Dodgers Week 24 In Review: No Home Runs, No Problem
by Eric Stephen on Sep 11, 2011 5:58 PM PDT
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The Dodgers didn't hit a home run this week, but still managed to win both series, beating both the Nationals and Giants in two of three games to conclude a 7-3 road trip. The Dodgers even reached the .500 mark on Saturday, albeit briefly as they ended the week with a loss.
The Dodgers could have outscored their opponents for a seventh straight week, but their 8-1 loss in San Francisco on Sunday ended that streak.
Dodger Batter of the Week: The offense had a down week, but Juan Rivera is the clear choice here, as he hit .500 with two doubles, four walks, and six RBI. James Loney contributed with two doubles and a triple, hitting .333/.368/.556. Andre Ethier only played one game before shutting down his season with a right knee injury, but in that game he had a pair of two-run base hits.
Dodger Pitcher of the Week: The award again goes to Clayton Kershaw, who struck out nine Giants Friday night, allowing one unearned run in eight innings to win his 18th game and take over the major league lead in ERA. Dana Eveland was also fantastic, for the second straight start, pitching seven scoreless innings on Saturday. Kenley Jansen continued his stellar work out of the bullpen with three more scoreless outings, striking out seven of the 11 batters he faced.
Dishonorable mention goes to Chad Billingsley, whose slide continued with the Dodgers' shortest outing of the year on Thursday against the Nationals.
Week 24 Record: 4-2
22 runs scored (3.67 per game)
23 runs allowed (3.83 per game)
.480 pythagorean winning percentage
Season Record: 72-73
565 runs scored (3.90 per game)
558 runs allowed (3.85 per game)
.506 pythagorean winning percentage (73-72)
Power/Speed Watch I: Matt Kemp had no home runs and stole one base this week, and through 145 team games, Kemp has 32 home runs and 38 stolen bases. He is on pace for 35 home runs and 42 stolen bases this season.
Power/Speed Watch II: Ted Lilly gave up no home runs and one stolen base in his one start this week, putting his season totals at 28 home runs and 32 stolen bases allowed. With likely four more starts remaining, Lilly is on pace to allow 32 homers and 36 steals. No Dodger pitcher has ever allowed a 30/30 season, and the last one in the majors was by Gavin Floyd in 2008.
0-for Watch: Eugenio Velez was 0-for-1 during the week, and is 0-for-31 on the season, the worst-ever start to a Dodger career by a position player. Dating back to last season, Velez is on an 0-for-40 streak, five at-bats shy of the all-time futility record for a position player, jointly held by Craig Counsell and Bill Bergen.
Transactions:
- Monday: Matt Guerrier rejoined the club from paternity leave.
- Tuesday: The Dodgers recalled outfielder / first baseman Jerry Sands and pitcher John Ely from Triple A Albuquerque, and also purchased the contract of catcher Tim Federowicz from Albuquerque. To make room for Federowicz on the 40-man roster...
- Tuesday: Vicente Padilla was transferred from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list.
Game Results:
- Monday: Nationals 7, Dodgers 2
- Tuesday: Dodgers 7, Nationals 3
- Thursday: Dodgers 7, Nationals 4
- Friday: Dodgers 2, Giants 1
- Saturday: Dodgers 3, Giants 0
- Sunday: Giants 8, Dodgers 1
Upcoming Week: The Dodgers return home to run the Tony Womack gauntlet, with three games against the Arizona Diamondbacks followed by four with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Those are the first seven games of a 10-game homestand, the final home games of the year for the Dodgers.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| 12 vs Ari 7:10pm |
13 vs Ari 7:10pm |
14 vs Ari 7:10pm |
15 vs Pit 7:10pm |
16 vs Pit 7:10pm |
17 vs Pit 7:10pm |
18 vs Pit 1:10pm |
| Lilly v. (L) Saunders |
Billingsley v. (R) Kennedy |
Kershaw v. (R) Hudson |
Eveland v. (L) Locke |
Kuroda v. (R) McDonald |
Lilly v. (R) Lincoln |
Billingsley v. (R) Karstens |
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 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Week 20 | Week 21 | Week 22 | Week 23
Week 24 Stats
| Player | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SB/CS | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
| Rivera | 24 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0/0 | .500/.583/.600 | 1.183 |
| Loney | 19 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | .333/.368/.556 | .924 |
| Barajas | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0/0 | .286/.333/.429 | .762 |
| Miles | 20 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | .316/.350/.316 | .666 |
| Kemp | 27 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1/0 | .240/.296/.360 | .656 |
| Gordon | 29 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3/1 | .286/.310/.321 | .632 |
| Sellers | 18 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | .067/.176/.133 | .310 |
| Sands | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | .071/.188/.071 | .259 |
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| Ethier | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0/0 | .400/.400/.600 | 1.000 |
| Gwynn | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3/1 | .273/.333/.455 | .788 |
| Carroll | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | .273/.333/.364 | .697 |
| Ellis | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .250/.250/.375 | .625 |
| Oeltjen | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | .250/.250/.250 | .500 |
| Mitchell | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | .000/.200/.000 | .200 |
| Federowicz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .000/.000/.000 | .000 |
