Matt Kemp & Kenley Jansen Continue To Roll, Eugenio Velez Ties A Record In Dodgers Win In San Diego
by Eric Stephen on Sep 23, 2011 11:42 PM PDT
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PrintMatt Kemp continued his hot streak, hitting a towering home run to deep right center field on Friday night as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 2-0 in the opening game of a weekend series at Petco Park. Kemp's home run tied Albert Pujols for the National League lead in home runs, giving Kemp the lead in two of the three triple crown categories.
| Batting Average | Home Runs | RBI | |||||
| Jose Reyes | .32948 | Matt Kemp | 37 | Matt Kemp | 119 | ||
| Ryan Braun | .32909 | Albert Pujols | 37 | Ryan Howard | 113 | ||
| Matt Kemp | .32586 | Uggla / Fielder |
35 | Prince Fielder | 113 | ||
Ryan Braun hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the eight inning in Milwaukee on Friday, breaking a tie and leading the Milwaukee Brewers to one of three division clinchers on Friday night. Jose Reyes was rained out, and the New York Mets will play a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday.
Ted Lilly continued his late-season groove, pitching into the seventh inning and striking out seven, all while allowing no runs. Since the beginning of August, Lilly has a 2.32 ERA in 10 starts with 20 unintentional walks and 59 strikeouts.
Eugenio Velez made history on Friday night, going 0-for-3 to tie Craig Counsell and Bill Bergen for longest stretch of futility by a position player, at 0 for his last 45. This season, Velez is hitless in 36 at-bats, which if the season ended today would be a record for most at-bats by a position player without a hit, passing Hal "0-for-35" Finney, a catcher for the 1936 Pittsburgh Pirates.
On the other end of the spectrum, both Jerry Sands and Dee Gordon extended their hitting streaks on Friday. Sands doubled in the second inning and scored the first run of the game, and now has an 11-game streak, with 19 hits in his 42 at-bats. Gordon has a 10-game hitting streak, with 17 hits in his last 41 at-bats.
Kenley Jansen faced three batters in the eighth inning, and struck them all out. Jansen has struck out nine of the last 12 batters he faced, and 25 of the last 38, too. He has six walks and 46 strikeouts in his last 22 innings pitched. Simply amazing. Jansen is averaging 15.95 strikeouts per nine innings this season, just shy of the record of 15.99, set by Carlos Marmol of the Chicago Cubs last year.
Speaking of strikeouts, Wade LeBlanc got stuck with the loss despite pitching seven strong innings. LeBlanc became just the third pitcher since the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958 to strikeout 10 or more Dodgers with no walks in a loss. Rick Reuschel, on August 19, 1973 while with the Chicago Cubs, and Curt Schilling, on July 26, 1997 while with the Philadelphia Phillies, are the others.
The Dodgers have won six of their last seven games and are 79-77 with five games left to play. Chad Billingsley makes his final start of the year on Saturday, facing Aaron Harang.
WP - Ted Lilly (11-14): 6 1/3 IP, 4 hits, 2 walks, 7 strikeouts
LP - Wade LeBlanc (4-6): 7 IP, 4 hits, 2 runs, 10 strikeouts
Sv - Javy Guerra (20): 1 IP, 1 strikeout
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Before Kenley Jansen broke the internet, I was going to make a snarky comment to the effect of: “It took 19 pitches for Kenley Jansen to strike out the side!? He may be regressing faster than Kershaw.”
He actually struck out the last batter pretty early in the AB
But his cutter moved so much that a surprised Fedex had to backhand it, and the ump called it a ball even though it was a good six inches inside the zone.
by The Dude Abides on Sep 24, 2011 12:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Eugenio Velez broke the interwebz
The FAIL is strong with this one
The more you drink, the less gruesome I look.
Writing and inciting at Barca Blaugranes
Troll @shadowking011
It's been such a bizarre year
At times feeling like the worst Dodger season of my life, and now as it winds down there is so much to talk about. It’s amazing that Guerra has achieved what he has achieved and is barely a foot note most of the time. What a trip.
by Lex in Brooklyn on Sep 24, 2011 12:17 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
You don’t deserve it, Braun…. Suck it again, Mr. “I have Prince batting behind me”
I'm goofy
by Jack Huber on Sep 24, 2011 9:54 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I was confused when the Dodgers didn’t win, even though last I knew we were up by 2 runs. At least I didn’t see the obligatory “We Win!” post at TBLA. I don’t think that has ever happened when we won. So we didn’t win?
The site was down
But I did post it on Twitter as it happened.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 24, 2011 12:33 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
It's more of an in the moment thing
Here is the tweet:
Apologies to those unable to get on True Blue LA tonight. Now that the last out has been recorded… bit.ly/oGt9qY #WeWin
by Eric Stephen on Sep 24, 2011 12:36 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I was bummed that the site was down
I have posted the “we win” pic while driving before! It’s an unwritten, unspoken oath.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 24, 2011 12:45 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I was bummed that more people
didn’t get to see Vin commenting on the cougarness of Kemp’s mom :(
by The Dude Abides on Sep 24, 2011 12:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Forgot to add
Lilly is still on 28 home runs. He has gone 5 full starts and 36 total innings without a home run. Only the season finale in Arizona stands in Lilly’s way.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 24, 2011 12:32 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Stop it already!
