Sands Goes Deep, But Dodgers Buried By Disastrous Fourth Inning
by Eric Stephen on May 21, 2011 1:43 PM PDT
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PrintThe good news for the Dodgers today was that Jerry Sands hit his first major league home run, a solo shot to left field off Mark Buehrle in the sixth inning. The bad news was that Jon Garland gave them the worst start by a Dodger starter this season, and the White Sox cruised to a 9-2 win to even the weekend series. The fourth inning proved to be the undoing for the Dodgers.
Garland and Buehrle each allowed one run on five hits through their first three innings, but that's where the similarities end. Garland gave up a no-doubter home run to Alex Rios in the fourth inning, a two-run shot to give Chicago a 3-1 lead. Then, after two bloop hits and a hit-by-pitch loaded the bases, Alexei Ramirez lined a sharp single into left for two more runs. A two-out walk to Adam Dunn loaded the bases and ended Garland's day, but a ground ball single by Paul Konerko (in Rafael Furcal's range but out of Jamey Carroll's) off Ramon Troncoso hung two more runs on Garland's ledger.
The bottom of the fourth inning was a disaster for the Dodgers. Eleven White Sox batters came to the plate, and they scored six runs on seven hits, a walk, and a hit batter. The 11 hits and 13 baserunners allowed by Garland in his 3 2/3 innings were the most allowed by him since August 18, 2009, against Philadelphia when Garland was with Arizona. It was the most baserunners and runs allowed by a Dodger starter this season.
Sands had nine doubles in his first 95 plate appearances, so he wasn't exactly hurting for power, but what was amazing about his home run was that he pulled the ball. Per Baseball-Reference.com, here are the locations of all the balls Sands has hit to the outfield this season, before the home run:
| Jerry Sands Balls Hit To The Outfield | |||||
| Location | LF | LCF | CF | RCF | RF |
| Frequency | 1 3.1% |
3 9.4% |
7 21.9% |
7 21.9% |
14 43.8% |
Sands became the 680th Dodger to ever hit a home run, and 337th to do so since the franchise moved to Los Angeles.
Notes
- Buehrle has been stellar in interleague play throughout his career. He has won his last 10 decisions against the National League, dating back to 2008, and in his career has the most wins by anyone in interleague play, at 24-6 with a 3.34 ERA.
- Buehrle had just one strikeout, the first starter with so few punchouts to beat the Dodgers this season. The last starting pitcher to get a win against L.A. with one strikeout or less was Zach Kroenke, last October 1.
- Troncoso, though he allowed two inherited runners to score in the fourth inning, allowed no runs of his own in 2 1/3 innings of work. Lance Cormier pitched the final two innings of the game, allowing two runs.
- Dunn walked once, but also struck out four times. The last batter to strikeout four times was Adam LaRoche, last September 24.
- Hiroki Kuroda faces old friend Edwin Jackson in the series finale tomorrow at 11:10 a.m. PDT.
WP - Mark Buehrle (4-3): 7 IP, 7 hits, 2 runs, 1 strikeout
LP - Jon Garland (1-4): 3 2/3 IP, 11 hits, 7 runs, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts
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this team is really injury prone.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
we care about kemp
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
by nolander on May 21, 2011 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
call up hoffman
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
doesn't matter
sands is our lefty killer
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
kills righties sucks against lefties
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
so....
more starts for sands? And the possibility of Casey Blake, starting LF gets more real by the day
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Regarding Sands
Rick Monday was saying the other day his ability to hit the ball to right gives him a leg up, because it’s generally not so easy to learn to hit to the opposite field. Also he made a nice throw out today… He looks like a good young player, one of the few bright spots so far this year, even if his BA is .205 at the moment..
so as soon as someone can come of the DL for the pen
tronccoso stays and cormier is gone right?
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Is it confirmed Furcal is with the team in Chicago?
He didnt play last night in ALB’s game.
What are they waiting on in terms of activating him?
I’d think that he could at least DH in the AL park if they thought he needed more time to get ready for field action.
good news..
Maybe they are waiting on Uribe’s MRI to officially make a move.
If Uribe stays active, be interesting whether they ship out Castro or Mitchell to make room for Raffy.
I don’t think Uribe had anything to do with it. Mattingly said that was the plan for Furcal before Friday’s game.
It could be now that Uribe hits the DL when Furcal is activated, but that wasn’t the plan.
by Eric Stephen on May 21, 2011 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Ideas for a gift for baseball fan
guy, 29, red sox fan.
he got me a Dodgers Mr. Potato Head to cheer me up bc i seemed sad on Wed (when Dodgers lost to Giants, and Sharks lost to Canucks).
*do you think getting a Red Sox shirt or jersey w/ his name on it…be lame?
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
*do you think getting a Red Sox shirt or jersey w/ his name on it…be lame?
Wow, that would be extremely nice.
true...and it'd seem to be alot more valuable..
Than the Mr. Potato Head.
If you want to exchange gifts of equal value, maybe getting him Yankees toilet paper.
true. he's been very sweet to me
but the Yankees toilet paper idea sounds awesome!
