Brendan Scolari, who had the displeasure of witnessing Monday night's debacle in person, will provide the game recap. I just wanted to point out a trend thus far in the early going of 2009.
Please be advised of the small sample size alert:
The Dodgers have taken a one, two, or three-run lead into the 8th inning of 11 different games this season. Five times the lead has vanished. Here is a break down:
| Lead | Games | Blown | H | R | BB | K | HR | ERA | WHIP |
| 1-run | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10.50 | 2.33 |
| 2-run | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15.00 | 2.67 |
| 3-run | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Totals | 11 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 9.82 | 2.18 |
I still think it's too early to make any judgements about the bullpen, but this poor 8th inning trend needs to stop, and soon.
The Dodgers need a Billingsley-Broxton tag team to distract them on Tuesday.