Friday, June 22, 2007

Game 73 Thread: June 22 @ Devil Rays, 4.10p

Dodgers start Derek Lowe, RHP (7-6, 3.08) vs. Andy Sonnanstine, RHP (1-1, 7.11).

Dodgers: 41-31 (3rd place NL West, 0.5 GB, W1)
Devil Rays: 31-39 (4th place AL East, 14.5 GB, L2)

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

Dodgers: He threw another gem at the loaded Angels lineup, striking out a career-high 11. He's pitching this game on a week's rest, pushed back so he wouldn't have to pitch in Toronto, where he's 1-6, so he could go in Tropicana Field, where he's 4-2. Lowe's on a pretty nice roll of late, going 3-1 with a 1.75 ERA over his last five starts and batters are hitting only .228 against him this year.

Devil Rays: Sonnanstine never recovered from a bad start Saturday night in Denver, when he walked the Rockies' first batter -- which was the first walk he issued in his Major League career -- the Rockies loaded the bases, and he surrendered a grand slam to Brad Hawpe. The right-hander allowed two more home runs before leaving after five innings worked with the Rays trailing, 7-5. Sonnanstine does not throw hard, but he uses different arm angles, changes speeds and is always around the strike zone.

The lineup, courtesy of Inside the Dodgers:

Furcal, SS
Pierre, CF
Martin, C
Kent, 2B
Gonzo, DH
Loney, 1B
Kemp, RF
Ethier, RF
Abreu, 3B
Lowe, P

12 comments:

Eric Karros said...

Loney 2-for-2

Orel said...

I think this is the first time Kemp and Loney have been in the lineup at the same time.

Orel said...

Lowe cruising.

Orel said...

Holy smokes, Furcal and Pierre causing havoc on the basepaths.

Orel said...

AWESOME. Martin knocks 'em both in. 4-0 Dodgers.

Orel said...

Four runs for Lowe. Must feel like manna from heaven, he usually gets so little run support.

Eric Karros said...

TB creeping back into the game...

Eric Karros said...

crap, 4-3

Eric Karros said...

Gonzo and J-Lo provide some insurance!

Eric Karros said...

Hold situation, they gotta put Broxton in, dammit

Steve Sax said...

Just logging back after returning from Utrecht. Dodgers up 6-3. Loney just errored.

The Sax Is Back!!!

Eric Karros said...

Nice to have Saxyback