Dodgers start Randy Wolf, LHP (8-6, 4.32) vs. Randy Johnson, LHP (4-2, 3.52).
Dodgers: 44-34 (3rd place NL West, 0.5 GB, L1)
Diamondbacks: 45-34 (T-1st place NL West, 0.5 GA, W1)
From Dodgers.com, the scouting report on the starters:
Dodgers: Other than home runs in the first and seventh innings by Akinori Iwamura and Dioner Navarro, Wolf had a solid outing on Friday against the Rays. His strikeouts were back up to five and walks down to two. But the home runs were crushing as well as out of character, as he'd allowed only two in his previous nine starts. In Wolf's only start against the D-backs this year, he allowed six runs in 5 2/3 innings and was the loser.Diamondbacks: Randy Johnson will make his return from a herniated disc in his back in the series finale against the Dodgers. The big lefty will pitch with pain, but it's uncertain if it will affect him like it did last year when he recorded 5.01 ERA, the worst of his 20-year career. Johnson had been pitching his best ball of the season before his stint on the disabled list. He outdueled Boston?s Daisuke Matsuzaka June 10, allowing one run on four hits in six innings while striking out nine to move past Roger Clemens for second on the all-time strikeout list for the second time this season. He's 4-0 with a 1.52 ERA in his last five starts, twice giving up one hit in six shutout innings.
COMMENTS:
I posted this Game Thread (TM) early not only to prepare for the early start time, but also to deliver the news that Nomar is indeed sitting out today's game. He needs a rest, as we posted yesterday. Get some sleep, Nomar, you'll be back soon.
Meanwhile, Kemp gets the start ahead of Ethier, and Freed James Loney is batting a cool .500 for the year. The lineup (2.41p), acc to Inside the Dodgers (MLB):
Furcal, SS
Pierre, CF
Last Day To Voix Pour Le Russell, C
Kent, 2B
Gonzalez, LF
Kemp, RF
Loney, 1B (batting .500 on the year - 19-for-38)
Abreu, 3B
Wolf, P
121 comments:
Furcal gets a hit. After Pierre K Martin takes the big unit deep
SWEET! And you beat GameCast to the punch.
I hope Martin didn't strut around the bases, or he might get a ball in his ear next AB.
Kemp vs. Unit...the matchup we've all been waiting for.
Single! Loney vs. Unit...the matchup we've all been waiting for.
Gonzalez could actually score from third on a single...here's hoping Loney strokes one
Any of you who saw Gonzalez get thrown out at second yesterday by Eric Byrnes knows that Gonzo ain't his spry self.
Kemp steals second, love it! COme on Loney....
Crap. Well 2-0 ain't bad, and we worked the pitch count up on Johnson
Was Loney's ball hard-hit?
MLB Gameday seems to indicate it was a line drive to a deep second baseman
I've got men on first and second with one out, on MLB Gamecast, but the pitch-by-pitch has not caught up. Damon, can you clue a brother in?
Crap, Wolf is up to his first-inning troubles again. Martin compounds it with a throwing error and we have men at second and third with two out and Reynolds up.
Not going to be a pitching duel.
Men on 2nd and 3rd i think wolf walked both of them. I wasn't around but there was a throwing error. Mark Reynolds called 3rd strike
Yeah, called strike three! He really had Reynolds wrapped up on that pitch.
Dodgers 2-0 after one.
Wolf backward-K's Reynolds to get out of the inning. 2-0 Dodgers.
That was bad.
Randy Wolf infield single over units head
It looks like Furcal was trying to go deep in that swing
Dammit, hasn't Mueller told Randy Wolf not to swing at the first pitch...oh wait, he singles. Good job, Randy.
Furcal walks, Wolf to second. Here comes Slappy!
I say, send Wolf on a hit and run.
Pierre swung at a bad pitch and pops up
Wow, Pierre had middle-of-the-outfield power on that pop fly out.
STOP THE FLY BALLS SLAPPY!
Martin pops out about as feebly as Pierre did. Dodgers gone in the second.
The best thing to do is watch on mlb.tv then turn on Vinny with mlb audio
Does anyone know why when an outfielder catches a ball he always throws it to another outfielder now matter where he is?
This just in kobayashi will be at Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest this year
Juan Pierre throws it to another outfielder after he catches it because he can't reach the infield on his own. He thinks of it as a relay.
Did you see the out at third last night, Pierre to Furcal to Nomar? Furcal ran halfway out into the field to take Pierre's relay and gunned it.
Way to work the count Kent!
Kent battling but will popup
We should have another poll about how to describe Pierre. Noodle-armed? Penguin-armed?
Unit trying to throw a spitball gets ball 4 called on him
Says Kent: In your face, Damon!
I guess he's allowed to reach base once a game
Kemp with a basehit rbi
Young with a 2base error
Gameday is calling the ninth pitch to Kent an "automatic ball". What the hell is that?
Big JLo with a rbi basehit
They also have the pitch positioned somewhere near Kent's noggin. What happened, anyone?
Sax he licked his fingers so the ump called it a ball
damon, please describe the two-base error as well!
that is HILARIOUS on the spitter. Randy's gotta be going nuts.
That, and the consecutive RBI from Kemp and Loney...
