Dodgers Salvage Series In Another High-Flying Game in Colorado
by Michael White on Jun 12, 2011 3:57 PM PDT
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The Los Angeles Dodgers bats exploded again today as three homeruns powered the Dodgers to a 10-8 lead and a series split with the Colorado Rockies. After the Dodgers were down 3-0 early, James Loney led the Dodgers all the way back with a grand slam against Colorado starter Ubaldo Jimenez in the top of the 3rd. The Dodgers would tack on a pair of solo home runs in the Top of the 5th, first a towering shot by Matt Kemp and another from Rod Barajas. Kemp's 5th inning homerun was his 20th of the season which leads the National League. The Dodgers would end up with 17 hits on the day (coming off the 18 hit game last night) as the Rockies pitchers (from Ubaldo to the bullpen) couldn't do much to slow down the Dodger bats.
Rubby De La Rosa had a somewhat similar outing as his starting debut in Philadelphia. He started out slowly by giving up a 3 run homerun in the bottom of the first to put the Dodgers in an early hole. But De La Rosa would settle down afterwards, as he shut out the Rockies for the rest of his outing while striking out 6. Though Dodger fans should be accustomed to injuries at this point, there was yet another nervous moment for Dodger fans in the 6th inning as De La Rosa appeared to have hurt his thumb while throwing a pitch to Troy Tulowitzki in the bottom of the 6th. After a quick mound visit by the trainer, De La Rosa was pulled from the game. Early report doesn't sound serious as it was apparently a forearm cramp.
At this point it became a battle of bullpens which went pretty much how you would expect. Ramon Troncoso was called upon to take over for Rubby and was pretty terrible. Solid through 1 inning, then gave up a 2 run homerun to Carlos Gonzalez in the 7th inning followed by a double and then another home run by Tulowitzki to cut the lead to 9-7 before getting yanked. After Troncoso had cleared the bases for the second time in the 7th, Mike MacDougal cleaned up the mess getting the last out and pitching a scoreless 8th inning before giving way to Blake Hawksworth for attempted save. Hawksworth retired the first two batters of the inning but after surrendering the 7th home run of the game to Todd Helton and a single to Tulowitzki, Mattingly brought in Scott Elbert to face the left-handed Seth Smith. In perhaps the only "easy" pitching appearance of the day, Elbert recorded the rare one batter save to finally end the game.
Interestingly, despite the mini 3 game losing streak, the Dodgers come out of the tough 10 game road trip (3 vs. Cincinnati and Philadelphia, 4 vs. Colorado) with a split and come back to Chavez Ravine for 12 games. The home stand starts tomorrow with Hiroki Kuroda taking on Bronson Arroyo.
WP - Rubby De La Rosa (3-0): 5 IP, 3 hits, 3 run, 3 walks, 6 strikeouts
LP - Ubaldo Jimenez (1-7): 5.1 IP, 11 hits, 7 runs (2 earned), 1 walk, 2 strikeouts
SV - Scott Elbert (1): 0.1 IP
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I wonder who the Dodgers will call up to refresh the pen
can’t have come at a more urgent time.
Jansen first
I would almost bet on that.
Then if Kuo is ready this week, he’s next. I would bet on Troncoso and Guerra going down if I had to bet. Partially a gut feeling.
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I think Guerra would stay over Lindblom/Elbert
by Taylor Maricle on Jun 12, 2011 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think elbert leaves
I think he stays as the loogy even when kuo is back.
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.
Great Sunday
Vinny calling the game, a win, now out on the deck for a wonderful afternoon beer and relaxing
What me worry?
It honestly feels like a perfect Sunday
by Josie Becker on Jun 12, 2011 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Even on his home run
His swing looked weird…..
I so badly want to believe he has a good run left in him, but I don’t.
by Lex in Brooklyn on Jun 12, 2011 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Backup catcher Rod Barajas.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jun 12, 2011 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
James Loney with nowhere near the .400+ OBP of top 15 NL hitter Andre Ethier.
by Taylor Maricle on Jun 12, 2011 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Forearm cramp
Isn’t that what they first said Padilla had?…I dont remember…
anyway, please don’t let it be serious…
Rubby if healthy is going to be a flat out ace.
by Lex in Brooklyn on Jun 12, 2011 4:05 PM PDT reply actions
I know. I’m just wondering how it was first reported.
by Lex in Brooklyn on Jun 12, 2011 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Two and a half aces
sounds like a sitcom.
by Riffraffselbow on Jun 12, 2011 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Cut down the K’s, up the walks, and we have ourselves a player.
by Lex in Brooklyn on Jun 12, 2011 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
K’s don’t bother me, but he needs to take more walks. But he might just be hacking because of those hitters conditions .
