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Astros Drop A Deuce On Dodgers

The Dodgers might be seeing breaking balls in their sleep tonight, as Wandy Rodriguez, Alberto Arias, and the Astros were mesmerizing with their curveballs Thursday night, shutting out the home team 3-0 at Dodger Stadium.

I double-checked on MLB Gameday, and it only listed ten curveballs by Rodriguez, who pitched six scoreless innings to get his ninth win on the season.  I have a feeling some of the pitches listed as sliders were actually curveballs, but for now let's take a look at the listed curveballs by both Rodriguez and Arias:

Pitcher Curves Strikes Outs
Rodriguez 10 6 4
Arias 7 5 2

Humberto Quintero homered in the fifth to give the Astros a 1-0 lead, one they would never relinquish.

The Dodgers had a few rallies, putting two men on base with nobody out in both the fifth and seventh innings.  But it was all for naught in this night, as the Dodgers were shutout for just the fifth time this season.

Randy Wolf entered the seventh inning having allowed one run on just two hits, but left after allowing consecutive singles to Lance Berkman, Miguel Tejada, and Hunter PenceGuillermo Mota entered the game with the bases loaded and nobody out, and pitched decently enough, even inducing a double play, but allowed two inherited runs.

Lance Berkman left the game in the middle of the eighth inning with a strained left calf, and is day-to-day, per Alyson Footer of MLB.com.

Manny Ramirez is now 13-1 at home this season.

Tomorrow's pitching matchup is a dandy:  Chad Billingsley vs. Roy Oswalt.

WP - Wandy Rodriguez (9-6): 6 IP,5 hits, 2 walks, 6 strikeouts

LP - Randy Wolf (4-4):  6 IP, 5 hits, 3 runs, 1 walk, 6 strikeouts

Sv - Jose Valverde (9):  1 IP, 1 hit

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He had a new column up.

Dude just doesn’t pay attention to the Dodgers. At all.

by Tripon on Jul 16, 2009 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

NICE! +1

Awesome job, Eric. I’m so sick of his smug, overly dramatic and stupid face!

How on Earth are the Dodgers going to pay for a new stadium when they have to pay for left fielders with layaway. If you say city bond, I just might have to kill you for saying such a stupid thing in such horrible economic times. Hell, even if the City was flush with cash, there are better things to spend TAX DOLLARS on than a stupid sports stadium.

by Seanny Rotten on Jul 17, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The word is "gadfly"

I’d do a visual joke of Plaschke’s head shot on the dictionary entry for that word, but he isn’t worth the effort.

by David Young on Jul 16, 2009 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dwyane Wade, whose first name is spelled wrong :)

…has a sister named Tragil. Who was in charge of naming kids in that family? Did they just pick leftover Scrabble® tiles?

by Eric Stephen on Jul 16, 2009 11:11 PM PDT 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
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