Pujols Pounds, Berkman Blasts, Rasmus Rakes And Lohse Doesn't Lose; Dodgers Demolished
by David Young on Apr 15, 2011 11:34 PM PDT
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The St. Louis Cardinals combined power with quality pitching to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-2 on a warm spring night at Dodger Stadium. Kyle Lohse surrendered only two runs and six hits in 7 1/3 innings and the Redbirds pounded out 19 hits, including eight for extra bases as St. Louis continued their offensive barrage of Chavez Ravine.
Lance Berkman began the secong-inning scoring for the Redbirds with a long solo home run deep into the field level seats in right field. Later that inning after two singles put runner on the corners, Jon Garland's first career balk - on a controversial call - plated the second run of the inning. Ryan Theriot drove in the third run with a single that would have been a double, but he slid beyond the bag and Juan Uribe tagged him out to end the inning.
Garland stated after the game that he "still doesn't think it was a balk" and Don Mattingly added that pitching coach Rick Honeycutt "looked at it (replays) and didn't see anything." Mattingly also said that a balk call is "one of those things where you can't really go on the field to question [it]".
Berkman added another prodigious blast off Garland halfway up the right field bleachers in the fourth inning. The Dodger starter escaped further damage by striking out Theriot, stranding two runners, but he was removed after Colby Rasmus struck his second (of three) sharp double of the night to lead off the fifth.
But Kenley Jansen did not provide instant relief, yielding a tremendous two-run blast by Albert Pujols before striking out the side while allowing two more hits. Pujols continued his feast on Dodger pitching by driving a solo home run over the center field wall off Blake Hawksworth in the seventh inning.
Garland, making his first start of the year after beginning the season on the disabled list, was not effective, leaving the game without recording an out in the fourth inning, and throwing 83 pitches in the process. Garland said that he "felt pretty good" tonight but that he had "pitches catching too much of the plate."
The Dodgers scored two runs in the fourth inning. Matt Kemp singled in Casey Blake, who had doubled and moved to third on Andre Ethier's swinging bunt for an infield single. James Loney followed with a sharp line drive that found Pujols' mitt, but was dropped, leaving Kemp in no man's land for an easy force play. A wild pitch brought Ethier home with the second and final run for Los Angeles.
Notes
- Garland was the active leader in most career innings pitched without a balk, having pitched 2030 2/3 innings before being called for one tonight. The new active leader is old friend Randy Wolf with 1914 2/3 balkless innings for his career.
- Ethier's swinging bunt single in the fourth inning extended his hitting streak to twelve games.
- Kemp is now 7-13 (.538) with runners in scoring position.
- Pujols was the only baserunner allowed by Hawksworth in his two innings of work.
- The six strikeouts recorded by Lohse gave him 1000 for his career.
- Lance Cormier pitched; he still wasn't good.
- Every Cardinal starter, including the pitcher, reached base tonight.
- The Redbirds have scored 20 runs on 35 hits in the first two games of this series, with their two wins giving them 1000 wins over the Dodgers in franchise history.
- The Dodgers have hit eight home runs this season. Pujols and Berkman combined to hit half that total tonight.
WP - Kyle Lohse (2-1): 7 1/3 IP, 6 hits, 2 runs, 1 walks, 6 strikeouts
LP - Jon Garland (0-1): 4+ IP, 9 hits, 5 runs, 0 walks, 2 strikeouts, 2 HR allowed
Sv - None
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And
my perfect press box record comes crashing down. Now 2-1 as a reporter.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Rough way to break the streak
"Champions last year," he said. "Not this year." - Rubby De La Rosa after shaming the Giants in ST
Definitely a shit storm of a game.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Apr 15, 2011 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
count those spring numbers…pad the stats.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 16, 2011 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I paid money to witness this game in person.
Fucking game.
by Riffraffselbow on Apr 15, 2011 11:38 PM PDT reply actions
By the way
From my seats, it looked like the umpire was giving Lohse bullshit calls all night on the (from umpire’s perspective) bottom-right corner. Did it look that way in the telecast? Hawksworth was the only Dodger to find that same spot, and he got it called for him, too.
by Riffraffselbow on Apr 15, 2011 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Tell me about it
Lohse got 4 of 5 K’s looking from that “questionable” call
by SeanMillerSavior on Apr 15, 2011 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Still not why the game was lost. 11 runs, 19 hits allowed.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Apr 15, 2011 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd argue that those Cormier runs would have been avoided if it was a closer game
Which it might have been if the dodgers had been able to get on base a bit more.
