Dodgers Packed Bats Too Early For Upcoming Road Trip
by Eric Stephen on Jun 13, 2010 9:52 AM PDT
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PrintIt's hard to complain about what to this point has been a very successful homestand, but the Dodgers offensively have been, well, offensive. The club is 8-4 through the first 12 games of a 13-game homestand, their longest of the season, but the offense has been largely nonexistent. In 12 games, the Dodgers have scored 43 runs, an average of just 3.58 per game, while hitting a paltry .255/.316/.373. The club has scored three runs or fewer in 11 of their last 19 games, although they did manage to win three of those games, all 1-0 wins on this homestand. The Dodgers have won their last 11 games, and 20 of their last 21, in which they have scored four or more runs.
Carlos Monasterios deserves some offensive support in what will be his last start for some time. With the pending return of Vicente Padilla, who will make a rehab start today for Triple A Albuquerque in Oklahoma City, Monasterios will likely return to his role as the long man in the bullpen as soon as next weekend in Boston. Monasterios has pitched well in his unexpected role, allowing eight runs (six earned) in 20 innings as a starter, and the Dodgers have won all four games.
However, while Monasterios has a 2.27 ERA, he has been the beneficiary of balls managing to find gloves at an extraordinary rate. On the season, his opponents' batting average on balls in play is .215, lower than everyone on the staff besides Hong-Chih Kuo (.206), leading to a high FIP of 5.03 and x-FIP of 5.24. He managed to win his last start without striking a batter out, and has gone 31 consecutive batters without sending someone walking from the batter's box back to the dugout.
Jered Weaver, meanwhile, has been striking people out, at a career-high clip of 9.81 per nine innings. On the season, Weaver is 5-3 with a 3.20 ERA, 3.17 FIP, and 3.46 x-FIP, all career highs.
Matt Kemp is out of the lineup today, using today and tomorrow's scheduled off day to take a "mind break," per manager Joe Torre. Kemp had started 86 games in a row. The lineup:
- Furcal SS
- Martin C
- Ethier RF
- Manny LF
- Loney 1B
- Belliard 3B
- Johnson CF
- DeWitt 2B
- Monasterios P
Padilla will join the team in Cincinnati, and meet with Torre and the staff on Tuesday. He is scheduled to throw a bullpen, and if he is fully healthy, Padilla will start Saturday in Boston.
Game Time: 1:10 p.m
TV: Prime Ticket
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Two home runs in two games:)
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Jun 13, 2010 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Anyone know the record Ks to start a career without issuing a walk?
by CarolinaDodger on Jun 13, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
BR gave me nothing
I guess he’s the first to start his career with 18 Ks no walks
by Julio Nievas on Jun 13, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Yahoo game recap of the WAS game gave me the answer. Cincinnati’s Johnny Cueto struck out 22 before his first walk in 2008. Strasburg’s 19Ks is second.
by CarolinaDodger on Jun 13, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
86 straight starts snapped
Dodgers lineup (rest for Kemp): Furcal SS Martin C Ethier RF Manny LF Loney 1B Belliard 3B Johnson CF DeWitt 2B Monasterios P
by Eric Stephen on Jun 13, 2010 11:03 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
fantastically lucky timing
and totally sick goal. wowwwwww
They say to never hit a man with a closed fist. But it is, on occasion, hilarious.
The pass by Phillip Lahm
Very precise, man that was awesome
by Julio Nievas on Jun 13, 2010 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Angels Lineup
Aybar, E, SS
Izturis, M, 3B
Abreu, B, RF
Hunter, T, CF
Matsui, H, LF
Kendrick, H, 2B
Napoli, M, C
Quinlan, R, 1B
Kazmir, S, P
The “Most Interesting Man In The World” is throwing out the first pitch today, but unless it’s a Dos Equis commercial they can’t use that phrase.
I don't always throw baseballs, but when I do, it's on the mound at Dodger Stadium
Play baseball my friends
by 68elcamino427 on Jun 13, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
If you through out the first pitch it would be the most exciting moment of your life. For him, it’s a Sunday.
by regfairfield on Jun 13, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Not a ton of news today
in the pregame, but my favorite part of the morning was Casey Blake, knowing he was out of the lineup, jokingly yelling across the clubhouse to Jeff Weaver, telling Jeff to call his brother Jered (starting for the Angels) and “tell him that he dodged a bullet today” with Blake out of the lineup.
Crap
I was hoping Casey Blake would have a big game to make me feel a bit better about He Whom I Shall No Longer Name.
At some point, for your own sanity, you need to move on. The trade will never be undone, and nothing either man does on the field from this point forward makes the trade any better or worse.
by Eric Stephen on Jun 13, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s gymnastics day at Dodger Stadium. Lots of little kids have been tumbling thier little hearts out for 10 minutes on the field.
OT, kind of
I’m going to the UCLA/UCF game today. Should be really cool and crazy go nuts.
They say to never hit a man with a closed fist. But it is, on occasion, hilarious.
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