Friday, April 18, 2008

Game 16 Thread: April 18 @ Braves, 4.30p

Derek Lowe (1-0) vs. Jeff Bennett (0-0).

COMMENTS: Lowe got 11 runs of run support in his last outing, a far cry from what he saw last year, and he rolled to a victory over the Padres. Furcal and Loney are crushing the ball, batting .407 and batting .364 respectively. Meanwhile, Bennett is from Donelson, Tennessee.

Andruw Jones returns to Turner Field (a wee bit heavier) for the first time as a non-Brave.

UPDATE:

The lineup:

Furcal, SS
Kemp, RF
Ethier, LF
Kent, 2B
Loney, 1B
Martin, C
Jones, CF
Garciaparra, 3B
Lowe, P

54 comments:

Orel said...

Go go helmet radio!

Orel said...

Kent plunked to load the bases. You might say Bennett is a little nervous.

Orel said...

Agh! Loney K's!

Orel said...

...and Martin fouls out. LOB: 3.

Orel said...

Correction: Martin flies out. For those of you keeping score. And if you are, what are you doing here?

Erin said...

Hey Orel, I missed it. What happened on Kent's error?

karina said...

at least, francoeur is in my fantasy team

yep, i'm very embarrased...

Steve Sax said...

Kent's error leads to two runs. Thanks, Jeffy.

Orel said...

Erin, I got pulled away from my helmet radio and didn't hear Kent's error. It's probably for the best.

Orel said...

Karina, was Matt Kemp unavailable?

Orel said...

Damn, Martin thrown out stealing!

Orel said...

2nd K for Jones. Welcome home, Andruw.

karina said...

i've got matt kemp and andre ethier...to tell the truth my fantasy team is pretty much the baby blue, some braves (strangely most of them were the best option available) bobby abreu and carlos zambrano...though this is my first time ever playing fantasy...

Orel said...

Lowe's had two consecutive comebackers hit at him. Bad karma, perhaps?

karina said...

by the way, gregor blanco is a very exciting player to watch, a nightmare on the basepaths...i'm worried

karina said...

hey, francouer is benched tonight!

Orel said...

Karina, you may have come down with a touch of fantasy homerism, although that doesn't sound like a bad team to me. Hope you won't miss all that free time (that's why I stopped playing fantasy baseball).

Orel said...

...kind of like Matt Kemp?

Orel said...

I hate to admit it, but Rick Monday seems much more tolerable this season. What's wrong with me?

Orel said...

We knocked Jeff Bennett out of the game! Take that!

Orel said...

Aargh, Ethier K's with men on 1st & 2nd. LOB: 6.

karina said...

well, i still can't pull off this fantasy thing, it's my first time, so sometimes it seems i can't make the changes i want to, for example, i get francouer when kemp or ethier aren't playing, i'm kinda confused, so i checked my team and francouer was benched (y' know i still wonder why colletti never thought about abreu, it's too late now)...

you're right, fantasy consumes much time and i don't really have it (finishing second college degree right now)

karina said...

maybe you got used to rick monday, like a top 40 song you hate but learn to stand...

Orel said...

SB + E-2 = man on 3rd for ATL. Lowe is paying for that 11-run game.

Erin said...

Sometimes I think all these Dodgers have evil twins who come out and play every other game. No other way to explain the performances day-to-day. The Braves' pitchers have not been that good.

Orel said...

Chi-Jo kills us with the 3-run HR. 5-0 Braves, shee-it.

Erin said...

Well, that home run certainly did not help my fantasy pitching staff.

karina said...

it seems that 11 run game is the bad karma for lowe...maybe they won't score anything for a couple of outings...

Orel said...

Furcal collides with Andruw. They appear to be okay.

Orel said...

Karina: Abreu = wrong position, too expensive.

Second degree—very impressive!

Erin: The Dodgers have a habit of turning untested pitchers into Cy Youngs, wouldn't you agree?

Holy smokes, Glavine to the DL.

karina said...

hmmm, my 3b tonight is adrian beltre (*sigh*) and chipper jones is on the bench...do i get points if a player is on the bench?

Orel said...

PB on Martin. Rough inning for Russell.

Orel said...

Karina, do you get to make roster changes on the fly or weekly?

That does it for Lowe. Some days he's nails, some days...not so much.

Erin said...

Yes, Orel. They can make mediocre pitchers look flat-out dominant. I really don't get it. Does this look like the same team that crushed the Pirates the last two games? I mean, I know the Pirates aren't as good as the Braves, but still.

I don't know what they're supposed to do to figure this consistency thing out, barring a late inning comeback tonight, which I'm still hoping for.

Orel said...

Now Kuo's in. Tony Jackson said he's supposed to start Tuesday in Cincinnati. Not so sure about that now.

Alex Cora said...

Furcal seems ok after that collision - he ran into a lot of padding.

Orel said...

Nice, AC!

Orel said...

Erin, you are far more sanguine than I.

Alright kids, time to battle traffic. See you on the other side!

Erin said...

I wonder if it could be possible for those Carmax text message voters to be any more biased. Last week, they voted for Brad Penny as a better pitcher than Jake Peavy. Tonight, it's Joe Torre dominating the voting as best manager in the last ten years (over Cox and LaRussa). I'm not saying it's not true, but a discerning voting base might think about it just a little more, and not just go for a guy just because he's been in Dodger blue for about five minutes.

1-6-3 DP. Damn it, Loney.

Steve Sax said...

this game is embarrassing.

karina said...

oh well, Abreu is indeed expensive, but he really doesn't get injured, is a great hitter with power, steals bases, has a good arm and he seems to be a very hardworking player, sometimes Matt Kemp reminds me of him (only if they'd allow him)...

thanks for the compliment, it's very sweet and kind...

it seems King James is having a dreadful night :(

karina said...

btw, it's supposed the roster is changed on a daily basis but some days it'll reflect the changes, some days not, obviously i haven't figured out the whole thing

karina said...

at least, proctor got rid of prado...

Erin said...

You think Pierre tries to steal third now?

karina said...

he should have...

karina said...

he did!

karina said...

do you think kemp gets benched tomorrow?

Steve Sax said...

I f'n HATE Chan Ho Park. He gives up HRs every f'n time he pitches.

Alex Cora said...

Hey Sax - were you in for Kent for that throw into the crowd?

Steve Sax said...

AC: No, that was Chuck Knoblauch.

Orel said...

Karina, gotta stay on top of those lineups! For the Dodgers, check these blogs: Diamond Leung, Inside the Dodgers, Tony Jackson (all in our main page sidebar). They have access to Joe Torre and will be the first sites to post the day's starting lineup (usually a couple of hours before gametime).

Orel said...

All the Carmax text message voter juju in the world couldn't help our boys tonight.

Steve Sax said...

Orel, 76% of the fans texting answers agree with you!

karina said...

Thanks Orel! you're very nice!