Thursday, August 23, 2007

Game 127 Thread: August 23 @ Phillies, 10.05a

Dodgers start Chad Billingsley, RHP (7-4, 3.63) vs. Fabio Castro, LHP (0-0, 12.27).

Dodgers: 65-61 (3rd place NL West, 6.0 GB; 4th place WC, 2.5 GB; W1)
Phillies: 66-59 (2nd place NL East, 5.0 GB; 2nd place WC, 1.0 GB; L1)

Current postseason odds for the Dodgers, from Baseball Prospectus: 22.1%

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

Dodgers: Billingsley can't seem to get a win. The righty has lost five consecutive outings, including Saturday's start against the Rockies in which he allowed three runs on eight hits while striking out four in five innings of work. Billingsley left too many fastballs out over the plate and was unable to get batters to chase his offspeed pitches with two outs. Billingsley has a 7.20 ERA in one career start against the Phillies without a decision.

Phillies: Castro will get his first Major League start in his 26th career appearance on Thursday. Castro cut his teeth in the bullpen last season as a Rule 5 Draft acquisition and had control issues early this season. He's had some success as a starter, posting a 4.23 ERA in six starts for Triple-A Ottawa after returning to the rotation.

17 comments:

Steve Sax said...

Rick Monday's sign off on the post-game radio show yesterday included a special note that "Seeing Castro tomorrow will be interesting....he is 5' 7"."

Uh, yeah. And your point, Rick, is...?

Alex Cora said...

Uh, what the hell happened to our lineup? Shea at 1st? Martinez at 3rd? Shea hitting 5th? WTF?

Alex Cora said...

Dammit Kent - that sucked. DP leave Furcal at 3rd.

Orel said...

Hey, it's not like those youngsters can play every day. Gotta rest 'em.

Orel said...

Busted squeeze! Pierre fouls it off!

Alex Cora said...

SEND EM RICHIE!!! Bills scores!!!

Orel said...

Sweet DP helps Chad get out of the 5th. 1-0 Dodgers.

Alex Cora said...

Kemp was motoring around the bases! Man, one day I want to see him take out the catcher at the plate.

Steve Sax said...

Why is Gonzo in the lineup, he sucks! All he does is GIDP

Alex Cora said...

Saito to the the rescue again! Go Blue!

Steve Sax said...

That was a huge series victory for the Dodgers. Nice.

Saito was nails in the ninth.

Meanwhile, Colorado is losing to Pittsburgh 4-0. The game is at Coors Field though, where no lead is safe...

Steve Sax said...

Hey EK: No hold for Brox as he entered with the lead 5-1. Dammit...

Steve Sax said...

Luis Gonzalez left SEVEN MEN on base today with his 0-for-4 performance. I think the Gonzo era is over.

Eric Karros said...

Yup, Brox screwed by the hold gods once again: 2 outs in top of 8th, 2-run lead, 0.179-hitting Ramon Martinez up. Hold looked like a lock. But Zenitram singles in 2, and suddenly it's a 4-run non-hold-situation lead.

I guess I'll have to settle for a Dodger win. Whatever.

Alex Cora said...

Brox did get the record for not allowing a home run in 96 2/3 innings though.

Eric Karros said...

Really Alex? Is that an all-time record?

Orel said...

Jonathan Broxton pitched a scoreless inning Tuesday night and has not allowed a homer in his last 94 games (96.2 IP), extending his record for the longest streak in L.A. Dodger history and the fifth-longest streak in baseball since the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958. Broxton's homerless-outing streak is the second-longest active streak in baseball behind Chad Bradford (114 games/97.2 IP). The big right-hander leads all Major League relief pitchers with 79 strikeouts, four more than Milwaukee's Derrick Turnbow. The Georgia native has also not given up a run in 9.1 consecutive innings.

(from DT)