by Riffraffselbow on Apr 16, 2011 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Not saying that it would have been 7-7 in the 9th
but it might have been closer, and Kuo/Brox probably wouldn’t have given up 4.
by Riffraffselbow on Apr 16, 2011 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions
But then u would have used Kuo and Brox in what was likely gonna be a loss wasting them if we need them tomorrow. Tomorrow’s game has a good chance of being winnable and therefore going to need your best relievers ready. I don’t care if they use Cormier in losses. Let him pitch till his whining arm falls off. Better him than anyone of value
"Champions last year," he said. "Not this year." - Rubby De La Rosa after shaming the Giants in ST
Cormier was in
because the game was getting out of hand already no?
"Champions last year," he said. "Not this year." - Rubby De La Rosa after shaming the Giants in ST
Cormier was in because he told Ned he wanted it, and whatever Lolance wants, Lolance gets!
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I see Lolance and for some reason it looks like lovelace
"Champions last year," he said. "Not this year." - Rubby De La Rosa after shaming the Giants in ST
Yeah that absolutely wasn't the reason we lost
But it didn’t help matters, especially when we might of had something cooking with Casey Blake at the dish
by SeanMillerSavior on Apr 16, 2011 8:39 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
So I didn't see the game on tv
Watched it on gameday. Was Garland pitching poorly? Anyone think he coulda used another rehab start?
"Champions last year," he said. "Not this year." - Rubby De La Rosa after shaming the Giants in ST
Meh. He was Garlandesque. Has to hit his spots to succeed, missed over the plate too much.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Apr 15, 2011 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I still dislike Angel Hernandez
He and the Dodgers do not mix
"Champions last year," he said. "Not this year." - Rubby De La Rosa after shaming the Giants in ST
FTFY
He andthe Dodgersumpiring do not mix
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Apr 15, 2011 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah, TOOTBLAN.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
by Nolij on Apr 15, 2011 11:46 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
That was the most satisfying part of this game
"Champions last year," he said. "Not this year." - Rubby De La Rosa after shaming the Giants in ST
by EephusBlue on Apr 15, 2011 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That would still be a success.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Apr 15, 2011 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions
By the way
At the game, had a chat with Cards fan, and apparently last year they liked to call Hawksworth “Walksworth”
This season is gonna be fun. I need beer. Lots of beer.
by Riffraffselbow on Apr 15, 2011 11:48 PM PDT reply actions
So Mark Wahlberg apparently has a youth foundation...
And if I donate just $1, I can change a teen’s life.
Take your mind of the Dodgers
and watch this amazing footage of the Milky Way
http://vimeo.com/terjes/themountain
Mind may be blown
"Champions last year," he said. "Not this year." - Rubby De La Rosa after shaming the Giants in ST
That’s pretty amazing. Thanks for sharing.
by RoyaleWithCheeze on Apr 16, 2011 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Sweet huh? Apparently those are real pics and not shopped. I can’t believe that can be taken on Earth
"Champions last year," he said. "Not this year." - Rubby De La Rosa after shaming the Giants in ST
Yeah. Everything was so clean and pristine.
by RoyaleWithCheeze on Apr 16, 2011 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions
The Canaries are hundreds of miles out to sea (so less air pollution) and at the perfect latitude (~30 degrees North). Combine that with being on the west side of a continent so that the prevailing ocean current is a cold one, and you get 300+ days of sun each year, plus Pico del Teide is over 12,000 feet in elevation, so it’s above the marine layer.
by The Dude Abides on Apr 16, 2011 12:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Just got back from the game and boy was that a tough game to watch. After attending 3 victories I figured I was do for a stinker. The 4 good things about the game in my opinion
1 Matt Kemp going 2/4 with a RBI
2 Dre extending his hitting streak
3 J – LO hitting the ball better hopefully that will lead to a few hits for him
4 Took my 66 yr old mom out to her first Dodgers game of the year
by Dodgermanramon on Apr 16, 2011 12:00 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Did Loney hit better tonight?
