Dodgers Week 14 In Review: Remember Monday? That Was Awesome
by Eric Stephen on Jul 4, 2011 10:00 AM PDT
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The Dodgers had a great start to the week, scoring 15 runs in a shutout of Minnesota on Monday, their most lopsided shutout win in 42 years. However, the Dodgers couldn't match their Monday production in the next five games combined, so even with stellar pitching the Dodgers ended with a 2-4 week. The Dodgers end week 14 at 11 games under .500, their lowest point of the season.
Dodger Batter of the Week: Aaron Miles led the National League with a .419 batting average in June, and carried it over into July. Last week he hit .533/.588/.800. The criticism of Miles is that his entire production is batting average dependent, that he never walks or gets extra-base hits. However, this week he hit his first home run as a Dodger, added a double, walked twice, and stole two bases. Nice week, Mr. Miles.
Trent Oeltjen came in a close second, hitting .429/.474/.786, including a four-hit game in Minnesota on Monday, when the Dodgers scored most of their runs for the week.
Dodger Pitcher of the Week: Hiroki Kuroda pitched seven scoreless innings on Friday, taking home the award. In reality, the pitching staff as a whole was excellent this week. Outside of Ted Lilly's start in Minnesota and Clayton Kershaw's bloop fest in Anaheim (which also featured one walk and 10 strikeouts), pretty much the rest of the staff could have laid claim to the award. The bullpen didn't allow a run all week.
Chad Billingsley was headed for this award, since he was the only starter to pitch twice during the week, until Russell Branyan dropped a deuce in the punch bowl in the seventh inning Sunday night. Still, a 1.93 ERA in 14 innings for the week? Sign me up.
Week 14 Record: 2-4
26 runs scored (4.33 per game)
17 runs allowed (2.83 per game)
.685 pythagorean winning percentage
Season Record: 37-48
323 runs scored (3.80 per game)
356 runs allowed (4.19 per game)
.456 pythagorean winning percentage (39-46)
See You In Phoenix: Matt Kemp and Clayton Kershaw were both selected to the National League All-Star team, as the rosters were announced Sunday. Kemp was voted in as a starter, the second straight season the Dodgers will have a starting outfielder. Last year's OF starter, Andre Ethier, still has a chance to make the team, as he is one of five Final Vote candidates.
A Senior Moment: Friday night in Anaheim, Tony Gwynn Jr. had quite a night in the leadoff position. He hit a double, had two singles, and three walks, all in a nine-inning game. Reaching base six times in a nine-inning is something Tony Gwynn Sr. never did (though Gwynn The Elder did reach base six times in two extra-inning games in his career).
Transactions:
- Sunday: The Dodgers activated Rafael Furcal from the disabled list, and to make room on the active roster they placed Casey Blake on the 15-day disabled list with a cervical strain.
Game Results:
- Monday: Dodgers 15, Twins 0
- Tuesday: Twins 6, Dodgers 4
- Wednesday: Twins 1, Dodgers 0
- Friday: Dodgers 5, Angels 0
- Saturday: Angels 7, Dodgers 1
- Sunday: Angels 3, Dodgers 1
Upcoming Week: The Dodgers head into the All-Star break with seven home games, battling two clubs who have never pitched a no-hitter, the Mets and Padres.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| 4 vs NYM 6:10pm |
5 vs NYM 7:10pm |
6 vs NYM 7:10pm |
7 vs NYM 7:10pm |
8 vs SD 7:10pm |
9 vs SD 1:10pm |
10 vs SD 1:10pm |
| (L) Capuano | (R) Pelfrey | (L) Niese | (R) Gee | (R) Latos | (L) Richard | (R) Stauffer |
Previous Weeks In Review: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13
Week 14 Stats
| Player | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SB/CS | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
| Miles | 17 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2/0 | .533/.588/.800 | 1.388 |
| Oeltjen | 19 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0/0 | .429/.474/.786 | 1.259 |
| Blake | 24 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0/0 | .294/.478/.471 | .949 |
| Ethier | 26 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0/0 | .375/.385/.500 | .885 |
| Gwynn | 29 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4/0 | .304/.429/.348 | .776 |
| Kemp | 26 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1/0 | .261/.269/.478 | .747 |
| Loney | 24 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | .292/.292/.417 | .708 |
| Gordon | 17 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3/1 | .235/.235/.294 | .529 |
| Ellis | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | .214/.313/.214 | .527 |
| Furcal | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | .250/.250/.250 | .500 |
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| Uribe | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | .214/.267/.214 | .481 |
| Carroll | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | .143/.250/.143 | .393 |
| Navarro | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | .200/.182/.200 | .382 |
| Thames | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .167/.167/.167 | .333 |
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| Totals | 243 | 212 | 26 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 11/1 | .297/.354/.415 | .769 |
| Pitcher | G | W-L | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | FIP* |
| Kuroda | 1 | 1-0 | -- | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.00 | 0.571 | 3.14 |
| De La Rosa | 1 | 0-1 | -- | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1.29 | 1.143 | 2.29 |
| Billingsley | 2 | 1-1 | -- | 14.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1.93 | 0.786 | 3.57 |
| Kershaw | 1 | 0-1 | -- | 6.0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 9.00 | 1.667 | 2.33 |
| Lilly | 1 | 0-1 | -- | 4.2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 1.929 | 6.43 |
| Starters | 6 |
2-4 | -- | 38.2 | 34 |
17 | 16 | 8 | 28 | 3.72 | 1.086 | 3.41 |
| Jansen | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.429 | 2.57 |
| Hawksworth | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.00 | 0.500 | (0.50) |
| MacDougal | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.500 | 3.00 |
| Kuo | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 1.50 |
| Guerra | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 1.00 |
| Elbert | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 2.00 |
| Guerrier | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 3.00 |
| Relievers | 6 |
0-0 |
-- | 11.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
0.00 |
0.794 | 1.76 |
| Totals | 6 |
2-4 | -- | 50.0 | 39 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 41 | 2.88 | 1.020 | 3.04 |
*FIP is estimated
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The trouble is that almost no one hits extra base hits; just Ethier and Kemp, and Kemp had most of a week off. With everyone else hitting singles, even two in a row doesn’t score any runs. You need at least three in the inning. Given that even the best hitters get out 2 out of ever 3 at bats, and most of our lineup gets out 3 out of every 4 at bats, you are not going to have three hitters in an inning very often. The odds are completely against it. With a pitcher who walks a lot of batters, the occasional two singles plus a walk will score a run. So that’s what we get: one run in an inning, once or twice in a game. Not going to win many games that way. Every now and again, poor pitching plus the odds coming around lucky will lead to a bunch of runs – very, very rarely. We need two more hitters getting XBH for their 1-out-of-2-or-3 hits. Duh. Everyone knows that. Even Mattingly’s dopey catcher pinch hits reflect this: there’s a tiny chance that Navarro might hit a double or HR, so he puts him in, since a single from someone else won’t usually help much. Though that’s really dumb when there are runners on 2nd and 3rd.
