Never Fear, Andre Ethier Is Here
by Eric Stephen on Aug 6, 2009 11:10 PM PDT
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PrintAndre Ethier should wear a cape over his number 16 jersey. He played the role of hero yet again tonight, hitting a three-run home run in the ninth inning to give the Dodgers a 5-4 win in the opener of the four-game series with Atlanta.
Eight innings of frustration for the Dodgers, of leaving men on base, of asking Russell Martin to bunt with runners on first and second base with nobody out, of not being able to get Chipper Jones out, all melted away when Ethier drove a 96-mph fastball from Rafael Soriano over the wall in right, turning a 4-2 deficit into yet another walk-off win for the amazing 2009 Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Dodgers now have 11 walk-off wins this season, tops in the major leagues, and Ethier has five of them:
| Date | Opp | Batter | Result |
| April 15 | Giants | Loney | Bases loaded walk |
| May 1 | Padres | Martin | Bases loaded walk |
| May 2 | Padres | Ethier | RBI single |
| May 18 | Mets | Hudson |
Reached on E3 |
| May 23 | Angels | Pierre | Bases loaded walk |
| June 5 | Phillies | Ethier | 2-run double |
| June 6 | Phillies | Ethier | Home run |
| June 16 | A's | Kemp | RBI single |
| June 29 | Rockies | Ethier | Home run |
| July 25 | Marlins | Blake | RBI single |
| Tonight |
Braves | Ethier | 3-run home run |
Tonight was the best no-decision of the year for Randy Wolf, who now has 13 of them.
There were a couple of other milestones tonight as well:
- Orlando Hudson got his 1,000th career hit with a single in the fourth inning off Derek Lowe
- Randy Wolf stole his first career base, when he swiped second off Lowe in the fourth as well
- Hong-Chih Kuo actually allowed a baserunner, his first unintentional one in 5.2 scoreless innings since returning from the disabled list. Kuo struck out two tonight, and has recorded eight of his last 17 outs via punchout
After Ethier hit the home run, Vin Scully didn't speak for 45 seconds, letting the game speak for itself. Sometimes, less is more.
Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times reported a flurry of upcoming potential roster moves for the Dodgers: Tony Abreu called up Friday, Ronald Belisario soon after, and Eric Stults perhaps by Monday to start in place of Jason Schmidt.
Chad Billingsley faces Jair Jurrjens tomorrow night in a rematch of Sunday night's contest in Atlanta.
WP - Scott Elbert (2-0): 0.1 IP, 1 strikeout
LP - Rafael Soriano (1-3): 0 IP, 3 hits, 3 runs
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Forgot something Eric...
Ethier’s 5 walk-off hits is best in the majors. ;)
Nonetheless, nicely said, good sir.
Help is on the way, even better.
Certainly this well end a good night.
The Dodgers are now 1-0 in games
in which Randy Wolf steals a base for them!
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
by Ollie on Aug 6, 2009 11:51 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
wait was this just confirmed, or are we saying down the line
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
Dylan Hernandez has all the info
Abreu is getting called-up (he didn’t play today), Stults was pulled from his start (he was giving teammates fist bumps and waved at manager Tim Wallach), and Belisario finished up his last rehab start.
ah fantastic, I'm actually excited to see Abreu again
and i while I would have liked to see Elbert get a start, jmac and scotty should be well served starting down in AAA, plus im sure we’ll see them in september again.
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
They always write it that way, since most of their readers actually are reading it Friday.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Hernandez has the callup info, but we are speculating on the ones sent down and/or DL’d / DFA’d.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 12:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t even think I could hit 65 mph! :)
by Eric Stephen on Aug 7, 2009 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions
at least this means
elbert and mcdonald can go down to AAA and start some games every 5 days
i missed most of the game do to computer troubles
but im happy as hell i tuned in for the end… :)
bills vs jurjens tomorrow bills ftw!!
thats fantastic
“and now they’re gonna beat him to a pulp”
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
Apon watching the Andre highlight again I noticed a few weird things
The ball boy sits on the outside of the circle waiting to mob Dre, and seemingly proceeds to rip Andres helmet off and run back to the dugout with it really quickly…is this to make sure the Helmet isnt broken in the mob or something? or So Andre can wear it again because its “lucky”
Also, a Braves fan can be seen high fiving people in the stands after the home run..
and finally in the x-mo slo-mo, a guy sitting off to the left of the plate in dugout seats (just toward 1st base) literally sits with his legs crossed and does not move an inch as Andre cracks it to right field, bizarre…
http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200908065961485
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
actually you only see the guy thats still as a statue on the first replay, not the x-mo
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
Stults thank god
a 5th starter with a pulse will be nice. If Stults is healthy he’ll get the job done.
Torre said he still wanted to talk to [Schmidt] about how his surgically repaired shoulder felt before making that official.
Yup, here come’s the transaction sending Schmidt to the DL for the rest of the year followed by the, “his arm just wasn’t right. We appreciate all he’s done but we had to shut him down for the year” speech.
Unsourced quote
“Schmidt would have been fine, except after his win in Atlanta so many teammates were patting him on the back that his surgically repaired shoulder simply couldn’t take the pressure.”
Congrats Dodger fans
You have a helluva team. And you mightve put the Braves out of the playoffs after that win last night.
Talk about a f’ing letdown.
7/24/2009 - "The Phillies are too far ahead in the NL East for the Braves to make a run." - Buster Olney
REMEMBER THAT BOYS.
Does Wolf lead all of ML baseball in no-decisions this season?
Anybody have the precise answer for this? He sure has been piling them up lately…
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