Kershaw, Wainwright Rematch Hits All The Right Notes
by Eric Stephen on Jun 9, 2010 3:22 PM PDT
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PrintTonight we get a pitching rematch of Game 2 of last year's NLDS, with Clayton Kershaw and Adam Wainwright locking horns again. The game is known for Matt Holliday's gaffe, as he booted a potential game-ending soft liner from James Loney, but in reality Ryan Franklin was the true goat of that game, if there is such a thing.
After Holliday's error, the Dodgers had a runner on second base and two outs, trailing the Cardinals 2-1. St. Louis still had an 86% win expectancy at that point in the game, but Franklin allowed a walk, single, and a walk to the next three batters before Mark Loretta rode into the sunset with his game-winning hit.
But that was then, and this is now, and what we are left with is a matchup of two excellent young pitchers. Wainwright was battered for eight runs in 2 2/3 innings in his first start against the Dodgers in May 2007, but since then he has shut them down:
| Adam Wainwright's Last 5 Starts vs Dodgers | |||||||
| Date | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Game |
| 10/8/09 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | LA 3-2 |
| 8/19/09 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | StL 3-2 |
| 7/28/09 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | StL 10-0 |
| 5/23/08 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | StL 2-1 |
| 8/10/07 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | LA 2-1 |
| Totals | 39 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 1.38 ERA |
Kershaw himself is no slouch, with a 1-0 record and 1.82 ERA in four career starts against the Cardinals. Over his last six starts this season, Kershaw is 4-1 with a 1.58 ERA.
Pevsner A Shot In The Dark
Yesterday, the Dodgers selected Andrew Pevsner, a left-handed pitcher from Johns Hopkins University, in the 16th round. Pevsner went to Agoura High, and made it to the final game of the CIF Southern Section in 2006. Andrew was raised right, among a family of Dodger fans, and was born on October 15, 1988.
That happened to be the date of Game 1 of the 1988 World Series. Andrew's mother went into labor at 2am on October 15, and as the afternoon progressed she wasn't any closer to giving birth. Her gynecologist had tickets to the game, and was "getting antsy," according to David Pevsner, Andrew's father. Eventually Andrew's mom had a C-section and Andrew was born about 3pm. What happened next is best explained by David Pevsner:
My wife’s resting in bed later and Andrew had been taken out by the nurses so she could get some rest. Thrilled and exhausted, I turned on the game…in the bottom of the 8th inning, and as excited as I was, I was crestfallen that my Dodgers were going to go down. I dozed off for a few minutes, when my brother finally called me, apologizing that he’d missed my earlier call. I was glad when he asked to talk to my wife, because out of the corner of my eye I had just seen Mike Davis get a walk, and the Dodgers were still alive! My wife hears my brother mumbling something like "Uh, huh…yeah….oh, really…uh huh…OH MY GOD HE HIT IT OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She sees me jumping around the room and just shakes her head. For a minute there after the game I mused out loud, "Hmmm. Honey, I know you love Andrew as a name and all, but, well, you know….Kirk Gibson Pevsner….that’s not bad, right?" I got "the look", but to this day several of my buddies call Andrew "Kirk" when they see him.
Pevsner was absolutely meant to be a Dodger. Welcome aboard, Kirk Andrew!
Notes
- The Dodgers also drafted outfielder Devon Ethier, bother of Andre, today in the 32nd round, from Gateway Community College in Arizona.
- The Dodgers are 3-1 this season with the opportunity to sweep a three-game series.
- The Dodgers have not swept St. Louis at Dodger Stadium since July 4-6, 1988. The final game of that series is my favorite regular season game I've ever attended, featuring a seven-run seventh inning capped by a tie-breaking grand slam by Franklin Stubbs
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Dodgers Lineup
Furcal SS
Kemp CF
Ethier RF
Ramirez LF
Loney 1B
Blake 3B
DeWitt 2B
Martin C
Kershaw P
Andre's first home run back from the DL today?
He crushed one to center off of Wainwright in Game 2 of the NLCS. I was at that game and remember how sweet that was. Broke up his perfect game.
