Lilly Looks For Rebound Against Giants
by Eric Stephen on Sep 4, 2010 2:30 PM PDT
in Dodgers Game Previews
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PrintTed Lilly takes the mound tonight in a position he has never been in, following a loss as a Dodger. The seven runs he gave up Sunday in Colorado were the most he had given up since giving up seven to the Dodgers on July 9. As a Dodger, Ted Lilly is 3-0 at home, allowing four runs in 22 innings, a 1.64 ERA, with two walks and 22 strikeouts.
The Giants counter with Matt Cain, who in his last start against the Dodgers got the monkey off his back, winning for the first time against LA in 15 career starts. In his last four starts at Dodger Stadium, dating back to 2008, Cain has allowed just four runs (three earned) in 24 2/3 innings, a 1.09 ERA.
The Dodgers are 20-14 when they start a left-handed pitcher this season, which are all starts by Lilly and Clayton Kershaw. The Giants are 19-17 against southpaw starters this season. San Francisco this season has hit .264/.334/.434 against lefties this season, compared to .257/.319/.385 against right-handers.
The Dodgers have hit a home run in 10 of their last 12 games, and during that span have 14 big flies. Before that stretch, the Dodgers had 14 home runs in 30 games, dating back to just after the All-Star break.
Last season, the Dodgers accomplished the rare feat of having eight players have 50 or more walks, and thanks to you readers Think Cure got over $1,000 in donations because of it. By September 5, seven players reached the plateau. But this season, the Dodgers don't have a single player yet with 50 walks. Jamey Carroll leads the way with 49 walks, and the Dodgers do have six players with 40 walks, but it's not quite last year. However, the walks haven't completely went away; they've just been spread around more players. Last season the Dodgers walked in 9.5% of their plate appearances, and this season they have walked in 8.9% of their PA. It's a decrease, but not quite a plummet.
Notes
- Rod Barajas, who was hit on his left elbow by a pitch last night, is fine today. Joe Torre said he has full range of motion, and is in tonight's lineup, his fifth straight start
- Torre said Matt Kemp and Ryan Theriot were out of the lineup tonight more because he just wanted to give Jay Gibbons and Jamey Carroll (at second base) a start
- Hong-Chih Kuo is available tonight "if it makes sense to use him," per Torre. Kuo, who only threw 13 pitches last night, has been used on back-to-back days twice this year, and in each case he has only faced one batter in the second outing.
- Vicente Padilla threw a bullpen session yesterday, and he is ready to make his scheduled start Monday night in San Diego.
- The Dodgers added a fireworks night, during the last homestand of the season, on Friday, October 1 against after the game against Arizona. Fans are invited on the outfield grass after the game to watch the fireworks.
Lineups
| Giants | Dodgers | |||
| CF | Rowand | CF | Podsednik |
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| 2B | Sanchez | SS | Furcal | |
| 1B | Huff | RF | Ethier | |
| C | Posey | 1B | Loney | |
| RF | Guillen | 3B | Blake |
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| LF | Ross | LF | Gibbons |
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| 3B | Uribe |
2B | Carroll |
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| SS | Renteria |
C | Barajas |
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| P | Cain | P | Lilly |
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Game Time: 7:10 p.m.
TV: Prime Ticket
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You think too small
try 27 game win streak
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
Dodgers Lineup
Podsednik CF
Furcal SS
Ethier RF
Loney 1B
Blake 3B
Gibbons LF
Carroll 2B
Barajas C
Lilly P
by Alex41592 on Sep 4, 2010 3:00 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
The lefty brigade!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Lets cain cain for the umpteenth billion time.
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
Yo 4Down, package arrived as schedule today. Thanks mucho much again. The poster is so big! It’s definitely a one sheet. I always thought they’d be mini posters.
Very glad to hear it :)
And definitely not a problem.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Yeah, that's totally something a sane person would do
backs up slowly
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
That Ken Gurnick, he's always right on the ball
He tweeted just now
@kengurnick Rafael Furcal is activated and starting at shortstop for the Dodgers tonight.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Okay, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
It just cracked me up. At least he used twitter more lately than he had at first. For awhile it was like an inactive account.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Giants Lineup
Rowand CF
Sanchez 2B
Huff 1B
Posey C
Guillen RF
Ross LF
Uribe 3B
Renteria SS
Cain P
by Alex41592 on Sep 4, 2010 3:48 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Rosenthal
•The Marlins want their next manager to have a “more dynamic personality” than Gonzalez. Rosenthal names Bobby Valentine, who says he doesn’t know what happened previously with Florida or what will happen in the future, Jim Fregosi, Wally Backman, and Larry Bowa as candidates.
empahsis mine
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
That made me laugh out loud when I saw that earlier
Surely (or Shirley), they can’t be serious.
If that happened, I would feel very sorry for Marlins fans. And players.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
over under on how many games before he gets into it with Hanley Ramirez?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 4, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
-12
(going backwards into spring training)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
CarGo is really good
Laser for a double to drive in two runs off Gregerson. Worked an 0-2 count to 3-2 with a bunch of foul balls. 3rd hit on the day. Makin a late run at MVP.
