Astros Drop A Deuce On Dodgers

by Eric Stephen on Jul 16, 2009 10:45 PM PDT in Dodgers Game Recaps

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 Pence. Guillermo 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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Bill Plaschke exists to antagonize.

by Eric Stephen on Jul 16, 2009 10:52 PM PDT reply actions

My response.

by Eric Stephen on Jul 16, 2009 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

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

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

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

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

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2012 Dodgers Payroll

Italics denote estimates
Pos	No	Player	2012 Salary
C	17	Ellis	$500,000	team control
1B	7	Loney	$6,375,000
2B	14	Ellis	$2,500,000
3B	5	Uribe	$8,000,000
SS	9	Gordon	$485,000	team control
LF	21	Rivera	$4,000,000
CF	27	Kemp	$10,000,000
RF	16	Ethier	$10,950,000

IF/OF	6	Hairston	$2,250,000
OF	10	Gwynn	$850,000
2B/3B	3	Kennedy	$800,000
C	18	Treanor	$850,000
IF	12	Sellers	$485,000	team control

SP	22	Kershaw	$8,500,000	arb
SP	58	Billingsley	$9,000,000
SP	29	Lilly	$12,000,000
SP	37	Capuano	$3,000,000
SP	44	Harang	$3,000,000

CL	54	Guerra	$485,000	team control
RHP	74	Jansen	$500,000	team control
RHP	55	Guerrier	$4,750,000
RHP		Coffey	$1,000,000
RHP	66	MacDougal	$650,000
LHP	57	Elbert	$485,000	team control
RHP	36	Hawksworth	$500,000	team control

TJ	41	De La Rosa	$485,000	team control

		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

Totals			$114,662,432
For more detailed information, click here.
Players on 40-man roster used as roster fillers until moves are made. Current 40-man roster count: 40 (not including Belisario)

2012 Non-Roster Invitees

No	Player	Age*
63	Jose Ascanio rhp	27
61	Alberto Castillo lhp	36
60	Matt Chico lhp	29
35	John Grabow lhp	33
59	Angel Guzman rhp	30
47	Wil Ledezma lhp	31
72	Shane Lindsay rhp	27
62	Fernando Nieve rhp	29
73	Scott Rice lhp	30
70	Will Savage rhp	27
71	Ryan Tucker rhp	25

30	Josh Bard c	34
82	Griff Erickson c	24
81	Matt Wallachc	26
67	Jeff Baisley 3b/1b	29
62	Luis Cruz ss/2b	28
33	Josh Fields 3b	29
64	Lance Zawadzki if	27
56	Cory Sullivan of	32

*Age on June 30, 2012
NRI count: 19 For more info, click here.

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