True Blue LA - Apr. 29: Rockies 12, Dodgers 2Where The Dodger Dogs Are Always Grilledhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/49563/truebluela_fav.png2013-04-30T22:29:45-07:00http://www.truebluela.com/rss/stream/40484332013-04-30T22:29:45-07:002013-04-30T22:29:45-07:00Ted Lilly gets cortisone injection
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<p>After a pair of MRI exams on Monday, Lilly will be reevaluated by team doctors on Thursday to determine the next course of action.</p> <p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> starting pitcher <span>Ted Lilly</span> was examined by team physician Dr. Robert Watkins in Los Angeles on Tuesday and received MRI exams on both his neck and right rib cage. He received a cortisone injection into his rib cage and will be shut down for two days, putting his scheduled Saturday start in jeopardy.</p>
<p>The Dodgers said Lilly will be reevaluated again on Thursday to determine the next course of action. If he is unable to start on Saturday against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/">Giants</a> in San Francisco, it is likely that start will go to <span>Matt Magill</span>, who made his major league debut on Saturday against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Brewers</a>.</p>
<p>Lilly allowed five runs on eight hits, including two home runs, in just three innings on Monday in a 12-2 loss to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Rockies</a>. Lilly experienced tightness in his back after his first start in New York, but didn't tell the team, thinking it would go away before Monday, but it did not.</p>
<p>"I think I have a few things to be concerned about. The back being one of them, and just ineffectiveness," Lilly said on Monday night. "There are a lot of guys in this clubhouse not feeling as good as they'd like to, but you still expect to get the results you're looking for."</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2013/4/30/4288708/ted-lilly-dodgers-injection-rib-cageEric Stephen2013-04-30T11:15:22-07:002013-04-30T11:15:22-07:00Skip Schumaker finds fun on the mound
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<p>Schumaker threw 10 pitches at least 88 mph on Monday night, including two at 90 mph.</p> <p>There usually aren't many positives to come out of a blowout loss by 10 runs, but the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> found one on Monday night, and it wasn't just <span>Matt Kemp</span> being okay after getting hit in the face by a pitch (he was grazed on the nose). On a night the Dodgers pitching staff was ravaged, utility man <span>Skip Schumaker</span> stepped in to pitch the ninth inning.</p>
<p>Schumaker allowed two singles and a walk, but also recorded three outs without a run scoring. The couple hundred fans still at Dodger Stadium at the end of the ugly game were chanting "Let's go, Skip!" The chant was heard loud and clear.</p>
<p>"I did (hear the chant). It's a tough situation because you're getting your butt kicked and you try not to have too good of a time out there because you're down by 12," Schumaker said. "But you don't get too many chances of that, and I remember growing up watching Orel (Hershiser) pitch, and I was on the same mound as Orel and that was pretty cool. You just try to not get anybody hurt, and try to get through it as quickly as you can."</p>
<p>Schumaker threw 25 pitches, including 13 for strikes. Ten of his pitches registered at 88 mph or higher, topping out at 90 mph. Not bad for someone who, because he might have batted in the eighth inning, couldn't go down to the bullpen to properly warm up.</p>
<p>"I just went down to the tunnel with my little buddy here," Schumaker joked of <span>Nick Punto</span>, whose locker is next to his.</p>
<p>"<i>Little</i> buddy?" Punto interjected, feigning insult.</p>
<p>"You know, the smallest guy on the team," Schumaker continued, laughing, "I threw four or five times. I was close to being on deck so I couldn't go down to the bullpen or anything."</p>
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<p>Schumaker lives in Ladera Ranch, and specifically didn't want to allow anything to <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Rockies</a>' third baseman <span>Nolan Arenado</span>, the El Toro High School grad playing Monday night in his second MLB game.</p>
<p>"I worked out with Nolan, the kid at third, the last three or four years," Schumaker said. "I didn't want him to get a hit off me of course."</p>
<p>Arenado did single, but was stranded.</p>
<p>It wasn't the first time on the mound for Schumaker, who pitched at UC Santa Barbara. He also pitched an inning for the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/">Cardinals</a> in 2011, <i>against</i> the Dodgers.</p>
