Chad Billingsley (1-4) vs. Oliver Perez (2-2).
COMMENTS: Happy Cinco de Mayo! Los Mets beat the Diamondbacks yesterday, 5-2. Thanks, Mets! Today we root for you...to lose! And what better way for the Dodgers to start a new winning streak than against resident Mets headcase Perez? The Mets have lost four of his six starts; his last outing lasted 1 2/3 innings and earned him the enmity of teammate Billy Wagner. Meanwhile, Billingsley leads the Dodgers in strikeouts with 40 (Derek Lowe and Hong-Chih Kuo are tied for a distant second with 25 each). Billingsley's losing record is more an indication of his weird inability to pitch a smooth fifth inning than anything else.
The Dodger bats took the day off yesterday with the exception of Andre Ethier (solo homer) and—gulp—Juan Pierre (.324/.395/.382. That's right, OBP > SLG). Which begs the question...what to do with $18 million paperweight Andruw Jones? Joe Torre is trying everything short of offering a cigar and rum to Jobu in an effort to diagnose Andruw's malaise. Since Perez is as hittable a pitcher the Dodgers will see this week, Andruw's whereabouts today—lineup or bench?—will give us some insight into Torre's feelings about his slump. The rest of the Dodgers' offense would be well served to give Billingsley some early run support so he doesn't feel as if he has to throw a perfect game in order to win.
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I think I like the game thread being posted right on the hour. That gives me a good feeling about tonight's game.
And I'll be there!
Erin, you're getting so far ahead of us Sons on games attended, that our only hope is to stock back up while you'll be in Chicago.
Enjoy the game.
lineup:
Furcal, SS
Pierre, LF
Kemp, RF
Kent, 2B
Martin, C
Loney, 1B
Jones, CF
DeWitt, 3B
Billingsley, P
Whither Andre?
I have a feeling Bills'll have a good night.
1-2-3 with 2 K's. So far so good.
Woo hoo, Dodgers up 2-0 after 1. Bills'll like that (note use of 5 l's in a 6-letter span).
Anyhow I gotta go, I hope the lead holds up!
2-0 after 1, Furcal and Pierre with runs scored. Hmm.
Bills escapes a 2nd-inning jam. Nice!
Bills escapes the second with two RISP and one out. Nice.
Orel: Nice.
Bills kills rally.
Above sentence is 43% pure l's.
Jones doesn't strike out! Sad when a groundout counts as progress.
Ok I really have to go now - g'night gents
Good night, EK. LLLLLLLLLL
Bills K's Wright with a heater to escape Reyes on third! Still 2-0 Dodgers.
Aflac trivia question: Joe Torre is 1 of 2 to coach the Dodgers, Yankees and Mets. Who is the other?
Hey Moises! I jinxed you today!
Why did Slappy try a bunt single with none on in the third?
Two more left on for the Mets. Bills escapes the 4th....
Pierre tried to draw the first baseman off the bag with his bunt. Almost worked.
Bills is, how do you say, walking a tightrope?
Maybe one could say, he's like a skywalker looking to cross han solo?
trivia answer: Casey Stengel
You love that headline, don't you. The dude writing it must have been high-fiving himself all day.
I was going to guess Stengel, really.
As for the headline, I wouldn't be surprised if the guy scheduled the whole frickin' competition just to write the headline.
Loney K's on a busted H&R but the throw bounces into CF and Martin moves to third.
Phillies 5, D'Backs 1 in the 5th.
Bills and the treacherous fifth....
Jones' 0-for-2, the last whiff coming with Martin 90 feet away with two out, now has his batting average down at .160.
Someone please stop Jones and give him a minor league assignment, or at least a breather. Andre Ethier, perhaps?
Anyone else think that little girl in the All You Can Eat Pavillion ad looked like a vampire. (Still feeling the breeze from Perez's strike)
On my fantasy team - Ryan Church, Oliver Perez. Yep, doing great tonight.
Furcal with the amazing play to save Bills' bacon in the fifth! Loney with the nice stretch!
DeWitt homers! He's getting mobbed in the dugout and makes a curtain call!
That was sweet! The entire team totally froze out DeWitt for five seconds after he entered the dugout. Then they mobbed him all at one.
I have now witnessed, in person, DeWitt's first base hit, first triple and first home run.
Bills at 75 pitches through five.
MATT KEMP 2-RUN HR! 5-0 DODGERS!
Nice to see Andruw in the thick of the congratulations to Kemp.
Erin's going for the Blake DeWitt Career Cycle!
I think his first hit was a single, and I'm sure I've seen him hit a double, too.
You know what's nice to see? Three home runs from the Dodgers tonight. I brought my glove but they haven't come that close to me in section 309 (front row--can you see me?).
Uh oh, Beltran triples to open the sixth.
And Mr. Century City singles him in. 5-1 Dodgers.
So is this the curse of the sixth inning?
Nevermind. Double play. Sweet.
And...Bills escapes the sixth with the help of a nifty DP by Furcal. 91-92 pitches.
Replay of the HCK batflip!
When Jones isn't striking out, he's hitting into inning-ending DPs.
Jones is now batting .158, or about 1/2 his weight. STOP THE MADNESS
Jones is fast becoming the VILLAIN of the Dodgers. It's like the response Bonds got for the past year or two.
Chad out after 96 pitches. Beimel in.
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I like how Beimel shows off his bad pickoff move early on.
Matt Kemp with the nice catch in foul territory!
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hello everyone!
i'm watching the game on tv, but the mets broadcast, no Vin Scully or Jaime Jarrin, but we're winning.
what do you think? It's Pierre or Jones, Ethier should spend more time on the field.
Is the blonde actor from Beverly Hills 90210 in the first row just behind the home plate?
Hey guys!!! Hows our blue doing? Just got home - seems like we are doing pretty well!
Kemp is NL player of the week! Awesome!
Jonathan Broxton came back and looked good.
Those are excellent news for the Dodgers (and a certain fantasy team)
AC, post on Kemp goes up tomorrow morning about his Player of the Month. Aren't you just breathless with anticipation??? Dying in suspense??? On the edge of your seat???
I'll be waiting in eager anticipation. In fact, I will keep my computer on and refresh this site every minute until it comes up. It will be a long night.
Or, you can just wake up at 6:27 am pacific time.
nice Fastball by saito
It's allllllll over!
Dodgers win, 5-1! Next winning streak starts tonight!
I love LA
If the Snakes can't score seven more runs in the bottom of the ninth, we'll gain a game. Good night, everybody!
3 games behind AZ. Great to see us start a new streak. Go Blue!!!
Dodgers matan culebras. It's only May!
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