Casey At The Bat Has A Better Ending For Dodgers

by Eric Stephen on Jul 25, 2009 11:03 PM PDT in Game Recaps Comment 9 comments

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The Bison Matt Kemp is the designated tackler for all walk-off celebrations at Dodger Stadium.

After Casey Blake took the first two pitches from Luis Ayala for strikes, Ernest Lawrence Thayer looked like a prophet. However, the mighty Casey didn't strike out on this night. Instead, The Beard's bloop single with the bases loaded capped a 9th-inning rally tonight to give the Dodgers a 4-3 win over the Marlins at Dodger Stadium. Some notes:

The Dodgers are now 16-2 in one-run games at home this season
Tonight's win was the Dodgers' 10th walk-off win of the season
Andre Ethier has reached base in eight straight plate appearances: single, double, double, walk, double, single, single, walk.
Hiroki Kuroda's splitter was on fire tonight, and he racked up nine strikeouts in his six innings of work. It was a solid outing by Kuroda, who allowed three runs (two earned) and only seven baserunners.
Just like last night, the Dodgers went into the bottom of the sixth inning trailing 3-1, and just like last night, they tied it at three in the bottom of the sixth
Jonathan Broxton picked up his seventh win of the season by pitching a scoreless ninth inning. At home this season, Broxton has allowed one run in 26.2 innings, allowing 11 baserunners while striking out 45.
Guillermo Mota, who turned 36 today, threw 36 pitches in his two scoreless innings of relief, extending his scoreless streak to 19 innings.
Rafael Furcal and Orlando Hudson were quite the table setters tonight, with five hits in 10 at-bats, including one single apiece in the ninth inning

The Dodgers are 6-3 on the homestand, which ends tomorrow with Jason Schmidt facing Chris Volstad.

WP - Jonathan Broxton (7-0): 1 IP, 1 strikeout

LP - Dan Meyer (2-1): 0.1 IP, 2 hits, 1 run

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So what happens when Kemp gets a walk off hit?

How do you tackle yourself?

by jaffa on Jul 25, 2009 11:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Let’s hope we can find out tomorrow! :)

by Eric Stephen on Jul 25, 2009 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

or not

i’m thinking it’s a Jason Schmidt complete game shutout and a 10-0 rout tomorrow

by bucknellbruin on Jul 26, 2009 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Two crappy LA Times articles up

One from Plaschke and one from Helene Elliot. Just a bunch of whining about our pitching. Why the fuck does this always happen close to the trading deadline?

by silverwidow on Jul 26, 2009 12:04 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

i dont get why

pitching is the strongest part of this team.

by matthewmafa on Jul 26, 2009 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Chad Billingsley needed seven tries to win his 10th game. Clearing that psychological hurdle might free his mind, but he must also prove he has put behind him his two atrocious performances in last year’s National League Championship Series.

That’s from Elliott’s moronic article. It’s bad enough putting such extreme significance on a “10th win” – but if you look at Billingsley’s stretch of games, he was extemely unlucky in at least two of them (the Marquis CG and Broxton’s meltdown with a 4 run lead). He pitched like an ace in both of those.

The second part is just tired. He lost twice to the eventual World Champs. OH NO! What a horrible pitcher!!! He proved this year that he can handle the Phillies with his dominant 7 inning start in May.

by silverwidow on Jul 26, 2009 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I read the Elliot article, and was disappointed as you alluded. I have not read the Plaschke, and don’t plan to. No need to increase my blood pressure :)

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