Dodgers start Derek "Hard Luck" Lowe, RHP (8-7, 2.98) vs. Sergio Mitre, RHP (2-4, 2.88).
Dodgers: 48-39 (2nd place NL West, 1.0 GB, L3)
Marlins: 41-46 (4th place NL East, 7.0 GB, W2)
From Dodgers.com, the scouting report on the starters:
Dodgers: Lowe came out of his showdown against John Smoltz on Monday with an unusual no-decision. He allowed only one run with five strikeouts and no walks, but his pitch count was uncharacteristically high and he was lifted after facing two batters in the sixth inning for his shortest start since April 18. Lowe allowed eight hits and came up with enough big pitches to strand five baserunners.Marlins: Still unable to catch a break, Mitre hasn't won since May 20 at Tampa Bay, a span of seven starts. Of his 14 starts this season, seven have been quality. A lack of run support has plagued Mitre, who lost his last outing, at San Diego on Monday night. He gave up three runs on three hits over six innings in the outing, but exited trailing, 3-0.
From Inside the Dodgers, the lineup:
Furcal, SS
Pierre, CF
Martin, C
Abreu Kent, 2B
Gonzalez, LF
Loney, 1B
Nomar, 3B
Ethier, RF
Lowe, P
74 comments:
ANGELS rule this town. DODGERS ARE THE LITTLE MEEK SISTERS. THEY ARE LOSERS AND WILL ALWAYS BE. THEY ARE A LAUGHING STOCK. THEY CANNOT EVEN BEAT THE TEAMS THAT ARE BELOW THEM. HA HA!!
Time to play ball!
Nice snag by Loney. Tall boy.
The Marlins may be hurting, Vin, but they seem to do okay against the Dodgers.
Okay. See. James Loney cannot be stopped.
That was a perfect throw by Martin to nail Ramirez stealing. Nice—we need Lowe to go deep in this game.
Are you kidding? A car with a "heartbeat sensor" to detect lurkers?
Aflac trivia question: Last year Hanley Ramirez became the third shortstop ever named NL Rookie of the Year. Who are the other 2?
That Miguel Cabrera, he's not bad. 1-0 Marlins.
Lowe getting tagged around. 3-0 Marlins.
Derek Lowe like Clay Aiken: not fooling anyone.
trivia answer: Alvin Dark, Rafael Furcal
Sorry I'm late. Believe it or not, a daughter-in-law of Steve Garvey is at the game right now (with a Son's tickets). She is sporting our FREE JAMES LONEY shirt just for kicks. You can't miss her.
Kent with a nice hit wide of Ramirez, who belly flopped to no avail. Ha, ha!
You haven't missed at thing.
Men at first and second, one out, and heeeeere's Nomar!
Donnelly showing restraint....
Why is it that Angels fans must shout to hear them?
Must be the one world championship, rather than six.
Nomar swings at the first pitch and gets a hit, but Donnelly holds Kent at third...wise move.
Lenny Kravitz is the Marlins' pitching coach?
C'mon, James. We're wearing your shirt tonight and everything.
Loney hackin'!
0-2 on Loney with no time to spare. I have a bad feeling this is a GIDP...
LONNNNEEEYYYY
okay that was a little embarrassing with Gonzo
Base hit! And Gonzo is only out by about TEN MILES
5' 10" is on "the small side"?
Gonzo should have crushed him.
STOP RICH DONNELLY. This is our new campaign. He is AWWWWWFUL
Tonight, we research how many Dodgers have been thrown out at home all year. My bet is that we lead the league.
Jesus, scoring runs for the Dodgers is like getting blood from a stone.
"...about as easy as you'll ever see a man thrown out at home"
Even Vin hates Donnelly.
squeeeeeze
All-Star break can't come fast enough.
hey, at least he's out of the inning, vin...
Lowe's @97 pitches...and still batting. This is how sad our bullpen is.
I will say this: great job to send Pierre on that one. Man on second with two out.
That stolen base made very little sense. Glad he didn't get caught.
Hey anonymous 2, if the Angels want to waste their time talking on this blog, it's their call. We'll remove it later anyway.
They are legitimately in first place and doing well now. And I'm supportive.
But come on. If one thinks they are a legitimate franchise, all i have to say is: rally. monkey.
A 9-pitch 6th inning for Lowe. How is his arm not falling off?
Hi folks, just got in. MLB.com Gameday up and running (I've given up on Gamecast.)
Brett Tomko is the new Rudy Seanez.
Loney!
I wonder if anon2 is same guy as anon1 upset his first comment didn't cause a firestorm. That would be crazy-clever.
ouch Gonzo
Wow, how did Pierre not gun him down at the plate?
(that was sarcastic, by the way)
Lowe is running on fumes. Get him out of there. Beimel's rested.
I feel something bad brewing
Nice relay!
Let's move Furcal to CF.
This is death.
Keystone Kops in the outfield!
Why do we drop all these series to sub-.500 teams? It's embarrassing.
How is a man named Sergio kicking our butt tonight?
Two on, two out, bottom seven. What do you want to bet we get nothing to show for it?
This lineup suckssssss
I will not take that bet.
Wrong am I! Look out Marlins, we're going to single you to death!
Hey, Donnelly didn't hold Pierre from second off of Kent's single. Unbelievable.
Tying run at the plate for the Dodgers, down 5-2 in the seventh. Here comes Gonzo.
We are getting totally outplayed tonight.
PATHETIC. Gonzo grounds out.
We cannot win off of cheap-ass singles alone. Get me some power!!!
By a team with a fraction of our payroll.
The police often question him, just because they find him interesting.
Wow, Loney was sweet with that grab and lob
Finally! Biologists rejoice, it's the End O' Mitre!
Maybe now we can get something going... nope, Furcal grounds out.
All we need is for Wilson to hit a three-run jack.
With one on, of course.
Wait a minute, is that Armando Benitez? We've got a chance!!!
Kemp walks. Two on, two out. And up comes Loney. If there is ever a time for Loney to be freed, it is now.
Sorry, that is not Loney at the plate. It's Furcal.
Two on, two out, bottom eight, 3-2 count to Furcal...
Furcal is swinging at everything. Three straight fouls. He looks late on every one.
And Furcal flies out weakly. Awful.
This is over. Houlton's first pitch goes yard.
The Dodgers limp into the All-Star break a disaster. Pitching sucks, Grady can't manage.
Who is pitching on sunday?
Lurch is on the mound for us. Here comes a five-game losing streak entering the all-star break...
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