Dodgers Offense Is Smoke & Mirrors
by Eric Stephen on May 28, 2011 10:28 PM PDT
in Dodgers Game Recaps
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PrintThe Dodgers had reason to think Saturday would be a good night at Dodger Stadium, as Hiroki Kuroda took the hill for the Dodgers against a "bullpen game" for the Marlins. However, thanks to the moribund Dodger offense, their best laid plans went up in smoke, falling to Florida 6-1 on Saturday night. The Dodgers have scored 2.72 runs per game in May, and have scored two runs or less in 13 of their last 25 games.
The story of the night at the stadium was a small fire that broke out in a warehouse in between the reserved level and top deck in the top of the fifth inning. The smoke that emanated from that blaze forced the evacuation of seats on the first base side of the top two levels (fans were relocated to similar seats on the third base side; don't worry, there were plenty of empty seats available). While quite a distraction -- the smoke was visible for at least two innings -- the game itself was not delayed in any way.
For someone pressed into spot starting duty, Brian Sanches pitched reasonably well. He allowed just one run in his three innings, giving up three hits and two walks while striking out four. However, the Dodgers made Sanches work after an 11-pitch first inning. Sanches threw 23 pitches in the second inning, then 24 more in the third inning, nearing his limit with 58 pitches.
Sanches was followed by Edward Mujica, who has struggled at Dodger Stadium in his career, allowing 11 runs and four home runs in 7 2/3 innings. However, Mujica was able to keep the Dodgers at bay, pitching two scoreless innings, even though it took him 47 pitches to do so. Tonight was just the second of seven career appearances at Dodger Stadium by Mujica in which he didn't give up an earned run.
But by the time Mujica was out and the Marlins were on to their third reliever, it didn't matter much for the Dodgers as they were down 5-1. For the second straight start, Kuroda was not sharp, allowing 10 hits and five runs in his 5 1/3 innings, though the final two runs, inherited by Mike MacDougal, scored on a controversial double by Wes Helms down the first base line that was close to being a foul ball.
But in the end those two runs didn't matter. The bottom line this season is that the Dodgers' offense gives the pitching staff no margin for error. When the Dodger starter pitches a quality start (at least six innings and no more than three earned runs), the team is 20-13, but when they don't -- like tonight -- the club is 3-17.
The announced crowd of 29,971 was the smallest Saturday crowd at Dodger Stadium since September 26, 1992, when the Dodgers were wrapping up their only last place finish in the last 105 seasons.
Clayton Kershaw faces Ricky Nolasco tomorrow afternoon as the Dodgers try to win their second of the last 11 series.
WP - Edwin Mujica (5-2): 2 IP, 1 hit, 4 strikeouts
LP - Hiroki Kuroda (5-5): 5 1/3 IP, 10 hits, 5 runs, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts
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yankees have first and third.
that is sad.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
haha
i mean, yankees have 1st and 3rd base.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
ok cool...last we heard
DodgerSF was trying to give a gift to a guy that liked her…i’m wondering how that went?
wait, when did i say the guy liked me?
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
ya..i'm not sure
we’ve been friends for 3 years.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
thats a long time to lay a foundation
for a relationship…
It’d seem you’d both be in a friend zone just being friends for that long…but ya never know. Age plays a factor.
ya. i think he was interested at some point
we both got out of relationships at the same time. i wasn’t ready for a while, so resisted. but lately, starting to see the guy a little differently. if anything was to come from this, he’d be the first to ever leave my friend zone.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
i haven't gotten him anything yet
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
ya.. i'm supposed to be working
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
ya
civil litigation
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
haha
intellectual property. but i can refer you to a divorce atty!
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
intellectual property?
copywright infringement?
plagiarism?
Stuff like that?
Lawyers must work alot of hours if you have to do stuff on a saturday night
also
if anyone wants to read a rough draft of my short story, they are welcome. will be a little bit longer till its ready thou haha
did you use
Space Mountain and Handy Heaven?
Scott Elbert will save us.
by NotJoeTorre on May 28, 2011 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Well no complaints then.
Scott Elbert will save us.
by NotJoeTorre on May 28, 2011 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
ditto. but i have so much to read, it might be a while before I can actually read it.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
too bad you didn't use Raging Waters
Coulda said some shit in the pool and everyone had to leave the park in a hurry.