<p>"I do have one inning, <span>Aaron Miles</span> took me way deep in St. Louis. Like over 500 feet," Schumaker said. "So I do have an inning, though it wasn't a great inning. I pitched in college, so I have an idea of how to throw a strike, but that's about it."</p>
<p>Schumaker isn't alone in remembering the Miles home run.</p>
<p>"Miles took him way back," said manager Don Mattingly. "I love reminding him of that."</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2013/4/30/4286528/skip-schumaker-pitcher-dodgersEric Stephen2013-04-30T00:34:55-07:002013-04-30T00:34:55-07:00Josh Wall & taking one for the team
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<p>Wall in seven innings this season has allowed 14 runs, 17 hits and six walks, to go with seven strikeouts.</p> <p><span>Josh Wall</span> did not have a good night on Monday, as he allowed seven runs in two innings of relief in the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a>' 12-2 loss to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Rockies</a>. Wall though was put in a tough situation, one that unfortunately could lead to his removal from the roster.</p>
<p>Wall entered the game after <span>Ted Lilly</span> only lasted three innings, and the Dodgers were already down 5-0.</p>
<p>"I can't say he looked good, but Josh really sucked it up for us. He threw close to 40 pitches that first inning, and to go that second inning basically saved the pen," said manager Don Mattingly. "We should have everybody available the way we were able to do it the rest of the way. That game could have not only blown up tonight but hurts you over the next couple of days. We were able to survive not having to use Kenley or Beli or Brandon for that game."</p>
<p>Wall threw a whopping 62 pitches in his two innings of work, and he knew his role.</p>
<p>"In my mind, if I could save someone from having to throw down in the bullpen that was my job, but I wasn't good at all," said Wall. "That's basically all it was. I wasn't good."</p>
<p>It is a far cry from spring training, when Wall, 25, was arguably the most effective relief pitcher in Dodgers camp for most of the spring. But Wall said he hasn't figured out what specifically, if anything, is the difference between now and then.</p>
<p>"I'm just off right now. It's the best way I can describe it," Wall said.</p>
<p>Though Wall allowed eight hits and two walks in his two frames, and even though he has allowed 14 runs in seven innings this season, Mattingly was impressed with the right-hander.</p>
<p>"He took a beating, that's for sure. But it's the position he's in right now. Obviously he got hit a little bit. But there is something to taking that ball again that next inning," Mattingly said. "He could have very easily said he couldn't go again. That told me a lot."</p>
<p>In the fifth inning, catcher <span>A.J. Ellis</span> noticed something off in Wall's delivery, which caused a conference on the mound with Wall, Mattingly, and team trainers. Wall said he was "fine" after the game, and both Mattingly and the trainers agreed, letting Wall finish off the inning.</p>
<p>"We in a sense sacrificed him a little bit, but I can't do that from the standpoint of allowing him to pitch injured. I could never do that, I don't feel good about that," said Mattingly. "Once A.J. said that, I had to make sure (Wall's) not feeling pain by throwing a baseball."</p>
<p>Wall's two innings, and <span>Skip Schumaker's</span> one inning in the ninth, allowed the Dodgers to save their top three relievers, <span>Ronald Belisario</span>, <span>Kenley Jansen</span>, and <span>Brandon League</span>, while four others pitched one inning each. But with 62 pitches thrown Monday, Wall is likely done until the weekend and the Dodgers might need some bullpen reinforcements.</p>
<p>In Albuquerque on Monday night, <span>Chris Withrow</span> threw 30 pitches in relief so he is likely not an option to be recalled if needed even though he is on the 40-man roster. <span>Peter Moylan</span>, who currently isn't on the 40-man roster but could easily be added, threw 17 pitches on Monday night. The other two Isotopes pitchers on the 40-man roster are <span>Javy Guerra</span>, who threw 85 pitches on Friday, and <span>Steven Ames</span>, who threw 11 pitches on Saturday.</p>
<p>But the Dodgers still haven't decided whether or not they need to make a roster move just yet.</p>
<p>"That's all up in the air right now," Mattingly said.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2013/4/30/4285154/josh-wall-dodgersEric Stephen2013-04-29T23:55:50-07:002013-04-29T23:55:50-07:00Lilly to have MRI on back Tuesday