| Velez | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .000/.000/.000 | .000 |
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| Pitchers | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .091/.091/.091 | .182 |
| Totals | 229 | 209 | 22 | 54 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 9/2 | .258/.314/.344 | .659 |
| Pitcher | G | W-L | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | FIP* |
| Kershaw | 1 | 1-0 | -- | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.00 | 0.500 | 1.18 |
| Eveland | 1 | 1-0 | -- | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.714 | 3.05 |
| Lilly | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3.60 | 1.400 | 1.25 |
| Kuroda | 2 | 0-2 | -- | 10.2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 6.75 | 1.594 | 5.96 |
| Billingsley | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 2.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15.43 | 3.429 | 10.76 |
| Starters | 6 |
2-2 | -- | 33.0 | 31 |
16 | 14 | 10 | 35 | 3.82 | 1.242 | 3.81 |
| Guerra | 4 | 0-0 | 3 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.00 | 1.250 | 2.55 |
| Jansen | 3 | 1-0 | -- | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.00 | 0.333 | (0.62) |
| MacDougal | 2 | 1-0 | -- | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 5.05 |
| Guerrier | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.500 | 0.05 |
| Troncoso | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 1.500 | 0.05 |
| Hawksworth | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 3.05 |
| Lindblom | 3 | 0-0 | -- | 3.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8.10 | 1.500 | 2.75 |
| Elbert | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13.50 | 4.500 | 4.55 |
| Kuo | 3 | 0-0 | -- | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 18.00 | 3.000 | 8.05 |
| Relievers | 6 |
2-0 |
3 | 19.0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
2.84 |
1.211 | 2.21 |
| Totals | 6 |
4-2 | 3 | 52.0 | 43 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 58 | 3.46 | 1.231 | 3.22 |
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no Home Runs
but still, a pretty good week! :)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 11, 2011 6:03 PM PDT reply actions
struck out
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 11, 2011 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, doom him to the dustbins of baseball history
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
i'll give him
one more chance, and then another one.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 11, 2011 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry about all this silly football but Dez Bryant is physical freak. No, I don’t own the guy in fantasy. :)
TD
Jets
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 11, 2011 6:46 PM PDT reply actions
Dodgers Elimination Number
is 5 in the NL West and 6 in the Wild Card.
Rays making a big run at the slumping Red Sox and the A.L West is still up for grabs. A dark horse is St. Louis at 4 1/2 games back of the Braves. At least there’s something for the next two and a half weeks. For now.
The recap says Kemp hot a home run this week but that the Dodgers didn’t hit any home runs this week.
by fbihop on Sep 11, 2011 7:43 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Dee Gordon's new twitter avatar is presumably a childhood pic and damn if it isn't "adorbs" as kids say.
http://a2.twimg.com/profile_images/1536901444/image.jpg
Either that or he’s gotten even younger!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
d'awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 11, 2011 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions
hell of a game
between the Cowboys and Jets
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 11, 2011 8:18 PM PDT reply actions
Intercepted!!
Jets ball!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 11, 2011 8:29 PM PDT reply actions
Jets Win!
I stay alive in the pool!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 11, 2011 8:41 PM PDT reply actions
I was hoping for above break-even at the end of the week, alas the 90-win season is dead
Still a good week for us… WGT, the Snakes lost…
By the way, LOL Seahawks
The more you drink, the less gruesome I look.
Writing and inciting at Barca Blaugranes
Troll @shadowking011
Mattingly says no more minor league call-ups
Know the roster is rather full, but sort of thought with the Loons out that Van Slyke might get a call-up. Any thoughts on what this means for him getting a chance in Spring or being released?
That would be a clear home town discount
On the open market he’s worth at least 13-15 mill a year for 2-3 years.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
PHIL!
I said the bills would win 8, and the lions are not to be underestimated(or something like that) :-p
NoLander owning so far:
Said Lions would win 8 looking good so far
Said Houston was a gimmie, indeed it was
Someone else said don’t dump on the Bills this year. Yup
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Sep 11, 2011 12:27 PM PDT reply actions
Possibly both, but don’t buy the “Newton sucks” hype found so easily on the net. Most of that is just a hopeful reaction to his father’s well-publicized sleaziness and a steep learning curve in preseason. I’ve seen some of the great ones in person—Herschel Walker, Marcus Dupree, Michael Vick—and Newton hands down is the best college athlete I ever saw.
"It takes a special fan to root for a last place moribund bankrupt franchise."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Sep 12, 2011 4:47 AM PDT up reply actions
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