Ely Mania Reaches Lucky Start Number Seven
by Eric Stephen on Jun 1, 2010 4:00 PM PDT
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John Ely makes his seventh career start tonight, and the first time he has faced an opponent for a second time as the Dodgers host Arizona in the second game of their series at Dodger Stadium. Ely got his first career win on May 11 in Arizona against Dan Haren and the Diamondbacks. Here's a look at the seventh career starts of several young Dodgers, from Fernandomania to ElyMania:
| Recent LA Dodgers 7th Career Starts | |||||||||
| Name | Date | Opp | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec |
| Fernando Valenzuela |
5/8/81 | NYM | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | W |
| Orel Hershiser | 7/24/84 | Atl | 8.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | L |
| Tim Belcher | 4/28/88 | ChC | 5.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | L |
| Ramon Martinez | 6/5/89 | Atl | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | W |
| Pedro Astacio | 9/12/92 | SF | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | W |
| Hideo Nomo | 6/2/95 | NYM | 8.0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | W |
| Ismael Valdes | 6/6/95 | Mon | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | W |
| Chan Ho Park | 5/8/96 | Cin | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | L |
| Eric Gagne | 4/21/00 | Cin | 4.1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ND |
| Chad Billingsley | 7/18/06 | Ari | 7.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | W |
| Clayton Kershaw | 6/26/08 | CWS | 4.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | L |
Haren has struggled of late. He has the highest home run rate in major league baseball, at 1.95 homers per nine innings. However, an extraordinarily high number of his flyballs -- 18.4% -- have turned into homers, compared to 11.2% for his career. Haren has allowed four home runs in each of last two starts, making him only the fourth pitcher since 1952 to do so:
| Giving Up 4+ HR in Consecutive Games | ||
| Pitcher | Team | Year |
| Pedro Martinez | Bos | 1998 |
| Aaron Harang | Cin | 2004 |
| Carl Pavano | Cle | 2009 |
| Dan Haren | Ari | 2010 |
| since 1952 | ||
Lineups
| Diamondbacks | Dodgers | |||
| 2B | Johnson | SS | Furcal | |
| SS | Drew |
CF | Kemp | |
| RF | Upton | RF | Ethier | |
| 1B | LaRoche | LF | Manny | |
| CF | Young | 1B | Loney | |
| 3B | Ryal |
3B | Blake | |
| LF | Jackson | C | Martin | |
| C | Snyder | 2B | Carroll |
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| P | Haren | P | Ely |
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For those outside of Los Angeles, tomorrow's series finale with Arizona will be simulcast on MLB Network, with Vin Scully's call of the game.
Be sure to check out the minor league stats for May, compiled by Coolguy_88888888; both hitting and pitching.
Xeifrank's simulation of today's game is here.
Game Time: 7:10pm
TV: KCAL
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Dodgers lineup
Furcal SS
Kemp CF
Ethier RF
Ramirez LF
Loney 1B
Blake 3B
Martin C
Carroll 2B
Ely P
DeWitt is 0 for 10 with 5 K off Haren, and I would bet that’s why Torre is sitting him. This is Haren’s third time around vs the Dodgers this year, and the 2B starters have been Carroll-Belliard-Carroll
I assume Reynolds left injury from last night is keeping him out?
He actually did not whiff against Ely last time.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Yes
it sounds like it is a quad injury, but that was based on a speculation from Steve Gilbert (MLB.com writer) last night, as the injury happened
I believe I was in NYC
watching Nomo’s seventh start on TV with my friend’s gay uncle, a Rangers fan curious about Nomo’s delivery. He kept switching between the game and public access (!) gay porn. That was, um, uncomfortable.
by mochemin on Jun 1, 2010 4:13 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I'm assuming
He means seventh start as a Met (or at least that you do), in which case yea, Piazza was catching Nomo that day.
Thought this line was funny
from Marlins’ beat writer Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald:
Based on empty seats, looks like #Marlins sold more tickets to Saturday’s Halladay game today than they did to tonight’s game with #Brewers
Mark Buehrle is a great human:
It’s an hour before his start and Mark Buehrle is blasting Joe West’s country music CD in the clubhouse. Classic.
The work that the guys do on here with the Monor League recaps
is awesome. I don’t know every person that contributes, so I won’t name anyone because I don’t want to be the ass that leaves someone out. You know who you are I want to thank you for all that work.
It is appreciated.
Dontrelle to AZ complete
I have no idea about the money though. From Nick Piecoro / AZ Republic:
it’s about to be announced: dontrelle for billy buckner
Think Cure auction starts in a week
and will run from June 8-14. Some of these items are awesome:
For the first time ever, several once-in-a-lifetime Dodger experiences have been added to the auction, including an opportunity to shag fly balls during Dodger batting practice, a batting lesson with Dodger hitting coach Don Mattingly, the chance to sit in the broadcast booth for an inning alongside Hall of Famer Jaime Jarrin and Dodger legend Fernando Valenzuela and the chance to stand on the field alongside the Dodgers during the National Anthem at a 2010 home game.