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<p>Lilly suffered his first home loss in five starts as a Dodger against the Rockies on Monday night.</p> <p>In what is becoming an almost daily occurrence, another <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> pitcher is hurt. <span>Ted Lilly</span>, who lasted just three innings in Monday's 12-2 loss to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Rockies</a>, has stiffness in his back and will have an MRI exam on Tuesday to determine the extent of the injury.</p>
<p>Both Lilly and manager Don Mattingly downplayed the injury after the game.</p>
<p>"I think he's okay. From what I heard afterwards, he got kind of tight somewhere in his back there," Mattingly said. "It's something that he's had before. We didn't hear anything about it before the game."</p>
<p>Lilly said he first felt back tightness on Thursday, the day after his start in New York, when he gave up one run in five innings to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.amazinavenue.com/">Mets</a>. But he didn't think it would last, as he had a similar issue that went away quickly at the beginning of the 2012 season.</p>
<p>"I felt a little bit the next day. But there are things that come up and then they go away. You try not to make a big deal out of little things. Most of the time they're nothing," Lilly said. "I got caught off guard. I was confident that this would get better."</p>
<p>Lilly said he felt the tightness very little during warmups, but during the game the problem progressed. But again, he downplayed the extent of the injury.</p>
<p>"I think it's just some minor stuff, minor back and neck stuff. I'm going to have it looked at tomorrow. I felt fine warming up," Lilly said. "It got a little worse as the game went on. Nowadays I expect to a point just like everyone else in this clubhouse. You go out there and do the best you can regardless of how you feel."</p>
<p>Lilly allowed two home runs to the first four batters, and in his three innings he allowed five runs on eight hits, and threw 71 pitches. It could have been an even shorter outing had he not convinced trainer Sue Falsone and manager Don Mattingly to remain in the game after their third inning mound visit.</p>
<p>"I didn't want to come out. I wanted to get out of that inning," Lilly said. "A start like that puts our club in an awfully tough spot, not only for tonight but for tomorrow and going forward. I just wanted to try and pitch as deep into the game as I could."</p>
<p>Lilly is scheduled to start next on Saturday in San Francisco, but with Tuesday's MRI that start could be in jeopardy. <span>Matt Magill</span>, who started Saturday and will be skipped Thursday, could conceivably step in if needed for a spot start, or maybe longer. But that's assuming <span>Clayton Kershaw</span> is back in time from the bereavement list to make his Friday start.</p>
<p>As we have learned with the Dodgers rotation, don't make any plans in ink. Even Mattingly wasn't ready to look as far ahead as Saturday just yet.</p>
<p>"We have to find out if Teddy's healthy tomorrow, and then make decisions from there," Mattingly said.</p>
<h3>Up next</h3>
<p>Presuming he is healthy, Hyun-jin Ryu will make the start for the Dodgers on Tuesday night, looking to last at least six innings for the sixth consecutive time. Starting for the Rockies will be the now-healthy <span>Jorge De La Rosa</span>, in a 7:10 p.m. game on KCAL.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2013/4/29/4285094/ted-lilly-injury-dodgers-back-mriEric Stephen2013-04-29T22:34:44-07:002013-04-29T22:34:44-07:00Rockies 12, Dodgers 2
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<p>Schumaker is the first Dodgers position player to pitch in a game since Mark Loretta <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN200907280.shtml" target="new">on Jul. 28, 2009</a>.</p> <p><span>Ted Lilly's</span> second start did not go as well as his first one, as the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> were clobbered by the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Rockies</a> 12-2 at Dodger Stadium on what could be a costly Monday night at Dodger Stadium. It was the first time the Dodgers have lost by 10 or more runs at home since falling 10-0 to San Francisco <a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN201104020.shtml">on Apr. 2, 2011</a>.</p>
<p>The Dodgers were so thoroughly beaten that <span>Skip Schumaker</span>, who started the game at second base, pitched the ninth inning. He allowed a pair of singles and a walk but otherwise escaped unscathed. Schumaker, who while with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/">Cardinals</a> allowed a home run to then-Dodger Aaron Miles in his other career pitching performance, in 2011, hit 90 mph on the radar gun multiple times.</p>