Scott Elbert will save us.
by NotJoeTorre on May 28, 2011 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
thats pretty wild.
Scott Elbert will save us.
by NotJoeTorre on May 28, 2011 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
8th grade and steppenwolf...
Holy shit btw
Scott Elbert will save us.
by NotJoeTorre on May 28, 2011 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Ya know, this team is terrible!
I am trying to find a part of their game that doesn’t suck, but I can’t. They can’t hit, they can’t pitch (Well they can for 6 innings, but with no offense, they can’t win), and the relief pitching is a joke.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
Things that dont suck:
Kershaw, Kemp, Ethier, Billingsley, Jansen, Rubby, Sands
So 7 dudes are worth watching…but the other 18 guys are very meh or just bad.
Yep, pretty much.
Scott Elbert will save us.
by NotJoeTorre on May 28, 2011 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Even then, only Kershaw, Kemp and Billingsley haven’t had their share of wtf is this shit moments. Well Rubby hasn’t been up long enough but Jansen, Ethier, and Sands have all had stretches where they weren’t helping either.
by Mike Dennis on May 28, 2011 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Dre and lefties don’t mingle. Makes sense.
I want this entire roster blown sky high.
Scott Elbert will save us.
by NotJoeTorre on May 28, 2011 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Marlins bullpen pitching line
If you want a bullpen start from any team, the Marlins are the one to do the trick.
IP-9
Hits-6
ER-1
SO-8
BB-3
ERA-1.00
WHIP: 1.00
Not bad.
If you want to pad your pitching stats, facing the Dodgers will do the trick.
by Mike Dennis on May 28, 2011 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
NL WEST LOVE!
Every team from California will do that.
Scott Elbert will save us.
by NotJoeTorre on May 28, 2011 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
So is it worse to have no offense and feel like the game is over the minute the other team gets any runs or to be like the old Rangers and Rockies where you feel like no lead is safe because the pitching sucks?
not sure...but it seems light years since the Dodgers had a high scoring offense..
But it was really only two years ago when we were talking about having the best OF offense in baseball..Manny,Kemp/Ethier.
Furcal/Blake/Martin were also good then.
Its really went into the pooper fast.
Gotta agree
I’d prefer a balance, personally, but that’s me.
by Riffraffselbow on May 28, 2011 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
pitching and defense are key.
Offense should be the last concern.
Scott Elbert will save us.
by NotJoeTorre on May 28, 2011 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
exactly
did the Giants quit when everyone told them they had no offense? No.
did they quit when 1 run leads seemed insurmountable? No.
did they quit when they almost didn’t win the NL West? No.
did they quit when they had to rely on veterans other teams had given up on? No.
did they quit when everyone said they were a joke of a world series champion? No.
did they quit when
by Josie Becker on May 28, 2011 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
answer
fuck the Giants and for that matter, fuck Latos and the Pads.
Scott Elbert will save us.
by NotJoeTorre on May 28, 2011 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Did they quit when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
"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 May 29, 2011 12:38 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Miguel Olivo
shows you why you don’t want to dive head first into first base. Major head slam into the dirt. Removed from game. Ouch! Safe though.
sliding head first
never a good idea, never ever. Except into first base with a wild throw coming in.
Scott Elbert will save us.
by NotJoeTorre on May 28, 2011 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
so i watched Hangover II last night
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
didn't want to spoil it.
but i thought it was a little much. the first one was more believable. this one, a little much.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
I thought that he would have made it work with
The Hooker.
To be honest.. only time I've heard of someone taking/being gave a roofie
that outcome was them driving their car into Lake Hughes..
Scott Elbert will save us.
by NotJoeTorre on May 28, 2011 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
whoa.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
I don’t think taking the date rape drug is known for its party hardy elements.
Scott Elbert will save us.
by NotJoeTorre on May 28, 2011 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
i thought the first one
was not very funny. it wasnt BAD but it was just..not…that…great. and i love galifinakis and helms
i loved the first one!!
watched it during my Bar study. it was perfect. no thinking fun.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
agree...and i'm more partial to dialogue centered comedies..
Kevin Smith type comedies…
Probably the only gag type of comedies i like were from the Farrelly brothers…i still dig their movies.
not a farrelly brothers fan. i was so torn about something about mary because i LOVE jonathan richman….but damn i cant stand that movie.
matt dillon stole that movie for me..