Other unique first-time auction items include an Italian dinner with Tommy Lasorda, a meet and greet with Dodger Manager Joe Torre, the opportunity to drag the field as part of the Dodgers’ ground crew, a one-inning visit to the radio booth with Rick Monday and Charley Steiner, the chance to be a Dodger photographer for a game and two baseballs signed by Sandy Koufax.
Among the most popular items last year that will be back again in 2010 include a visit with Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully in his broadcast booth, a 2011 Dodgers Spring Training trip and the chance to throw out the first pitch at a Dodger game, as well as autographed Dodger memorabilia and gift certificates to local restaurants.
In addition, fans can bid on a Fender guitar signed by Slash, a ride on a Los Angeles Fire Department fire boat, in-studio experiences at KABC, KCAL and KLOS, a set visit with PRIME TICKET, tickets to a movie premiere and numerous CDs and DVDs. The KCAL experience includes a meet and greet with the Los Angeles Dodgers’ all-time leading home run hitter, Eric Karros.
Here are a few of the ones they did not mention
Smell beer fumes and buddy up with Dodger beer vendor Lou Davidson and sell beer to drunk fans in the left field pavillion all day.
Break up fights in the stands and bust rowdy tailgaters in the parking lot before the game with the Dodgers crack squad of security gaurds.
Dawn a bright orange jacket and help navigate Dodger fans out of the parking lot from the 7th inning on, while helping direct parking lot traffic with Dodger traffic engineers.
Bring a can of bug spray and cozy up next to Dodger blogger Eric Stephen for an exciting evening of Dodger blog commenting from his mom’s basement.
The Cubs are running a sweet ass lineup out there tonight.
Colvin hitting clean up.
No D Lee, M Byrd, or A Ramirez
In fairness
Not having Ramirez in there, or Lee (until the Dodger series anyway) would be an upgrade given how they’ve played so far.
Cole Hamels
gave up a 3 run bomb to Glaus in the first, Phillies went down in order in the top of 1, at least 3-0 Braves in the first inning.
Jair Jurrjens
just began a rehab assignment. They get him back and effective, they will be tough in the East.
You do have to wonder about how long they can maintain this pace. Although, they are getting virtually nothing from Larry Jones, Nate McClouth and Brian McCann. If they get hot, watch out.
I hope they aren’t counting on a healthy and effective Jurrjens for the remainder of this season. Between the hammy and bum arm/shoulder I wouldn’t expect much from him. Kris Medlan is putting up some very nice numbers in his place. It would almost be a shame to bump him out of the rotation with Jurr.
Is Eric Hinske the reason for their great play?
He has played in the last 3 World Series for 3 different teams.
07- Boston
08- TB
09- NYY
Freakin rabbits foot!
This could be a big test for Ely. Second time around for the same team. And a good hitting team at that.
A lot of people were saying that about Ely
in the sense that the league will eventually catch up to him. When they get another look or 2. I said it for sure. It will be interesting to see if they catch up.
Or will they find out that John Ely is the greatest pitcher in the league not named Ubaldo! :-)
I actually think he will be fine. To me the reason he is haven’t success, is because he changes location and speed. What are they going to catch up too? They might be more aggressive, and if he has an off day he could get hammered. But I don’t really see what seeing him multiple times would do. Maybe they see the ball better, or have a better idea of the speed of his pitches. I could be totally wrong though. I really just brought it up because it has been mentioned so many times. We’ll get our first taste of Ely round 2 tonight.
Fred Lewis
Hit his league-leading 19th double of the season tonight, in just his 40th game with Toronto.
He also homered.
I just heard a Sportcenter update on ESPN radio...
they mentioned the Dbacks trading for Willis and ended the point by saying “the Diamondbacks are currently 7 1/2 games out of 4th place in the NL West.”
That is awesome!
Definitely
Why would they need Haren now that they’ve got D-Train?
Caption under Ely above
Is that supposed to say Dan Haren? More like “Ely reveals the Phantom behind a real starting pitcher.”
I watched that Fernando game
over margaritas at a Mexican Restaurant in Pasadena. That was a great time to be a Dodger fan
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
That was quick
A.J. Hinch says Dontrelle is starting this weekend, likely Saturday, per Nick Piecoro.
Is that where Rodrigo Lopez
would be starting next? He may be getting an extra day after all the pitches he threw last night.
I'm still confused about so much from yesterday's game
But nothing more so than the losing pitcher pointing back at Blake after the balk. It was as if he was saying, “No, you’re off the bag!” He was probably just in shock, but that makes me laugh more than any of the other craziness that occurred up until that point.
Viewing from home, we were sure The Beard was yelling inciting phrases in spanish.
by 68elcamino427 on Jun 1, 2010 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions
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