<p>Lilly entered the game 7-1 with a 3.32 ERA in nine starts against the Rockies as a Dodger, but his Monday outing was over seemingly before it began. <span>Dexter Fowler</span> greeted him with a home run to lead off the game, then after a single and double to the next two batters, <span>Wilin Rosario</span> also homered for a 4-0 lead four batters into the game.</p>
<p>But even after the first four hitters, Lilly allowed six of the next 16 batters to reach base and one more run. He was done after three innings and 71 pitches. At one point in the third inning, with the bases loaded, trainer Sue Falsone and pitching coach Rick Honeycutt came to the mound to examine Lilly - this was a theme of sorts on Monday - but he stayed in the game and got out of the inning.</p>
<p><span>Josh Wall</span> entered in the fourth inning and was in 'take one for the team' mode, and whatever 'it' is he had less of it than Lilly. Wall allowed allowed seven runs on eight hits and two walks in his two innings. He threw 62 pitches, the first Dodgers relief pitcher to eclipse 60 pitches in two innings or less since Rule 5 pitcher Jose Nunez threw 69 pitches in 1⅔ innings <a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200105050.shtml">in 2001 against the Cubs</a>.</p>
<p>Monday was <a target="_blank" href="http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/xoi88">the 28th time since 1916 that two different Dodgers allowed eight or more hits in the same game</a>, and the first since <a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN200707170.shtml">July 17, 2007</a>, when <span>Mark Hendrickson</span> and <span>Eric Stults</span> turned the trick against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.thegoodphight.com/">Phillies</a>.</p>
<p>Whether fair or not, this was the second 'take one for the team' outing for Wall in two weeks, as he also pitched two innings and threw 29 pitches on Apr. 16, the night <span>Chris Capuano</span> left early with a left calf strain, just one night after Wall threw 17 pitches. But the fact remains, Wall likely won't be on the active roster on Tuesday, thanks to a combination of performance (opponents have a .548 on-base percentage against Wall, who has a 18.00 ERA), usage (after 62 pitches, he is unavailable until the weekend at least), and possibly injury, as trainers visited the mound two batters prior to him getting out of the fifth inning, his final frame.</p>
<p>To make matters even worse for the Dodgers, <span>Matt Kemp</span> was hit by a pitch in the fourth inning, a ball that ricocheted off his shoulder into his face. Kemp was briefly checked by team trainers, but stayed in the game.</p>
<p>That was just about the only mistake made by Rockies starter <span>Tyler Chatwood</span> all night. Chatwood pitched six scoreless innings, didn't walk a batter, and had as many strikeouts (five) as hits allowed. Even at the plate, Chatwood was 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored. In his career, Chatwood has a .400 batting average (10-for-25) with only three strikeouts in 34 plate appearances.</p>
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<li>A two-run home run by <span>Jerry Hairston</span> in the seventh inning prevented the shutout.</li>
<li> <span>Hanley Ramirez</span>, who was activated from the disabled list about an hour before the game, made his first appearance of 2013 when he pinch it in the seventh inning. Ramirez struck out looking.</li>
<li>For the Rockies, El Toro High School grad <span>Nolan Arenado</span> collected both his first major league hit and first MLB home run on Monday, in his second big league game.</li>
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<h3>Monday's particulars</h3>
<p><b>Home runs</b>: Jerry Hairston Jr. (1); Dexter Fowler (8), Wilin Rosario (7), Nolan Arenado (1)</p>
<p><b>WP - Tyler Chatwood (1-0)</b>: 6 IP, 5 hits, 5 strikeouts</p>
<p><b>LP - Ted Lilly (0-1)</b>: 3 IP, 8 hits, 5 runs (4 earned), 2 walks, 2 strikeouts</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2013/4/29/4284866/skip-schumaker-dodgers-rockiesEric Stephen2013-04-29T20:52:47-07:002013-04-29T20:52:47-07:00Dodgers play waiting game with Mark Ellis
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<p>Ellis is hitting .342/.363/.452 with two home runs, 11 runs batted in and 10 runs scored in 20 games this season.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> don't have the services of <span>Mark Ellis</span> on Monday against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Rockies</a>, his third consecutive game missed with a strained right quad. But the second baseman continues to progress, and the club continues to wait and see if he can avoid a stint on the disabled list.</p>
