Dodgers Week 22 In Review: Getting Punked At Home
by Eric Stephen on Sep 6, 2010 7:00 AM PDT
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PrintThe Dodgers played the top two teams in the NL Wild Card race last week, and they lost both series. In fact, now both teams, the Phillies and Giants, are closer to their division leads thanks to playing the Dodgers. In each of the Dodgers' last three series, they have won the opening game and lost the next two games.
Stop me if you've heard this before, but the Dodgers got good starting pitching -- outside of one start by Carlos Monasterios -- but inconsistent offense and as a result dropped four of six games on the week.
The Dodgers actually only had five different people drive in runs during the week, and Scott Podsednik did not set any tables, finishing the week with one hit in 18 at-bats. Ending the week at one game over .500, the Dodgers' march toward the middle goes on.
Dodger Batter of the Week: The much-mailgned men on the corners split the award, as James Loney and Casey Blake each had stellar weeks. Loney hit .313/.476/.563, while Blake hit .421/.500/.526 for the week. Honorable mention goes to Rod Barajas, who popped two home runs and caught 100% of the innings this week.
Dodger Pitcher of the Week: Hiroki Kuroda was the only Dodger starter to pitch twice this week, and he was also the best, allowing just three runs total in his two games, in nearly 16 innings. He took a no-hitter into the eighth on Monday against the Phillies. Honorable mention goes to Chad Billingsley, who shut down the Giants on Friday night, allowing two unearned runs in his eight innings.
Week 22 Record: 2-4
16 runs scored (2.67 per game)
23 runs allowed (3.83 per game)
.340 pythagorean winning percentage
Season Record: 69-68
587 runs scored (4.28 per game)
585 runs allowed (4.27 per game)
.502 pythagorean winning percentage (69-68)
Transactions:
- Monday: Manny Ramirez was claimed off waivers by the White Sox. To take his place on the roster, the Dodgers recalled reliever Ramon Troncoso from Triple A Albuquerque
- Friday: Catcher A.J. Ellis was recalled from Triple A Albuquerque, and Rafael Furcal and Vicente Padilla were reinstated from the disabled list
- Sunday: These moves won't take place until Monday, but the Dodgers will recall John Ely, Jon Link, and Chin-Lung Hu, and purchase the contracts of John Lindsey and Russ Mitchell. Another move will need to be made to make room on the 40-man roster, which will likely be the transfer of Russell Martin to the 60-day disabled list.
Game Results:
- Monday: Dodgers 3, Phillies 0
- Tuesday: Phillies 8, Dodgers 4
- Wednesday: Phillies 5, Dodgers 1
- Friday: Dodgers 4, Giants 2
- Saturday: Giants 5, Dodgers 4
- Sunday: Giants 3, Dodgers 0
Upcoming Week: The Dodgers start a 10-game road trip with trips to San Diego and Houston.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| 6 at SD 7:05pm |
7 at SD 7:05pm |
8 at SD 7:05pm |
9 at Hou 5:05pm |
10 at Hou 5:05pm |
11 at Hou 4:05pm |
12 at Hou 11:05pm |
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 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Wk 20 | Wk 21
Week 22 Stats
| Player | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SB/CS | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
| Loney | 21 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0/0 | .313/.476/.563 | 1.039 |
| Blake | 22 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0/0 | .421/.500/.526 | 1.026 |
| Barajas | 21 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0/0 | .222/.333/.556 | .889 |
| Carroll | 19 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | .389/.421/.444 | .865 |
| Theriot | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0/0 | .250/.400/.250 | .650 |
| Ethier | 24 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | .174/.208/.217 | .426 |
| Furcal | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | .125/.222/.125 | .347 |
| Kemp | 21 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | .150/.190/.150 | .340 |
| Podsednik | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .056/.056/.111 | .167 |
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| Gibbons | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0/0 | .200/.200/.800 | 1.000 |
| Belliard | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .125/.125/.250 | .375 |
| Johnson | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .000/.000/.000 | .000 |
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| Pitchers | 15 | 13 | 0 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .231/.231/.231 | .462 |
| Totals | 206 | 185 | 16 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1/1 | .222/.291/.324 | .615 |
| Pitcher | G | W-L | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | FIP* |
| Billingsley | 1 | 1-0 | -- | 8.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0.00 | 0.500 | 2.20 |
| Kuroda | 2 | 1-1 | -- | 15.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 1.72 | 0.766 | 2.88 |
| Lilly | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2.57 | 0.714 | 5.77 |
| Kershaw | 1 | 0-1 | -- | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 3.00 | 1.167 | 4.87 |
| Monasterios | 1 | 0-1 | -- | 2.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22.50 | 3.000 | 11.70 |
| Starters | 6 |
2-3 | -- | 38.2 | 22 |
14 | 12 | 12 | 41 | 2.79 | 0.879 | 4.03 |
| Weaver | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 6.20 |
| Kuo | 4 | 0-0 | 2 | 3.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 0.545 | 3.20 |
| Troncoso | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | 1.000 | 6.87 |
| Belisario | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 2.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.86 | 0.857 | 2.34 |
| Dotel | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6.75 | 3.000 | 17.45 |
| Broxton | 2 | 0-1 | 0/1 | 2.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7.71 | 2.143 | 4.49 |
| Jansen | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9.00 | 3.000 | 5.20 |
| Sherrill | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 0.2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 27.00 | 4.500 | 12.20 |
| Relievers | 6 |
0-1 | 2/3 | 15.1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
5.28 | 1.500 | 5.94 |
| Totals | 6 |
2-4 | 2/3 | 54.0 | 35 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 40 | 3.50 | 1.056 | 4.57 |
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new story
http://www.truebluela.com/2010/9/6/1671093/dodgers-week-22-in-review-getting
by Eric Stephen on Sep 6, 2010 7:52 AM PDT reply actions
Don’t you mean new post not story… this is the same ol’ story every week since the All Star break.
by Jesse S. on Sep 6, 2010 8:17 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Torre said that Martin likely won’t need surgery.
by Bob Timmermann on Sep 6, 2010 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Payroll worksheet
thanks for adding the callups…the only thing i think that needs to be updated now is Casto’s salay since he was outrighted a while back.
