The Dodgers had their chance to make a push last week, facing the leaders in both the division and wild card races. However, they reverted to deadball era tactics, with no offense to speak of, losing five of six to the Padres and Giants, effectively putting a nail in the coffin of the 2010 Dodgers season.
As it stands now, the Dodgers are six and a half games out of the wild card, with four teams ahead of them, with 57 games to play. Barring a miracle, this season is over.
Dodger Batter of the Week: Brad Ausmus had one hit in two at-bats, plus a walk, so he easily wins the award. Rafael Furcal was easily the best hitting regular, and he hit .190/.320/.381. I was tempted to give this award to Ronnie Belliard, who didn't even come to the plate this week once.
Dodger Pitcher of the Week: Chad Billingsley made two starts, and didn't allow a run, so he wins. The pitching was wonderful this week, but when you can't score you can't win.
Week 17 Record: 1-5
11 runs scored (1.83 per game)
19 runs allowed (3.17 per game)
.269 pythagorean winning percentage
Season Record: 54-51
459 runs scored (4.37 per game)
454 runs allowed (4.32 per game)
.505 pythagorean winning percentage (53-52)
Transactions:
- Wednesday: The Dodgers acquired outfielder Scott Podsednik from the Royals for minor leaguers Lucas May (who was on the Dodgers 40-man roster) and Elisaul Pimentel.
- Wednesday: After reliever Justin Miller cleared waivers, he was outrighted to Triple A Albuquerque.
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Thursday: To make room for Podsednik on the active roster, the Dodgers designated reliever Jack Taschner for assignment.
- Saturday: The Dodgers acquired starting pitcher Ted Lilly, infielder Ryan Theriot, and $2.5 million cash from the Cubs for Blake DeWitt and minor league pitchers Brett Wallach and Kyle Smit.
- Saturday: The Dodgers acquired reliever Octavio Dotel and $500,000 cash from the Pirates for James McDonald and minor league outfielder Andrew Lambo.
- Sunday: To make room for Lilly on the active roster, reliever Travis Schlichting was optioned to Triple A Albuquerque.
Game Results:
- Tuesday: Dodgers 2, Padres 0
- Wednesday: Padres 6, Dodgers 1
- Thursday: Padres 3, Dodgers 2
- Friday: Giants 6, Dodgers 5
- Saturday: Giants 2, Dodgers 1
- Sunday: Giants 2, Dodgers 0
Upcoming Week: The Dodgers come back to Dodger Stadium for seven games against the Padres and Nationals.
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
2 vs SD 7:10pm |
3 vs SD 7:10pm |
4 vs SD 7:10pm |
5 vs SD 7:10pm |
6 vs Was 7:10pm |
7 vs Was 7:10pm TBLA Night |
8 vs Was 1:10pm |
Previous Weeks in Review: Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk15 | Wk 16
Week 17 Stats
Player | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SB/CS | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
Furcal | 25 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2/1 | .190/.320/.381 | .701 |
Podsednik | 17 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2/0 | .200/.294/.333 | .627 |
Martin | 17 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | .250/.294/.250 | .544 |
DeWitt | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0/0 | .200/.333/.200 | .533 |
Loney | 24 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | .136/.208/.318 | .527 |
Carroll | 15 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | .214/.267/.214 | .481 |
Blake | 20 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | .056/.150/.222 | .372 |
Ethier | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | .143/.143/.143 | .286 |
Kemp | 20 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | .105/.150/.105 | .255 |
Theriot | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .000/.000/.000 | .000 |
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Ausmus | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | .500/.667/.500 | 1.167 |
Anderson | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .250/.250/.250 | .500 |
Paul | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | .077/.077/.077 | .154 |
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Pitchers | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
0/0 | .111/.273/.111 | .384 |
Totals | 204 | 185 | 11 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 4/3 | .157/.232/.227 | .459 |
Pitcher | G | W-L | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | FIP* |
Billingsley | 2 | 1-0 | -- | 12.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0.00 | 0.711 | 3.20 |
Kershaw | 1 | 0-1 | -- | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2.57 | 1.429 | 1.91 |
Kuroda | 1 | 0-1 | -- | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4.50 | 1.000 | 3.03 |
Padilla | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4.50 | 1.500 | 1.45 |
Monasterios | 1 | 0-1 | -- | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7.20 | 1.400 | 4.60 |
Starters |
6 |
1-3 | -- | 34.2 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 2.86 | 1.096 | 2.91 |
McDonald | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.500 | 2.70 |
Jansen | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 1.20 |
Dotel | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 6.20 |
Taschner | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.000 | 21.20 |
Kuo | 3 | 0-0 | -- | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2.25 | 1.000 | 0.95 |
Broxton | 2 | 0-1 | 1/2 | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 1.500 | 11.45 |
Schlichting | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9.00 | 2.000 | 2.70 |
Sherrill | 2 | 0-1 | -- | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2.000 | 3.20 |
Weaver | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 2.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 3.000 | 9.70 |
Relievers |
6 |
0-2 | 1/2 | 14.2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 12 |
4.91 | 1.568 | 4.56 |
Totals |
6 |
1-5 | 1/2 | 49.1 | 42 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 40 | 3.47 | 1.236 | 3.40 |
*FIP is estimated