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
any other ideas?
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
This team needs Hawk back
Weird to say that about a middle reliever but I like him as a bridge guy. Much more of a power arm than anybody could have imagined.
I want to say Elbert has locked up a spot long term as well. The walks might show up here-and-there but he’s the only LHP and the stuff is great.
And Guerra has been just awesome in his SSS.
Padilla
Guerrier
Jansen
Hawksworth
MacDougal
Elbert
Guerra
Now THAT would be a solid pen.
Would it?
I see injury-prone newly converted bullpen guy, career middle reliever, rookie who needs work but has been doing well, guy who was traded for Ryan Theriot, guy who hasn’t been a closer for 5 years, guy who is the most inconsistent pitcher in the franchise, and a guy who got called up just because he was on the 40 man roster.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
That’s why I was judicious and just said ‘solid.’ It’s an upgrade in two spots currently.
You bring up some legit concerns with some guys, others it seems like you’re grasping at straws to come up with something negative to say. Like with Hawk, I don’t care who he was traded for; he provides value in a middle relief role throwing 96-97. He’s not a shut down guy, but the Dodgers could do far worse in that spot.
other then Kemp bouncing back
what has broken our way this season? The starting pitching obviously is good but we knew that going in. Carrol playing well again and probably even better then last year, but otherwise things just keep going wrong. Its getting harder and harder to be optimistic when we can’t keep anyone healthy.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Hard to discount the starting pitching IMO. The front five have started 46 of 47 games, and collectively done very well. It could be a lot worse.
by Eric Stephen on May 21, 2011 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
For instance
Through 47 games…
2010 starts
Kershaw 10
Billingsley 10
Kuroda 9
Ely 6
Haeger 5
Padilla 4
Ortiz 2
Monasterios 1
Those 8 starters totaled 265 2/3 innings (5.65 per start), whereas this season the starters have thrown 292 innings through 47 games (6.21 per start)
by Eric Stephen on May 21, 2011 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
my thought process
is that we knew the starting pitching was going to be good, but we need other things to break our way on the offensive side of the ball. Other then Kemp, its been almost worst case scenario for our bullpen and hitters. Our pitching is awesome, you are right, and without them we wouldn’t even be close to contention right now
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
where can i see the sands HR
any videos online
Well this was a bad game
Rubby is pitching right now and just struck out the side in the first, hopefully he cheers me up.
Did Rubby just get hurt?
New pitcher in after he grounded into a DP in the top of the 3rd
Is it bad that I am hoping for an injury? I just get this bad feeling that this is the steep pric Ned was talking about the other day.
A minor injury that is.
he said probably Albuquerque though
and not up to the Dodgers, but he is just speculating
by Brandon Lennox on May 21, 2011 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I am now listening. I just put that on Twitter.
by Eric Stephen on May 21, 2011 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I like this announcer. Old school, nice cadence.
by Eric Stephen on May 21, 2011 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah i'm not sure if this the the Larry Ward guy
if so he’s doing a lot better than the last time i heard him. i know he has a partner on most broadcasts so i’m not sure which one this is
by Brandon Lennox on May 21, 2011 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow
I don’t know what to think.
If it’s to ABQ: Whatever.
If it’s to relieve for the big club: Boo.
If if it’s a trade: GFY. :)
Garland and Barajas had issues today
“I think I never really got into a solid game plan,‘’ Garland said. "Rod and I were never on the same page. I became a two-pitch pitcher.’’
“We threw some curveballs in there,‘’ Barajas said. "I think we mixed in some other pitches. When he shook me off, it was often shaking back to the fastball or slider. It definitely wasn’t like he was trying to shake to the other two pitches. Obviously, if he didn’t want to be a two-pitch pitcher, why did he shake to the fastball and slider? Those were basically what we used.’’
Ruby gets promoted when he's just mowing guys down
Shucks…
by Julio Nievas on May 21, 2011 4:14 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Come on Eric, you know I’m teasin
by Julio Nievas on May 21, 2011 4:18 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
They might have just wanted to see if he could
Bounce backfrom his terrible start last week. Maybe, idk. Lol. I wonder why he went to AAA rather than stay in AA though
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Is it confirmed he’s going to AAA? because like Alex said, that would be odd.
by Julio Nievas on May 21, 2011 4:23 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
That's my line of thinking
hes going to AAA unless were bringing him up as a reliever or trading kuroda or garland. Aaa seems most likely. Or MLB bullpen. Don’t want that
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
I’m at the Apple store and using an phone . Auto correct
by Julio Nievas on May 21, 2011 4:25 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Made lemon bars and brown butter brownies for
A bake sale tomorrow. Hope everyone is having a great Saturday!
I am
Those are pretty cool. Does it say “UBS”? Also, Francona is wearing a regular modern Boston sweater over the uniform and I feel that kinda messes things up.
that’s a C around UBS. I think Francona is less than pleased with the uniforms, he called them ice cream uniforms
by Josie Becker on May 21, 2011 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
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