Yeah, I will change it. At the time I kept his salary the same because he was supposed to be called back up within the 10-day DFA period, but of course that didn’t happen.
oh yeah that would have made sense
but now that he’s MIA, hopefully we’ve seen the last of him!
by Brandon Lennox on Sep 6, 2010 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions
once Martin was moved to the 60 day DL
When the Dodgers did their callups they only had 1 spot available on their 40 man roster, if Martin is moved to the 60 day, what happened with the other spot?
Mce hasn't happened yet
Will happen today
Only need to add Lindsey & Mitchell to the 40-man. They has one open spot and Martin to the 60-day (or whatever move they make) creates the other spot
by Eric Stephen on Sep 6, 2010 10:45 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Thought after martin moved it was only one spot
Thanks Eric.
What, you don’t like more walks than strikeouts from the bullpen?
by Eric Stephen on Sep 6, 2010 11:47 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Is it the offseason yet?
It’s going to be a looooonnnnnng off season, so might as well get started on it early! :-/
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 for one am supplementing my baseball bummers with a league leading Galaxy team, an opening week win for my Cal Bears, hope springing eternal for my adopted Chargers, and a casual interest in Tiger Woods getting his shit together.
by Josie Becker on Sep 6, 2010 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Well done
I’m looking forward to football season, too, tho I don’t have a college team to root for per se (since both my alma maters don’t even have teams), but grew up rooting for UCLA and like Cal, too, and will just enjoy watching games. I’d like the Dodgers to play more of the call ups to give them a looksy, at least makeit more interesting for us, even if maybe not for the more relevant games.
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’m with you, it’s definitely time for Torre to start future planning, but I don’t see that happening ’til the playoffs are Mathematically possible, and with the way the Padres have been playing, that might not happen til the last week of September.
Personally, I’m giving the Dodgers ‘til the House season premier, then I’ll probably be done with watching them in prime time.
by Josie Becker on Sep 6, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Lindsey
I don’t want to make it more than it is, but the Lindsey callup is probably one of the best things this organization has done this season. Overall, it is just a blip in the history of this team that probably won’t matter much at all, but to the man it is 20+ years of hard work paid off. It was the right thing to do, a win-win all the way around. Lindsey can’t negatively impact the Dodgers this season but he could possibly contribute to spoiling another teams’ season. I hope he gets a chance to start a few games over the next couple of weeks and I hope that he does some damage at the plate. I think it is great that he finally got the call, congrats big John Lindsey.
Anyone watching the US Open?
One of the the Tournament Summary points they just showed was that the Padres haven’t won since the tournament opened and Enberg left to cover it. This caused Dick Enberg to say on national TV, come on Padres, go after those Dodgers tonight.
They had McEnroe explain the sitch after they came back from break, hoping I assume to avoid a barrage of tweets, the new angry letters, but it still got three English major length sentences from me. Unprofessional bastard : )
As someone who isn’t a huge fan of either golf or tennis, I always wonder which U.S. Open is going on when somebody mentions it.
U.S. Open Golf – Fathers Day
U.S. Open Tennis – Labor Day
by Bob Timmermann on Sep 6, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
It's the game where
Sharapova
faces off against Wozniacki
by Josie Becker on Sep 6, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I do indeed rock. I just wanted to see if I could back you into a corner, but you’re just too good.
However, you coulda just said they are beautiful women, which they are, without looking like Tex Avery.
Had to google him. I enjoy his work. I am one of the people that don’t know anyone that
draws or colors and gets paid for it. I love that dudes work. He is cool in my book!
He’s mostly a behind the scenes guy, but the stuff he did outside of Warner Bros. (which was also super cool, I mean he invented Porky Pig) used to be collected in Tex Avery specials that I’d watch as a kid on cartoon network, with wolfy up there being a repeat feature, always hollering after a pretty lady.
yeah I saw that
next time Enberg shouldnt call Padre games for a whole season
:)
Adam Morrison has more rings than Lebron, Bosh, and Wade combined?
7-4 Rockies
Chapman doesnt get as many swing and misses as you’d think on a 101 MPH fastball.
Its fast but apparently straight.
Was looking on At Bat. He throws everthing in the middle of the plate and really hard. 100-102 for every pitch.
I guess it easier when you know the guy has really good command, or poor command. (Every pitch is a strike could be seen as both good and bad command)
I’m surprised more hitters dont swing and miss at 100mph plus pitches…but most major leaguers can hit anything that is straight no matter how fast it goes.
Chapman’s best pitch is probably his 90mph slider. Not many guys can hit that pitch.
Movement is what most analysts that have played say is what makes a pitcher dominant. When Broxton’s ball isn’t moving, he gets roped. Dudes like Farnsworth that throw really hard are only dominant if they are facing inferior competition or getting their breaking stuff over. Most MLB players can sit on a fastball no matter how hard it is coming.
Good point Joey
Happy Labor Day everyone!
Heading out to a BBQ and will probably miss most/all of the game. Also gonna miss the Boise State game.
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
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