Gordon’s steals will be perfect for converting singles into runs, our offense if going to be like a production line of smallbally goodness.
Dee “on base machine” Gordon
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 4, 2011 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
fuck getting singles when we have RISP. that’s hard enough. we can’t even get a runner from 3rd home with less than 2 outs with a fly ball or something. 3 years ago kershaw SUCKED at laying down bunts, now the kid is maybe the best in the league. is it too much to ask in the batting cages – learn to lift some balls to make a productive out?
that more than anything is frustrating. a team full of winners know what to do to win. this team is a bunch of losers with some gems.
If
Thames can’t play in the field, they should DL him and bring up Sands. Without Blake, there is no player on the roster who can play first aside from Loney. Thames has played a little at first but has not started a game there since 2009.
I agree
I asked about Thames last night after the game, and Mattingly said Thames still isn’t able to play the field. Wouldn’t surprise me to see something happen this week.
by Eric Stephen on Jul 4, 2011 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Don't think it will be Sands
I’ll stick to my original guess of Russ Mitchell for Gordon. I would assume Thames will stick around through the break in this scenario.
Morning all
David Young jokingly asked me if I was going to do black and white-izations for my soccer blog. I misread it, and said I had a few ideas up my sleeve. Well this morning’s post is one of them: http://www.lagconfidential.com/2011/7/4/2258421/los-angeles-soccer-vs-seattle-sounders-a-history
recommended for anyone who watched NASL back in the day.
oh and
Monday was awesome. That was a good day. Other than that, what a crap week. At this point, I’m just rooting for our new class of rookies to get their feet wet, and for the veterans to find a good, new home.
by Josie Becker on Jul 4, 2011 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
No Copa America in your soccer blog ???
you should do and post on it, just a suggestion :)
well it’s not really MLS relevant, but it’s probably a good idea : )
by Josie Becker on Jul 4, 2011 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
So I was messing around on Play Index to see if Ryan Vogelsong is the worst All Star of All Time and came to a conclusion.
Bringing terrible players to the All Star Game is a time honored tradition.
@andrewngrant
Yeah, but I figured he was the only guy to make the All Star Game with a negative career WAR.
There’s like 30 other guys that pulled that off.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 4, 2011 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Because I don’t think the All Star Game should be a celebration of guys that have had three good months (and people have shown they strongly disagree with that). I thought Vogelsong was the biggest fluky season choice ever, but as it turns out, it’s not even close.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 4, 2011 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Vogelsong’s fluky season is compounded greatly by his five year absence from the majors. And it wasn’t like he was off fighting in World War II. He just wasn’t any good for five years. He couldn’t get people out in Japan.
Bochy said that Vogelsong is the guy he plans to use if the game goes 16 innings.
True, that’s gotta factor in.
I still don’t know if that beats Joe DeMastri.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 4, 2011 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Lance Carter, FTW!
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
The problem with this team
has been the great deal of DL afflicted and infirmly old coupled with the lack of basic MLB talent. I guess I’m just hoping for more call-ups in the attempt to make the lackluster games
more tolerable.
Here’s one to make the Angels fans day. Toronto DFA’s Jaun Rivera.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
he misplayed a ball badly
the other day in the 9th against Philly in a loss, don’t know why he was out there. Defensive subs anyone?
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
soccer idiom of the day
in soccer you don’t go on a [x] game winning streak, you win [x] games on the trot.
I may have run out of things to contribute.
blegh, can it be Simpler Times from Trader Joes?
by Josie Becker on Jul 4, 2011 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
relevant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKTG05rw2iw
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
Number 209
Magic Marlon
how soon we all forget
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Oh
a trick question
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Greg Maddux was a pretty good hitter, right?
Btw, here’s another familiar name as one of the “best deadline deals” of 2006
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=rogers_phil&id=2573904
(under Maddux)
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 will never forget Marlon! Especially since he was part of the 4+1 amazing game
Yeah Blake and Belliard also were key contributors.
I guess Ryan Theriot doesn’t count. ;-)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Jill Painter giving Dodger fans credit for Matt Kemp winning the vote
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Not Kemps MVP numbers
Or Kershaw becoming a top 5 starter in baseball?
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
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