Casey At The Bat Has A Better Ending For Dodgers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 :)

by Eric Stephen on Jul 26, 2009 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions

+1

I’d raher just read neither of them. ;-)

by Brendan Scolari on Jul 26, 2009 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions

what a

idiot

by matthewmafa on Jul 26, 2009 12:32 AM PDT up 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	$6,000,000
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			$112,162,432
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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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