2 hits, 1 run, 5 walks,  4 strikeouts

LP - Yovanni Gallardo (8-7): 5 IP, 6 hits, 5 runs, 4 walks, 3 strikeouts

SV - Ramon Roncoso (2): 1 IP, 2 hits, 0 runs, 1 strikeout

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nice win today, accompanied by a Giants loss

A. just wanted to see how to post pictures

B. Eric got me hooked on this good luck charm, its classic

O.A.

by Ollie on Jul 12, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Matt Cain's injury

I am not so sure he gets well, at least not this year. The ball hit him right on the radial nerve. Sort of a reverse funny bone. This sort of blow could give him partial paralysis. It enervates a number of muscles in the arm and hand. If he has any residual he will have a lot of trouble.

by seesdifferent on Jul 12, 2009 10:57 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I do hope it's not that serious

That sounds bad, as you describe it. He’s a Giant but we don’t wish anything too serious on any one. (I was just hoping he’d be out for a few weeks.)

Plus, otherwise Giants fans are going to whine about how they “would’ve won the division otherwise” etc etc.

by underdog on Jul 12, 2009 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow

That’s terrible.

by Brendan Scolari on Jul 12, 2009 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate the all star break

4 most boring days of the year for me (from a sports perspective.) And with no Dodgers that’ll leave me to watch the shows I usually TIVO during the week and catch on the weekend.

by Michael White on Jul 13, 2009 7:40 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Fear not

The Dodgers play on Thursday (against Houston), so you only have the three most boring days! :)

by Eric Stephen on Jul 13, 2009 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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2010 Dodger Payroll

Pos No Player 2010 Salary
C 55 Martin $5,050,000
1B 7 Loney $3,100,000
2B 33 DeWitt $410,000*
3B 23 Blake $6,000,000
SS 15 Furcal $8,500,000
LF 99 Manny $7,267,760
CF 27 Kemp $4,000,000
RF 16 Ethier $6,000,000

2B/3B 14 Carroll $1,350,000
2B/3B/1B 3 Belliard $825,000
C 12 Ausmus $850,000
OF 5 Johnson $800,000
SS 60 Hu $405,000*

SP 22 Kershaw $425,000*
SP 58 Billingsley $3,850,000
SP 18 Kuroda $14,100,000
SP 44 Padilla $4,025,000
SP 50 Stults $405,000*

CL 51 Broxton $4,000,000
LHP 52 Sherrill $4,500,000
LHP 56 Kuo $950,000
RHP 67 Troncoso $425,000*
RHP 54 Belisario $425,000*
RHP 31 McDonald $425,000*
RHP 68 Monasterios $460,000*

Pierre $4,000,000
Andruw $3,600,000
Schmidt $2,000,000
Wolf $2,000,000
Hudson $1,440,000
Nomar $1,250,000
Ohman $200,000
Zerpa $35,000
Hoffmann ($50,000)

Others on 40-man roster (total: 39)
RHP 37 Haeger  
RHP 73 Link  
RHP 47 Wade
C 9 Ellis  
C 71 May  
SS 87 DeJesus  
OF 75 Paul
OF 17 Repko $500,000
RHP 64 Guerra**  
RHP 74 Jansen**  
LHP 59 Leach**
RHP 49 Schlichting**  
LHP 57 Elbert**  
OF 62 Robinson**  

Totals $93,522,760
 
Red = arbitration
Asterisk (*) = estimated
** = currently in minor league camp
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