They bother me at the current clip. He needs to cut down.
by Lex in Brooklyn on Jun 12, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Trayvon
Was tied for 3rd most K in PCL going into today with about 4/1 K/BB ratio.
by bhsportsguy on Jun 12, 2011 4:25 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I wouldn't be surprised
If Thames is with another team within the next month or so.
by Lex in Brooklyn on Jun 12, 2011 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I could see an AL West squad adding him to hit lefties.
by Lex in Brooklyn on Jun 12, 2011 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
"I want a piece of that left field action..."
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Shoot, if only Sands could play 3B
then Dodgers could have an OF of Tray, Matt, and Andre. Loney won’t have to be non-tendered if they could get an RBI-guy at the hot corner.
Having good players does not excuse having bad players. It just makes it harder to notice.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jun 12, 2011 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
But Loney’s not a bad player though. Just had a bad stretch dating back to the second half of last season. Change in hitting coaches then may have been a factor…
yeah, I highly doubt Loney’s ability has suddenly dropped so far. It’s probably mental.
by dodgerpreacher on Jun 12, 2011 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
no he's bad
even if he’s hitting 280/330/415 thats horrible for 1st base, and considering what he makes money wise…no way Dodgers should pay him 7mils for that
He was good for his first half a season and that was it. His days are numbered as a Dodger.
That being said, I could see him doing better at a ballpark with nooks and crannies, but he will never hit well at DS.
by Lex in Brooklyn on Jun 12, 2011 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Sands gettin' his stroke back
hopefully he WILL be back,
thks
i for one was wondering, almost as much as I wonder if i can have another beer before the wife gets home from her girl’s afternoon
What me worry?
by MammothDodger on Jun 12, 2011 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
oh go for it, then have a beer with your wife!
by Josie Becker on Jun 12, 2011 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
already poured
she is visiting with friends where she will have enough she will not want any more when she gets home.
What me worry?
by MammothDodger on Jun 12, 2011 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Tray misses out going 6-6
pretty good game for him.
Coors field
enough said. Gals for the spit but that game one blow it will stick around for a bit
What me worry?
by MammothDodger on Jun 12, 2011 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
gals for the spit= glad for the split
What me worry?
by MammothDodger on Jun 12, 2011 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
3 cocktails
1.5 beers and now at a gastropub
by bhsportsguy on Jun 12, 2011 4:43 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Aside
From a 3 game trip to Minnesota in 2 weeks, ASB, the Dodgers don’t leave Southern California until after the ASB.
by bhsportsguy on Jun 12, 2011 5:04 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I want to see
the badass cake from the graduation party!
by RoyaleWithCheeze on Jun 12, 2011 5:20 PM PDT reply actions
I don’t count anything that happens at Coors, good or bad. Just glad we’re out of that house of horrors and coming home. We just went on a tour of NL band boxes so lets see if this new found offense is for real during the home stand or did we just benefit from 10 straight games in launching pads.
Also, since we’ve already started the youth movement, Sands at first and Robinson in LF needs to happen by the AS break.
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@Dodgers According to @Stats_MLB, Matt Kemp is the fastest Dodger ever to reach the 20-homer mark
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by underdog on Jun 12, 2011 6:08 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Jonathan Sanchez has the bases loaded against him no one out in the 4th. Hopefully the Reds break it open right here
Sanchez + squeezy ump = disaster for Giants
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Eovaldi still doing work
6IP 7H 1ER 1bb 7k
season:
57.1IP 46H 2HR 22bb 65K 2.83 ERA
I still don’t get why everyone is so quick to put him in the back of the bullpen.
Very Encouraging
I’m encouraged by the progress made by him, Webster, and Gould. If only Withrow could figure it out we would have a good amount of starters coming.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
by Pure Azure on Jun 12, 2011 6:45 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
withrow still has time
although it’s running out quickly.
I want more dominance from Gould in the K category but everything else looks great.
What I love about Eovaldi is the consistently low homerun rate in every minor league stop for him so far. Rubby had the same characteristic.
questions about his 3rd pitch I guess
but with those numbers… give him a shot and if he can’t hack it then send him to the bullpen
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.
exactly
I don’t think anyone is calling for him to be put in the bullpen…his stuff will just translate well there if he fails as a starter.
by eitherethier on Jun 12, 2011 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions
That's a great season so far
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
i wish ethier was a couple of years younger; then i wouldnt have any hesitation about locking him up long term.
Yeah
Also the disappearance of his power is cause for concern. His defense is another, but I guess he would be serviceable in LF.
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by Pure Azure on Jun 12, 2011 6:49 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
if he continues to get on base at this rate
who cares
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.
because
you don’t pay 15 million a year to a 15 homer guy with no speed and who’s already 30 years old and not athletic enough to age very well?