Thats one of my favorite characters of any comedy.
But, I still like Kingpin (one of my favorite all time movies not just for comedy but it really did tell a story)….and Dumb and Dumber.
i was beaten by classmates because i couldnt stand dumb and dumber.
kingpin i wanted to like, and watched because i was going to use the plot as inspiration for one of my scripts, but just found it unfunny and blaaaaaah.
In the Loop and Four Lions are prolly 2 of the funniest movies I can remember watching recently.
And on target
To break the record for an R rated opening weekend
Bad Teacher got an R rating too
thats going to hurt that movie…i saw previews and its looked like it could make some money but not with that rating.
I'll see it
because its rated R.
Scott Elbert will save us.
by NotJoeTorre on May 28, 2011 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
disagree, completely
she looked terrible. and the way they dressed her up, made her look worse.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
maybe it was just the long hair
I think Cameron looks way hotter with longer hair than the short hair she had in Something about mary.
Canadian club, its here and makes me drunk. I can’t ask for much more.
Scott Elbert will save us.
by NotJoeTorre on May 28, 2011 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Good times until
Somebody drops a roofy in it and you lose 24 hours.
I rarely drink, but when I do.. I prefer to get drunk really fast.
Scott Elbert will save us.
by NotJoeTorre on May 28, 2011 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
i dont know how to end my story
my ideas are all pretty bad:
1) my dad picks me up from school
2) a bear escapes from the zoo and is in the front of the school as im waiting to be picked up
3) something not dumb.
Shocking discovery
You know the game 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon? You can cut it down to 2 degrees with Nicolas Cage. Mind=Blown
he was in Men in Black II with Tommy Lee Jones
who was in Fire Birds with Nicholas Cage
by Josie Becker on May 28, 2011 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
1. cameron diaz
2. joseph gordon levitt
3. bradley cooper
?
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
Cameron Diaz was in Vanilla SKy with Penelope Cruz who was in Captain Corelli’s Mandolin with Nicholas Cage
by Josie Becker on May 28, 2011 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Joseph Gordon Levitt was in (500) Days of Summer with Chloe Moretz who was in Kick Ass with Nicholas Cage
by Josie Becker on May 28, 2011 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
wow
i should throw in robert pattison from twilight for the hell of it.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
Pattison
Was in twilight with rana morrison who was in national treasure book of secrets with cage.
Holy shit I just broke the internet this really works
by Mike Dennis on May 28, 2011 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions
If you include tv shows you can do it with bill gates
by Mike Dennis on May 28, 2011 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Sellers was in return of the pink panther with chris plummer who was in the boy in blue with cage. Have i sufficiently blown your mind?
by Mike Dennis on May 28, 2011 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
kirk cameron!
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
cameron was in the willies with sean austin who was in with great power the stan lee story with cage
by Mike Dennis on May 28, 2011 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Kirk Cameron’s in The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes with Larry Miller who was in The Ant Bully with Nicholas CAge
by Josie Becker on May 28, 2011 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Bradley Cooper was in The A-Team with Jessica Biel who was in Next with Nicholas Cage
by Josie Becker on May 28, 2011 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions
NYY v. Mariners
bottom 12, mariners on 3rd and 2nd. 1 out.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
Bradleyy cooper
Cage was in g force with zack gilafinwhatever who was in the hangover movies with bradley cooper
g force, is a cartoon. was cage a voice?
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
Must have been, another link found anyway lol
by Mike Dennis on May 28, 2011 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Josepg Gordon levitt
was in The Juror with James Michael McCauley who was in Kiss of Death with Cage
Kirk Cameron (?)
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
I'm watching Glee on Hulu
oh man, this show is so corny.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
I absolutely refuse to watch that show
Nothing is ever easy.
by drulenarendes on May 29, 2011 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions
that show is just a bunch of lip synching and bad hair jokes.
and seriously, who wastes a slurpie on a nerd? and where do they get them from?
they all sound a like now.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
haha, awesome song!
Morrissey is so great.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
i’m worried. i cant end my story and im watching smiths/morissey videos on youtube. this is a problem.
i'm in the same boat.
finding it hard to focus. i’m also getting up at 5am tmrw to go fishing.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
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