Sunday, July 01, 2007

Game 82 Thread: July 1 vs. Padres, 1.10p

Dodgers start Chad Billingsley, RHP (4-0, 4.01) vs. Justin Germano, RHP (5-1, 2.67).

Dodgers: 45-36 (3rd place NL West, 2.0 GB, L2)
Padres: 46-33 (1st place NL West, 1.5 GA, W4)

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

Dodgers: In his second start as Jason Schmidt's replacement, Billingsley had even more trouble than in the first start. He allowed three home runs in four innings and needed 78 pitches to get that far with three walks and a hit batter. The high pitch count meant manager Grady Little went to his bullpen early and often, a trend that can't continue for long, because the bullpen has been thinned out since Billingsley left.

Padres: Germano got no decision in his last start against the Giants on June 25 as he allowed two runs on three hits over six innings with one walk and four strikeouts. Those two runs came in the second inning. Thereafter, Germano was sharp, as he didn't allow a run or a hit over his final four innings. As usual, the rookie was a ground-ball machine, getting 11 outs on the ground.

COMMENTS:

  • Help is on the way!...or not. From Diamond Leung:
    Turns out D.J. Houlton will work out of the bullpen, and Mark Hendrickson will likely return to the rotation. Before the game, Grady Little was also considering Brett Tomko a candidate, but yeah, you know the rest.

Line up the usual suspects:

Furcal, SS
Pierre, CF
Martin, C
Gonzo, LF
Nomar, 3B
Loney, 1B
Kemp, RF
Abreu, 3B 2B
Billingsley, P

28 comments:

Damon said...

You have 2 3rd baseman there. I take it Abreu is playing 2nd today

Anonymous said...

Dodgers are dead!! Stick a fork in them if they cannot beat the padres. This is ridiculous.

Orel said...

Damon: That would be my guess too.

Orel said...

Furcal should go on the DL to let his ankle heal.

Orel said...

Way to avoid the tag, Pierre.

Orel said...

Milton Bradley in uniform but going on the DL. Wouldn't the Royals have a beef with this?

Orel said...

I don't like poetry. But I like Vin reading poetry.

Orel said...

The good thing about Bills throwing 30 pitches an inning? More time for Vin to talk.

Orel said...

Good catch. But I don't think that would have been a home run.

Orel said...

Loney regressing to the mean.

Orel said...

Good, low-pitch inning by Bills.

Orel said...

Vin: "It was such a close play." Translation: He was safe.

Orel said...

BREAKING NEWS: Dodgers score one run. Film at 11.

Orel said...

"The wily veteran that is Geoff Blum."

Orel said...

Nice slide into home by Pierre. Actually adjusting hand position on the fly.

Alex Cora said...

Looks like Barrett stepped on his arm when Pierre was sliding home.

Orel said...

Whatever it takes. It's not like Pierre needs that arm anyway.

Orel said...

KEMP HR

Alex Cora said...

Kemp Crushed that ball

Steve Sax said...

Saxc is at the Taper today. Go get a win Blue, ideally quickly so I don't have traffic on the way home.

Alex Cora said...

Let BIlls pinch hit in the future - he can stroke it! Hell let him play 3rd!

Alex Cora said...

10 in a row for Bills!

Alex Cora said...

Time for Loney to get a hit.

Alex Cora said...

Or a strikeout...

Alex Cora said...

If Broxton loses this for BIlls, I'm going to be pissed...pads have 1st and 2nd with no outs.

Steve Sax said...

5-0 in the ninth? Houlton better close this out.

Alex Cora said...

Woohoo!!! Dodgers get one back from the Pads. Case of small ball at the start then the long ball at the end. Go blue!

Steve Sax said...

Now everyone exit the stadium. We're going back in for act 2.