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
he has the same ops
he just swapped power for getting on base a fuck ton. O noes!
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.
I’m ok with this, right now he is complimenting Kemp very well.
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Jun 12, 2011 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't think Ethier is the problem
Its more the other 2/3s of the lineup sucking.
Problem is, it is really hard to nail down exactly what the issue is (cough, left field) I mean, if they could figure out what the offense is lacking (cough, first base) Then they might be able to fix it (cough JUAN FUCKING URIBE)
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Jun 12, 2011 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions
You could pretty much toss a dart blindfolded and anyplace it hit, it’d be right. Even the guys that have been decent outside Kemp/Either/Carroll (Blake, for example) have missed so much time as to make their contributions on the season as a whole largely moot.
Its early yet, so hopefully they can get healthy although I am close to writing off Furcal. Uribe will always provoke my ire but maybe he can flash the power that he has shown in the past.
I have hope for this team yet if some key players figure their shit out (Sands, Uribe, Loney?) get healthy (Bullpen, Blake, Furcal) and maintain (Kemp, Ethier, Carroll)
The way the division is shaking out anything could happen, no team is a clear favorite in my mind. Just gotta keep the faith.
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Jun 12, 2011 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Its only early if your name is Eric Karros.
Uribe has some value even if he never hits, in that he fills in very well at three positions that have proven hard to keep manned by warm bodies so far. That doesn’t make him worth his contract, but it does give him value.
I’m sure we haven’t seen the last of Sands this year, and poor stats or not, his time in the majors proved to me that he’s fully capable of being a good major league hitter. Possibly even better then that.
Its only early if your name is Eric Karros.
I could be
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Jun 12, 2011 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not saying he's not a really good hitter
I wouldn’t pay him 5 years $90 million, I just wouldn’t. Unless I had a bottomless money pit like the Yankees. I lock up Kemp, CK for sure.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
the point is he is just as valuable now as he was last year
I don’t care how much you want or don’t want to pay him.
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.
Does go to show how horrid offense is sport-wide
that as far as OPS+ goes, he’s actually better so far this year then has been any of the last three seasons.
to a point
but his vanilla ops is higher right now then last year.
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.
we're arguing different things then
I’m not debating his value to the offense
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
regardless of his power outage so far this year...
ethier has been one of the most consistent players in the majors the past 4 years.
OPS +
2008 132
2009 131
2010 134
2011 144
That's what i figured
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Kemp went from .334 2 games ago to .321?
Awesome either way, but still.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Volquez
the worst base running pitcher I’ve seen in a long time. Those watching the game know what I mean.
by RoyaleWithCheeze on Jun 12, 2011 6:49 PM PDT reply actions
stupid fucking giants
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.
at this point it is just mind boggling to me how they ever score any runs.
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Jun 12, 2011 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions
If nothing else, depleting the Reds bullpen could help LA
as a silver lining if Giants win…
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
pretty much. The west is so fucked this year I could see them taking it. I could also see every other team making a run too though.
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Jun 12, 2011 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m sure Scottie Pippen is even more popular in Chicago now then he was a week ago. To say LeBron is better then MJ and have him basically hock up a hairball through the finals…
Heh
I thought all LeBron needed was to be surrounded by better players. Oh, the pundits…
by RoyaleWithCheeze on Jun 12, 2011 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Plaschke drove a stake in their heart today
by coming out in support of them
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
i mean they only got to the finals
what a horrible team! What a horrible player!
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.
yeah, but when you are built up by the media to be the best ever, when you stumble or fall short, people are quick wiith the hyperbole.
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Jun 12, 2011 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn't go so far as to say he's horrible
But he wasn’t exactly a popular guy after his statement either way, and now to have James stumble on the stage MJ basically owned… doesn’t do much for his credibility.
So now NBA Finals is over and Dallas won
And Mark Cuban is happy, so I hope Mark Cuban buys Dodgers.
Greetings from bella italia
I just wanted to share that news of Matt Kemp’s greatness has crossed the pond. The world looks on in wonder and awe.
other than that I am eating and drinking my way to happiness – fell in love with a relatively obscure grape – The big powerful red Sagrantino from Montefalco in Umbria. The Umbrian sangiovese are also very nice, lighter, spicy, good fruit and a dry finish
today, I am going to the market and will be making pasta con tartufo nero for our lunch
will stop by again soon!
che bel paese
Dove stai? Spoleto and Orvieto are two beautiful Umbrian towns I still remember, plus Assisi and Perugia of course. There are enclaves of Brits and Germans living in Umbria that have been there for generations, I remember running into some of them. Divertiti.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
Nice road trip
You have to be happy with a 5-5 trip. Missed the game. Any word on when Blake may start again?
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