I know it’s the reporter’s job to interview the players but they should never, ever talk to Kemp about you-know-what. The same goes for Kershaw; never bring up you-know-what. Kemp said tonight “don’t put pressure on me”. He doesn’t want to talk about you-know-what. Do you blame him?
by RoyaleWithCheeze on Sep 24, 2011 12:48 AM PDT reply actions
I don't blame him
He jumps tennis nets in a single bound. That reporter should STFU.
by The Dude Abides on Sep 24, 2011 12:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I had a ton of fun bowling tonight with Dave, Phil, Gary, Jen, and my buddy Cory
Jen, Cory, and myself were awful the first game on lane 22, while Phil, Dave, and Gary all scored in the mid 100s and did very well their first games. We switched lanes, and I just went nuts (my theory is one drink in and I become focused, lol), and ended up with a 221, though unfortunately because of the lane switch, it was on Dave’s name. Picture evidence will be up tomorrow :)
Those who chose not to come tonight definitely missed out :)
221 is legit.
Better be careful in amateur cash games. Don’t want to get Munson’d.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 24, 2011 4:05 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Eugenio
It looks like Velez needs to take a lot of BP. Is Mattingly going to keep starting him until he gets a hit?
Doesn't Kemps batting average get rounded to .326? or is it stuck
on 325 because it’s already 3 decimals. Not sure how they work that
i guess it doesn't matter as far as
what place he’d still be in. but as far as ending line for the season (if it ended today)
by Dodgerblue8188 on Sep 24, 2011 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
well true
but only if you round that far back. Usually you only round but so many decimals deep and from what i remember in school you only round back as far as the numbers you needed. So Reyes might not count since a 4 wont round anything up.
by Dodgerblue8188 on Sep 24, 2011 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
My Name Is Matt Kemp
and
I WANT MY MONEY!
AND I WANT IT NOW!
by 68elcamino427 on Sep 24, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
There is no rounding
His average is what it is. For instance, Reyes and Braun are both at .329, but Reyes has the higher average, so he would win the batting title.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 24, 2011 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Ethier
After a couple of days with the team, did Ethier go home to Phoenix to recuperate after his knee operation?
Do we think he’ll join the team in the dugout next week when they arrive there? Can he? Or maybe just the last day of the season?
Will he want to [show everyone he’ll] be there with his teammate Matt when he achieves whatever he’s going to achieve? Or just do an Ethier and stay recuperating at home? Will Josh R. do a final PR job for the Dodgers and get Andre to the stadium on time before he himself slips away to the home clubhouse?
Good question
Ethier was supposed to start his rehab in Arizona after about a week after the surgery. I suspect he is home, making daily trips to the Dodgers complex in Glendale.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 24, 2011 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Great meeting Dave, Phil, Ivdown, Ivdown's friend, and Gary last night. Even though I totally suck wind at bowling.
GO CAL BEARS!!!!!
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
your drop and spin move was pretty sick !
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
MLB Network is going to show the top of the seventh now.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 24, 2011 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Shane Victorino is a jerk again. One out in the 7th
by Eric Stephen on Sep 24, 2011 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Padres
couldn’t deal with what Kenley and Javy got.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 24, 2011 11:51 AM PDT reply actions
NY Times writer said if he could vote (NY Times doesn’t allow reporters to vote), he would vote for Kemp and Kershaw.
In the AL, he says Verlander for MVP and Cy Young.
His Least Valuable Players are Aubrey Huff in the NL and Adam Dunn in the AL. Worst pitchers are Edinson Volquez and John Lackey.
Jose Reyes lined to CF in the 8th
now 1-3 in the first game of a doubleheader.
Reyes .32950
Braun .32909
Kemp .32586
Wouldn't
such a format give true meaning to a ‘Wildcard’ game?
by 68elcamino427 on Sep 24, 2011 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Hopefully it’ll go away when they realize it means it’s less likely the Yankees and Red Sox will make the playoffs.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Sep 24, 2011 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
lol
and so true
for so many others as well
by 68elcamino427 on Sep 24, 2011 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Here is my thoughts on alignment and playoffs
It really is unfair that there are two more teams in the NL than the AL….obviously a lower percentage of teams make the playoffs. Move Milwaukee back to the AL (Or pick whatever team, I have heard Houston rumored, though, leaving Texas without an NL team is stupid).
You now have 15 and 15 in each league. Now just stagger interleague play. Would you really care that much that the Dodgers have a big playoff deciding series against the Tigers instead of say the Reds or Rockies?
If moving a team doesn’t work, then at least make it only two divisions in each league and have two wild cards. This allows for what would now be a very strong third place team (Rays this year or like in 02 when the Dodgers won 92 games) to have a better chance at making the playoffs instead of like an 84 win 2006 Cards. I think the main goal should be to get the best teams in the playoffs. Also, this would make more teams within the league rivals as they will now play more often in the regular season…It is amazing that the Pirates and Phillies only play 6 times in a year.
the miami hurricanes
getting an old testament plague today for their wicked ways
by shaqfor3 on Sep 24, 2011 12:41 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
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