Wolf called out on strikes, stranding Loney at first. 4-0, Dodgers, going to bottom 3.
Randy Johnson's at 69 pitches after three frames. Wolf has 28 coming into the third. Love it.
Johnson already out of the game. This doesn't look good for the dbacks tomorrow
Wolf in a jam with 2 on and no outs
Snakes fly to SF tomorrow, so I suppose the early bullpen action only helps the Giants. Johnson's replacement on the other hand just doubled, and now we have two glowing orbs on base with none out. Come on, Wolf!
Hudson GIDP
Double play! Love it!
Through three innings,
Dodgers 4
D'backs 0
SoSG Comments 50
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Yo Peeps! Wolf is getting out of a lot of jams. These kids can hit!
Oden goes first, Durant second, Horford 3rd.
Oh shit is this Rick Monday??
Martin with a double that one almost went out
Martin smoked that ball, almost out of there.
If Martin doubled that deep, why couldn't speedy Pierre score from first?
Men at second and third, one out.
WOW KENT GOT A HIT 2 rbi single cause Russ is fast
Nice hustle by martin to score on that hit by kent
Pierre must of thought it was gone it was a rocket
I think i might listen to the spanish feed instead of Rick Monday
Kent is making damon eat some crow...
...I like to think of it as damon keeping the pressure on Kent. Good job, damon.
Isn't Rick Monday alraedy doing the Spanish feed? That ain't English.
Two old men on first and second. Kemp and/or Loney better rock the ball if we want to have either score.
Kemp with a groundball to 3rd they get the guy at 2nd out but Kemp is too quick to get out at first
Kemp FCs, sending Kent to third and getting Gonzo picked at second. Two outs and here comes .500 Loney...
Loney deep fly to center
Damn, Loney flies out to deep center.
Hey, the Martin HR is up on mlb.com as an in-game highlight if you're interested. He took that ball OUT!
6-0 Dodgers, to the bottom of the fourth.
Wolf just grabbed his third K of the game. one out in the fourth.
Quentin, a .212 hitter, gets an RBI with a sac fly. 6-1 AZ with two out and a man on first.
Wolf's wheels are coming off here...men on first and second. Come on Wolf, you've gotta last longer...
Wolf in trouble again
6-1 Dodgers through four.
Wolf is 2-for-3 tonight from the plate!
Furcal should stop trying to swing for the fences
dammit furcal! maybe you need a rest too
Wolf Ks Byrnes for his 4th K of the day
Wolf has an easy fifth. 6-1 LA.
Martin with another hit and now is batting .301 and a triple away from the cycle
Kent with 2 hits tonight hopefully this game will get him going
dbacks pitcher with an error now Kemp is up with the bases Juiced
Who are these Dodgers? Three men on base with no out? Oh wait, that means we won't score anyone...
Kemp at the plate.
Slaten is wild, Kemp swung on a bad pitch #1. 1-1 count.
Kemp, all of those were in the dirt!
Martin scores on a passed ball
That was an unintentional intentional walk
If Abreu wants to stay up he needs to get some more hits
I was going to exercise this afternoon but it's raining
Nice play by abreu
Kent with a high chopper throwing error by reynolds and pierre scores
Are the Diamondbacks just having a bad day or is their inexperience (i.e., not enough veterans) biting them in the ass?
Bases loaded for Arizona. Here comes Tomko to save the day.
Tomko comes in and promptly gives up a two-run-scoring single to Byrnes on the second pitch. Nice.
9-3 LA, none out in the seventh, two on for the snakes.
damon, it's raining in Portland?
Im not sure i live about 200 miles south in Corvallis
I can't watch tomko pitch
Tomko didn't pitch all to bad Wolf shouldn't have walked all of those guys
Tomko escapes the seventh with no further damage, 9-3 Dodgers going to the eighth.
Betemit now in at third. Yikes.
Loney is 1-for-4 today dropping him to .476 BA. Awful.
And THIS is the 100th comment.
Injury delay? Who is hurt?
Wow Micah Owings is pitching? Didn't he just start on Tuesday?
abreu hit a ball off of owings hand
Wow. Owings scorning. Kinda sounds like fiberglass insulation.
Betemit almost got all of that one...deeeeeep fly ball. It's still an out, though, and he is still batting a cool .195.
Tomko's got a K! Snyder will feel awful, even for a .222 batter.
Furcal gets a leadoff single and advances to second on an error.
Sax, I hope you're getting paid for product placement.
Yeah, but it's nothing compared to the money we make on this blog, Orel.
Get us a groundball Tomko
What are you going to do with your share? I think I'm going to buy Hawaii.
Tomko on the ropes. 9-5 LA.
Save situation appears from the smoke of a rout, thanks to Brett's suckiness.
How long will Grady continue to play Tomko Roulette?
ugg we have to pitch saito
Saito enters with men on first and second.
Saito foils Reynolds.
Saito needs one more out from Young, with the tying run on deck. Got it!
A big series win vs AZ saves the road trip. Dodgers back in first!
Rick Monday on the post game show is talking in circles. "They've gotta feel good about themselves...but they can't spend too much time feeling good with the Padres in town."
Tell us how to feel, Rick!
Good night, everybody!
Nice!
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