Micky Hatcher
Dodgers seem to have a thing about having a star player go down and replaced by scrappy guy who comes through. Pierre/Manny last year, Carroll/Furcal this year, but before them all, there was…..Hatcher/Gibson.
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 9, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Cardinals Lineup
Lopez SS
Miles 3B
Pujols 1B
Holliday LF
Ludwick RF
Molina C
Winn CF
Schumaker 2B
Wainwright P
by Alex41592 on Jun 9, 2010 3:47 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Awesome story
can’t make that shit up.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
When I saw Manny
going to right field I felt he was going to snap out of his slump. Three hits tonight.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Bison is the best boyfriend
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20392403,00.html
They say to never hit a man with a closed fist. But it is, on occasion, hilarious.
the photoshopped the SHIT out of her on that cover
She isn’t that thin. Which is, in my opinion, a good thing.
They say to never hit a man with a closed fist. But it is, on occasion, hilarious.
I was quoted as being
6’2 and very Milton Berlish like. Didn’t make it true.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I'd always heard
it was someone telling Berle: “Milton, just show em enough to win”
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
You ever notice that models are getting taller
but their weight never goes above 140. I mean don’t get me wrong, even someone admitting 138 is an improvement, but healthy for that height is closer to 150. Just sayin
Look at that, he hit the f*cking bull! Guy gets a free steak!
Cute story, even if the comments below it make me sick of humankind. :-(
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Heh. Aw. No reading the comments under that People Rhianna story just make
me appreciate this place and DT even more. We’re like an island of relative sanity apparently.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Most comment sections on websites are really scary.
by robotmadeofnails on Jun 9, 2010 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't read them
because I have to drive home. And not kill people.
They say to never hit a man with a closed fist. But it is, on occasion, hilarious.
Most of the comments seem pretty supportive of Rihanna
by Michael White on Jun 9, 2010 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Some were, and I stopped reading after reading the scarier ones
but the worst of them I don’t need to repeat here.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I didn’t read many. Just enough to see what you guys were talking about :)
by Michael White on Jun 9, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
It just makes me glad that I don’t frequent that site.
by robotmadeofnails on Jun 9, 2010 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
For you photog buffs
or who just want to see a cool picture. Check this photo of Strasburg, and the story of how it was shot.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/09/AR2010060905327.html
Cool
I sent that link to my wife. She loves photography
by robotmadeofnails on Jun 9, 2010 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Pretty cool
I feel like it looks like one of those old 3D computer generated images, you know the one Mr. Pitt could never figure out! Heh heh.
WHAMMY!
Game thread
will be up at 6:45, in case I am not around (going to a dinner; should be back around game time)
Gotta love that Gibson story
Everyone has one. For Dodger fans it is a total “where were you” moment.
I was 10 and had been sent to bed cause I had been “naughty” that night and my parents were having none of it. But come the end of the game I hear my dad and my uncle started hootin’ and hollering like they had won the lottery, my dad actually busted into my room, scooped me up, and ran me around the house while screaming his head off. Talk about cementing my love for the Dodgers!
WHAMMY!
Did you guys listen to Karros last night pre-game?
I know the Lakers were on, but at one point he said something to the effect of …
“All those dumb bloggers have been saying that Manny or Ethier are the keys to the line up, but Furcal is CLEARLY the real key…” Not sure what stats he based this comment on, my guess is the ones that he made up in his head.
He went on to say more dumb things, but I was curious what you all thought. Perhaps you already commented this on yesterday’s post, but if so I didn’t see it.
WHAMMY!
Actually
I tend to agree on this point, when Furcal is going, he is especially good at getting things going and he often finds himself up later in the game with men on base and he is very good at driving those runs in.
Maybe
But I think his point was that Furcal out of the lineup was more detrimental than Manny or Ethier. Manny I would agree, but Ethier? Mr. Clutch? That’s sort of hard for me to swallow. But if there are stats to prove otherwise, I’ll bite, of course Karros had none, so his comment = fail.
WHAMMY!
