The Dodgers played the top two teams in the NL Wild Card race last week, and they lost both series. In fact, now both teams, the Phillies and Giants, are closer to their division leads thanks to playing the Dodgers. In each of the Dodgers' last three series, they have won the opening game and lost the next two games.
Stop me if you've heard this before, but the Dodgers got good starting pitching -- outside of one start by Carlos Monasterios -- but inconsistent offense and as a result dropped four of six games on the week.
The Dodgers actually only had five different people drive in runs during the week, and Scott Podsednik did not set any tables, finishing the week with one hit in 18 at-bats. Ending the week at one game over .500, the Dodgers' march toward the middle goes on.
Dodger Batter of the Week: The much-mailgned men on the corners split the award, as James Loney and Casey Blake each had stellar weeks. Loney hit .313/.476/.563, while Blake hit .421/.500/.526 for the week. Honorable mention goes to Rod Barajas, who popped two home runs and caught 100% of the innings this week.
Dodger Pitcher of the Week: Hiroki Kuroda was the only Dodger starter to pitch twice this week, and he was also the best, allowing just three runs total in his two games, in nearly 16 innings. He took a no-hitter into the eighth on Monday against the Phillies. Honorable mention goes to Chad Billingsley, who shut down the Giants on Friday night, allowing two unearned runs in his eight innings.
Week 22 Record: 2-4
16 runs scored (2.67 per game)
23 runs allowed (3.83 per game)
.340 pythagorean winning percentage
Season Record: 69-68
587 runs scored (4.28 per game)
585 runs allowed (4.27 per game)
.502 pythagorean winning percentage (69-68)
Transactions:
- Monday: Manny Ramirez was claimed off waivers by the White Sox. To take his place on the roster, the Dodgers recalled reliever Ramon Troncoso from Triple A Albuquerque
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Friday: Catcher A.J. Ellis was recalled from Triple A Albuquerque, and Rafael Furcal and Vicente Padilla were reinstated from the disabled list
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Sunday: These moves won't take place until Monday, but the Dodgers will recall John Ely, Jon Link, and Chin-Lung Hu, and purchase the contracts of John Lindsey and Russ Mitchell. Another move will need to be made to make room on the 40-man roster, which will likely be the transfer of Russell Martin to the 60-day disabled list.
Game Results:
- Monday: Dodgers 3, Phillies 0
- Tuesday: Phillies 8, Dodgers 4
- Wednesday: Phillies 5, Dodgers 1
- Friday: Dodgers 4, Giants 2
- Saturday: Giants 5, Dodgers 4
- Sunday: Giants 3, Dodgers 0
Upcoming Week: The Dodgers start a 10-game road trip with trips to San Diego and Houston.
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
6 at SD 7:05pm |
7 at SD 7:05pm |
8 at SD 7:05pm |
9 at Hou 5:05pm |
10 at Hou 5:05pm |
11 at Hou 4:05pm |
12 at Hou 11:05pm |
Previous Weeks in Review: Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Wk 20 | Wk 21
Week 22 Stats
Player | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SB/CS | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
Loney | 21 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0/0 | .313/.476/.563 | 1.039 |
Blake | 22 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0/0 | .421/.500/.526 | 1.026 |
Barajas | 21 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0/0 | .222/.333/.556 | .889 |
Carroll | 19 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | .389/.421/.444 | .865 |
Theriot | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0/0 | .250/.400/.250 | .650 |
Ethier | 24 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | .174/.208/.217 | .426 |
Furcal | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | .125/.222/.125 | .347 |
Kemp | 21 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | .150/.190/.150 | .340 |
Podsednik | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .056/.056/.111 | .167 |
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Gibbons | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0/0 | .200/.200/.800 | 1.000 |
Belliard | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .125/.125/.250 | .375 |
Johnson | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .000/.000/.000 | .000 |
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Pitchers | 15 | 13 | 0 |
3 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .231/.231/.231 | .462 |
Totals | 206 | 185 | 16 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1/1 | .222/.291/.324 | .615 |
Pitcher | G | W-L | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | FIP* |
Billingsley | 1 | 1-0 | -- | 8.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0.00 | 0.500 | 2.20 |
Kuroda | 2 | 1-1 | -- | 15.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 1.72 | 0.766 | 2.88 |
Lilly | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2.57 | 0.714 | 5.77 |
Kershaw | 1 | 0-1 | -- | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 3.00 | 1.167 | 4.87 |
Monasterios | 1 | 0-1 | -- | 2.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22.50 | 3.000 | 11.70 |
Starters |
6 |
2-3 | -- | 38.2 | 22 |
14 | 12 | 12 | 41 | 2.79 | 0.879 | 4.03 |
Weaver | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 6.20 |
Kuo | 4 | 0-0 | 2 | 3.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 0.545 | 3.20 |
Troncoso | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | 1.000 | 6.87 |
Belisario | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 2.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.86 | 0.857 | 2.34 |
Dotel | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6.75 | 3.000 | 17.45 |
Broxton | 2 | 0-1 | 0/1 | 2.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7.71 | 2.143 | 4.49 |
Jansen | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9.00 | 3.000 | 5.20 |
Sherrill | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 0.2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 27.00 | 4.500 | 12.20 |
Relievers |
6 |
0-1 | 2/3 | 15.1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
5.28 | 1.500 | 5.94 |
Totals |
6 |
2-4 | 2/3 | 54.0 | 35 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 40 | 3.50 | 1.056 | 4.57 |