Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Game 47 Thread: May 23 vs. Brewers, 7.10p

Dodgers start Brad Penny, RHP (5-1, 2.54) vs. Chris Capuano, LHP (5-2, 3.72).

Dodgers: 26-20 (1st place NL West, 0.5 GA, W1)
Brewers: 28-18 (1st place NL Central, 6.5 GA, L1)

From Dodgers.com, the scouting report on the starters:

Dodgers: He suffered his first loss of the year and it was a doozy, charged with eight runs in five-plus innings that nearly doubled his ERA from 1.39 to 2.54. He was competitive until the sixth inning, when the first five batters had base hits and chased him from the game. Penny did not face the Brewers when the Dodgers opened the season in Milwaukee, and he?s 2-2 with a 5.85 ERA in six career games against them.

Brewers: After going 5-0 with a 2.31 ERA in his first seven starts, Capuano is 0-2 with a 9.64 ERA in his last two outings. He surrendered seven hits for the second straight outing on Friday against the Twins, when he walked four batters and was tagged with six runs in 5 1/3 innings. Five of those runs scored in the third inning, when Twins rallied with three walks and two hits, including a Torii Hunter grand slam, all with two outs. He has a 2.61 ERA in seven career games against the Dodgers.

COMMENTS:

  • Dodgers win! Dodgers win! (Or to quote SoSG commenter Damon, "so this is what a win feels like.") And if the Dodgers win again tonight, they will have taken three of their past four series—although after that brutal Angels series, it will have hardly felt so. Brad Penny gives us as good a chance as any to win, so all that remains to be seen is if any bats besides Russell Martin's can produce.

From Inside the Dodgers, tonight's lineup:

Furcal, SS
Pierre, CF
Nomar, 1B
Kent, 2B
Martin, C
Gonzo, LF
LaRoche, 3B
Ethier, RF
Penny, P

31 comments:

Orel said...

C'mon boys, time to get back on track. I mean stay on track. Yeah, stay on track.

Orel said...

Bases loaded, Russell Martin delivers AGAIN. 3-0 Dodgers.

Orel said...

Wow! Luis Gonzalez follows with an RBI single. 4-0 Dodgers, still one out in the first.

Orel said...

Uh-oh, two walks for Penny in the third.

Orel said...

...followed by 2 K's. Nice!

Damon said...

Penny is pitching a fine game

Alex Cora said...

Glad that fan touched the ball in the corner. If he didn't, Gonzo would NEVER have been able to throw him out. GO FAN INTERFERENCE - a true fan that knows that Gonzo has NO ARM.

Orel said...

Russell!

Orel said...

Um, why was Kent trying to steal third?

Alex Cora said...

Go Mariano! Way to stick up for Martin.

Alex Cora said...

Was that really foul?

Alex Cora said...

Padres beating Cubs 2-1 in the 8th

Orel said...

GameCast is reporting:

R Martin homered to left.

then:

R Martin walked.

Orel said...

AAUGH bullshit

Orel said...

Did we get robbed?

Lasorda said...

Anyone a lip reader? What is Duncan thinking?

Orel said...

BOOOOO

Alex Cora said...

Warning track power by Gonzo. If he doesn't pull the ball, he has no chance at a homerun.

Orel said...

Okay, at least we're aggressive on the basepaths.

Orel said...

Juan Pierre's Signature Quickness is back!

Steve Sax said...

seventh inning. I still don't understand the balk call, but Pierre is awarded third base.

Steve Sax said...

That fan who was trying to interfere with Jenkins post-catch was pretty lame. I agree with Vinny, I'm glad they're escorting him out of the game.

Nice hit by Gonzo, but thee was no way Kent was going to stretch to third base on that hit.

Steve Sax said...

LaRoche ends the rally. 5-0 Dodgers after 7.

Steve Sax said...

Nice seven shutout innings from Penny. Way to go, Brad!

Orel said...

Hmmm, a 4-run lead. Who will pitch the 9th?

Steve Sax said...

Yay, Yhency!

Steve Sax said...

1K, 1BB. Come on Yhency, settle down...

...uh oh, it's the rat again, Craig Counsell.

Damon said...

It's nice to have Brazoban back finally

Steve Sax said...

Counsell gets called out on strikes. Yhency gets a gift call on that third strike.

And Yhency earns his third strikeout! Welcome back!

Dodgers win 5-1. Good night everybody!

Orel said...

Wow! Welcome back, Yhency!

Alex Cora said...

Didn't see Yhency top 93 on the gun, but looked pretty good. Nice win. Go Blue!