Funny you should say that
When he mentioned “bloggers” it was like he was saying a dirty word. He really did come across as old and bitter. Like does he know how to use a computer? Does he think the interwebs are a mean and scary place full of no-nothing mouth breathers? Who is this guy, Andy Rooney?
WHAMMY!
This idiot even made a point to say that he was prepared to talk about how overrated Strasburg is but after watching that performance, had to change his mind.
Monk will start Sunday. Bills and Ely before him.
by Alex41592 on Jun 9, 2010 4:59 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Anyone else geeked for game 6 of the SC
even if you’re not a hockey fan, listening to Doc Emrick call a game really brings it to life, thank God this game is on NBC and not versus so I can actually watch
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
Posey hit his first ML home run
of course it came against Aaron Harang so maybe it needs an asterisk. ;-)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I got another note from Pevsner's dad
When Andrew was 13 he pitched in the Gold medal game representing Los Angeles in the Maccabi games
Rivals mod
and he’s very reliable, says that he heard from a source that USC is getting hit with a multi-year bowl ban. He said he would bet on it.
Unless they got someone on the inside who admitted he/she knew
about it, I find that hard to believe.
And now Cal will go on a three year Rose Bowl streak!
Jut to rub it in
Look at that, he hit the f*cking bull! Guy gets a free steak!
They would have to field a good team
to do that
by SeanMillerSavior on Jun 9, 2010 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey last years team was good until they weren't
Look at that, he hit the f*cking bull! Guy gets a free steak!
That sums up every year for cal for the last 5 years
Rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
they do have talent, but they don't JUST.WIN.GAMES
Rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
Well they've done better'n UCLA at recruiting, and with USC handicapped...
Look at that, he hit the f*cking bull! Guy gets a free steak!
Vereen is fucking awesome
but do you guys have a QB? Riley graduated, and he wasnt even that good to begin with
by SeanMillerSavior on Jun 9, 2010 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Um off the top of my head
I dunno, but since Rodgers left we’ve had that “we have an amazing redshirt” mantra working
Look at that, he hit the f*cking bull! Guy gets a free steak!
Won't Texas always be going to the Rose Bowl
if they join the Pac 16? I mean it is Texas, and the rest of the conference is not.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Okay so Cal has to hurry on this whole Rose Bowl thing
but it’ll happen!
Look at that, he hit the f*cking bull! Guy gets a free steak!
Agree. Everybody has had their “sources”, and nobody has been right. But, if it is just a 2 year bowl ban and scholarship loss, SC should consider themselves really lucky.
I love when the Whitesox announcer calls a HR by the opposing team
He just mumbles in a whisper
by SeanMillerSavior on Jun 9, 2010 5:23 PM PDT reply actions
huh?
RHP John Ely will be skipped the next time through the rotation. His next start is likely to be at Fenway Park in the interleague series that starts June 18.
Rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
Joe has said he has considered this
It probably would mean another start for Monk and maybe Padilla skips his last rehab start and starts the 3rd game in Cincy.
huge hits and an explosive pace so far in the first period, but still knotted at nil
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
Devon Ethier needs some grooming tips from his brother, and Alex Lambert looks like he’s pooping or being stabbed, not singing a fairly basic song. Loser.
Look at that, he hit the f*cking bull! Guy gets a free steak!
Does Eric know yet that the Glee Finale
was a tribute to Journey? Kind of hard to match Journey against Bohemian Rhapsody.
Yes, my wife loves the show, she watches baseball with me, I watch Glee with her.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
That Finale
was sooooo good. Bohemian Rhapsody mixed with someone giving birth? Amazing!
Look at that, he hit the f*cking bull! Guy gets a free steak!
Heard a funny story today on the radio about Strasburg.
As you know, the park there in D.C. was rocking with the hype prior to the start of the game. Everyone has been commending Strasburg for his maturity and cool head when he’s on the mound, but still, you know there had to be jitters in his stomach.
As he and his pitching coach were walking out of the bullpen, the stadium erupted. They were finally just minutes away from the start of the great Strasburg’s career. The pitching coach then looks at Strasburg and says “Better get used to it . . . they love me here.” He then tipped his hat to the crowd and Strasburg busted up laughing. Ice officially broken.
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