Guy is on his third organization. I think of guys like him when I get frustrated with Kemp. It just takes some players awhile longer than others to reach their potential. I just hope it doent take a change of scenery for Kemp like it apparently has for CarGo.
In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened
Is it too early......
For a…….
Suck it Pandouche!!!!!!!!
by Skunkburner on Sep 4, 2010 4:12 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Padres sucking right now
that makes it more important for Blue to do well tonight… how come the Rockies are having an “in it to win” streak, and we aren’t? tantrum foot stomp.
It's crazy because I think we are now further back in the WC than the division
I knew the Padres would eventually be the Padres, it just took this long for it to happen, haha.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
these are the Padres that I know and love
just too bad we had to suck for the last two months.
Adam Morrison has more rings than Lebron, Bosh, and Wade combined?
Colrado helping everyone
He just doubled probably putting the game out of reach for the Pads. In a recent interview with Billy Bean on A’s talk, Bean admitted that they may have pulled the trigger too soon on him. They had been following him when he was in Arizona.
With some of Kemp’s faults and obviously some bad luck this year, CF’s who hit 22 plus HR and have over 23 DBL’s do not grow on trees.
Going forward into next year would love to see a great outfielder who had good reads to the ball come in and help him out. Don’t know who that is, but would love to see that.
Oh fuck you Fox
going with a pan and scan for their SD broadcast rather than the letterbox treatment. Score is cut off!
does CarGo have a shot at NL MVP?
Adam Morrison has more rings than Lebron, Bosh, and Wade combined?
So no?
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
Greatest game on the planet?
Right, cause baseball has an event comparable to the World Cup, you flat footed codwaller.
they said greatest
not most popular, put the gun down Josie
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 4, 2010 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I know!
but are you gonna argue that despite the rest of the planet not giving two poops about the MLB regular season, MLB is somehow the greatest game on the planet?
no
just baseball. ;)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 4, 2010 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Oy gavolt
I think I just made that word up, anyhow, the argument per the deeped voice one was that because of pennant races, baseball was the greatest game on the planet.
I’m saying that following his initial thought, I actually prefer soccers point system and the races it inspires, as do many others in many countries, therefore I’d argue English Premier League soccer the greatest game on the planet by that metric, but if it’s just baseball versus soccer I’d say baseball is the greatest game in America, while soccer is the greatest game on the planet.
I just exhausted way too many words on that, and may god curse those who caused me to rant such : )
Who’s the bigger bust? Leinart or JaMarcus?
Leinart had the Heisman, the USC/pro system background, wasn’t drafted by the Raiders,
People don't think it be like this, but it do.
Last season the Dodgers walked in 9.5% of their plate appearances, and this season they have walked in 8.9% of their PA. It’s a decrease, but not quite a plummet.
In what % of their PA does an average team walk? The Dodgers have declined almost, what, 6%? How many more wins would they have had if they’d just walked at the same rate?
The Omar Moreno of this blog
Excellent question
I didn’t put any context.
2010 NL & MLB: BB in 8.5% of PA
2009 MLB: BB in 8.9% of PA
2009 NL: BB in 9.0% of PA
Walks this year down across the board. maybe not surprising in the yr of the pitcher.
Last year they were way above avg walkers: what 12% or so? This yr slightly below avg. That seems pretty precipitous to me.
The Omar Moreno of this blog
Man I wish I was there
I for one go to games just to watch Joe West umpire.
The Omar Moreno of this blog
guess that means
it’ll be a quick game
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 4, 2010 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions
So.... he basically gets to keep his job, salary, and not face any more criticism?
#
# Mets general manager Omar Minaya is telling friends that he knows his time is running out. The Mets are likely to move Minaya to a scouting role and promote assistant GM John Ricco. However, if they go outside the organization, some names to remember are former Rangers and Indians GM John Hart, and Dan Jennings, a longstanding Marlins executive.
via MLBTR
Rod Barajas has 3 hits this season in 18 at-bats against the Giants, and all 3 hits are home runs (2 with Mets, 1 with Dodgers)
we have chosen
wisely
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 4, 2010 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
This much closer to a Barajas jersey.
by Alex41592 on Sep 4, 2010 6:20 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Here I have to defend my Bears against a hoard of Trojans and Bruins. On the Cal board I have to defend my Dodger against a hoard of Giants and Athletics. It never ends.
Where I watched most of the UCLA game today, there were also a ton of Cal people getting a little too excited about their game against UC Davis. :)
Prince more than doubled his passing yardage output on their near-tying drive (56 yds before, 64 yds on drive). Brutal day for him. 9-for-26 with 2 picks.
That's what they said about Kevin Craft.
Okay, they didn’t say that about kevin Craft. He just called him a mother fucker.
I was thinking that too
On the plays he looked good, the receivers dropped passes. Otherwise he was bad. But you’re right, it could have been batter.
Call ups on the way?
Round Rock scores 3 in the 6th now up 5-0. If ALBQ loses tonight, Oklahoma City wins and the Sunday and Monday games for ALBQ are meaningless.
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