<p>"He's better, but we're pretty much still in the same boat. He's taken BP, I know he's thrown. He ran a little bit, and taken ground balls. I know he's been able to do a lot," said manager Don Mattingly before Monday's game against the Rockies. "The thing between him and medical is just making sure that we don't do anything that would cause any damage, do something that would set him out for a month.</p>
<p>"It's more of a medical decision than a baseball decision right now."</p>
<p>Ellis <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/2013/4/26/4273264/mark-ellis-injury-dodgers">strained his right quad while running to first base on Friday night against the Brewers</a>, an injury that looked at the time sure to land him on the disabled list. But the Dodgers have thus far delayed that decision, essentially playing with a man short on their roster in the interim.</p>
<p>"You can (play shorthanded). Sometimes you get a game, or 10 games, where you don't need that extra guy. But then you run into a game where you'd like to be able to pinch hit but you end up with a pitcher hitting," Mattingly said. "You just have to be a little creative and be careful with your players early in the game. You can't just burn guys."</p>
<p>With the activation of <span>Hanley Ramirez</span> and the placement of <span>Clayton Kershaw</span> on the bereavement list on Monday, the Dodgers regained an extra bench player they will have through at least the series against Colorado. Perhaps by the weekend series, they will have a clearer idea of whether Ellis is either ready to play or needing to go on the disabled list.</p>
<h3>Notes</h3>
<p><span>Zack Greinke</span> threw from 90 feet on Monday, 16 days after surgery to repair a broken left collarbone. "Today was a good day. He was pretty excited when he walked in the weight room today," Mattingly said. "We're getting closer, so obviously he feels better."</p>
<p>Mattingly said that reliever <span>Scott Elbert</span>, who had two elbow surgeries then suffered a setback late in spring training, continues to throw off a mound at the Dodgers' training facility in Arizona, and progress from his injury. Elbert had a platelet-rich plasma injection on Mar. 25, and has had no setbacks since then. "Ever since he got that injection after that second surgery, he's been pretty much on schedule," Mattingly said. "Everything has been positive with Scott, other than taking a while."</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2013/4/29/4284502/mark-ellis-dodgers-quadEric Stephen2013-04-29T19:57:17-07:002013-04-29T19:57:17-07:00Mattingly compares Collins to Jackie Robinson
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<p>Collins revealed in an interview with Sports Illustrated that he is gay. As many other figures in and out of the sports world have done on Monday, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly reacted to the news.</p> <p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> manager Don Mattingly was asked his reaction to journeyman center <span>Jason Collins</span>' coming out on Monday as <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/4/29/4282352/gay-nba-player-jason-collins-comes-out">the first openly gay</a><a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/4/29/4282352/gay-nba-player-jason-collins-comes-out"> active </a><a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/4/29/4282352/gay-nba-player-jason-collins-comes-out"> player in the NBA</a>, and understandably Mattingly chose a comparison close to home.</p>
<p>"It seems a little bit like a Jackie Robinson type thing to me. He's kind of crossing some barriers," Mattingly said. "It will be interesting to follow to see what happens."</p>
<p>Collins revealed he is gay in this week's issue of <i>Sports Illustrated</i>, and while he will likely never face the sheer volume of vile hatred that Robinson received as the first black player in Major League Baseball, the comparison still fits, even if loosely.</p>
<p>Collins will surely see some backlash from teammates and fans. To what degree remains to be seen, but as the first active player to jump into that unknown firestorm Collins deserves credit.</p>
<p>Mattingly was asked how his Dodgers clubhouse would react if one of his players revealed he was gay.</p>
<p>"I don't know. I think it would be okay. The first time it happens, you're kind of in uncharted waters," Mattingly said. "I would think, a lot like Jackie, (Collins) made it easier for anyone else who wants to step forward."</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2013/4/29/4284614/don-mattingly-jason-collins-jackie-robinsonEric Stephen