"Champions last year," he said. "Not this year." - Rubby De La Rosa after shaming the Giants in ST
I thought 2 of his out were hit hard which is better then what he has been doing lately ( weak ground balls )
by Dodgermanramon on Apr 16, 2011 12:04 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Just got home
Had a great meal at an excellent Italian restaurant with my favorite Italian friends. Appetizers, entrées and desert. The wine was flowing. After three hours of fine dining and conversation we were greeted with a sobriety checkpoint. I have never had to drive through a sobriety checkpoint but it is no fun. The officer asked where we were coming from and our driver answered truthfully each question asked including “did you have alcohol with your meal”. That’s all it took to be pulled over. After an array of balance and eye exercises, several question over a 20 minute period the officer whipped out the…. duh, duh, duh… breathalyser. I didn’t think any of us were too anibreated to drive but my friend blew a .075. I guess I learned something tonight.
So I get home to find out on TBLA what the Dodgers did tonight. I think my night was more entertaining.
by RoyaleWithCheeze on Apr 16, 2011 12:01 AM PDT reply actions
How ironic
Mt daughter just picked up her keys and I said “where are you going?” She told me she had to go pick up some drunk friends. It’s pretty cool that she has a network of friends who offer to drive the one’s who have partied home. Not trying to be preachy but I have to admit nobody I knew was doing that when I was her age.
by RoyaleWithCheeze on Apr 16, 2011 12:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Not saying the Dodgers are due
but they having the longest streak of no back to back under .500 seasons in MLB, the last time the Dodgers did that was in 1986-1987.
I didn't see the game
and obviously, you can’t blame umpiring when your team is so thoroughly demolished in every imaginable way. BUT…that doesn’t mean you can’t point out that any time you see Angel Hernandez and Joe West are in the house, that spells trouble for someone, and that they shouldn’t get called on it. Watching what was going down…and I do mean DOWN on Gameday was jaw-dropping. And say what you will about Rick & Charlie, but they’re pretty measured and balanced in their commentary, and they were pretty clear that this umpiring was not exactly up to Major League standards.
And speaking of not being up to Major League standards…I’m about as pessimistic as I’ve been at any time since the Grady Little “era”, but I’m not going to count this team out already, and I’m CERTAINLY not expecting them to be this bad all season. And pundits, please spare me the “They’ve-sucked-for-the-last-6-games-so-that-means-they-suck-period” mantra, because that was the exact same thing they were saying about the now "Can’t-Be-Stopped’ St. Louis Cardinals exactly one week ago.
I think
Angel Hernandez is the most confrontational umpire in MLB and have thought so for years. I don’t typically criticize umpires but Hernandez has been on my nerves for years. Joe West sucks too.
by RoyaleWithCheeze on Apr 16, 2011 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions
He was absolutely awful last night
and as I said here I was not blaming their loss on that either. But it doesn’t help a struggling offense when umps are calling balls 8-10" inside or outside as strikes. And being inconsistent. Absolutely terrible.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Shelly Smith
needs a lap band. She keeps growing every time I see her.
by RoyaleWithCheeze on Apr 16, 2011 12:37 AM PDT reply actions
I first read that as lap dance. My reaction was no, thank you.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
by Nolij on Apr 16, 2011 1:05 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Catching up
Didn’t see the game, but figured after I saw Jansen gave up a bomb there’d be some comment. His mechanics have looked a lot better lately, but because he still short arms the ball on the back end he’s still leaving the ball up. While he has the type of fastball that when it’s at its best he’ll still get it by guys no matter where in the strike zone he throws it, the problem is you never have your perfect fastball and you seldom have your best fastball. So, when he throws with the same mechanics and leaves it over the heart of the plate without his best fastball, you get a belt high 92mph fastball like the one to Pujols tonight.
Whatever that cutter thing he’s throwing is filthy, no doubt. Problem is now I can’t tell when it’s being called for and when it’s just happening, so there’s no way to tell if he’s having the same issue. That’s something that gets developed in the minor leagues and I’m concerned he’s been robbed of his full potential by the needs of our major league squad.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Unfortanetly there is no way this team can afford to lose him arm right now
We need Padilla back
These hands will always be rough
Gwynn!
fuck Angel Hernandez that was truly abysmal. I feel like there is a good team here struggling to break out if we could just get some pitching. Kershaw tomorrow! Yay pitching!
These hands will always be rough
Yahoo sports seems to think
the Dodgers had a fair offensive night. Even if part of it was for the Cardinals:
Bot 3rd: LA Dodgers
- T. Gwynn homered to deep right
Top 4th: St. Louis
- C. Blake homered to deep right
Buster Onley
• Heard this: The Dodgers’ financial problems could soon reach a tipping point. As one highly ranked executive noted, the times of stress for any club in debt are the second and fourth week of the season, when payroll obligations must be met.
He heard that the Dodgers have to make payroll!!!
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