Brad Penny (5-4, 5.34) vs Kyle Lohse (3-2, 4.71).
COMMENTS: ATTENTION ANDRUW JONES: PLEASE REPORT TO THE O.R. IMMEDIATELY. YOU ARE NEEDED IN SURGERY. After being thoroughly flummoxed by Adam Wainwright's hammer curve (and the rain) last night, the Dodgers look to rebound against Lohse tonight. The Dodgers will need more than Russell Martin to perform, as they squandered scoring opportunities all night and left eight men on base. Meanwhile, which side of Penny will turn up? Although Derek Lowe finally managed to steady himself last night, we're still waiting to see if Penny's arm injury is serious enough to land him on the disabled list. Not that Clayton Kershaw needs the additional pressure. Let's just put it this way: Break out the bats tonight and give Kershaw some confidence for tomorrow, okay?
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After last night's pathetic rally-killing Jones strikeout, let's see if any Dodger bats show up tonight. It's cold out there!
Pierre, LF
Maza, 2B
Ethier, RF
Martin, C
Loney, 1B
Kemp, CF
DeWitt, 3B
Hu, SS
Penny, P
No Furcal, and Torre has enough confidence in Maza to bat him second tonight, but not to let him PH last night instead of Jones.
Update from Tony Jackson: "Because there was a misunderstanding between Jeff Kent and Joe Torre that resulted in Kent coming to the park today expecting to play, he has been added back into the lineup. He'll take tomorrow off, then return on Monday at Chicago."
Just returned from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Lucite Skull. SoSG capsule review: fun!
I'm actually at the theater right now about to see Crystal Skull...i'll try to check in after...
Albert Pujols batting a mere .347 with only 11 HRs.
D'backs lost to the Braves.
Back-to-back singles by Ethier & Martin!
All these fly-ball outs by Kent would have been HRs in the past.
Eeeee! There's Clayton!
Ugh. 2 LOB so far.
Penny plunks Ankiel. Nice job, Brad.
Nice 3-6-1 DP to end the inning!
Penny throws 11 straight balls, then Duncan drives a run in. Pujols up. Great.
One thing I will say, I think Andruw might have caught that.
Ankiel doubles, 4-0 Cards. All with two out. Penny sucks.
Hi, guys.
Maza is clutch! i´ve seen him lots of times, breaking my heart since he plays for a different team. He plays for a team which have won 4 championships in 7 seasons this decade –tournament was suspended once, due to the general strike, when it was suspended, his team was first in their division–.
This guy knows one or two things about winning championships *sigh*
Indy was so much fun, how about this new view on spirituality? about greed of knowledge and spiritual power? it is familiar with a saga we were discussing...
Hi Karina, unfortunately Maza ended up not starting tonight. But that doesn't mean we won't see him later, we need the offense!
Very astute observation, Karina. Indy always seems to be surrounded by greedy characters.
Juan Pierre nailed stealing!
"The dollar has been devalued against the euro, and Penny has been devalued against the National League." —Vin
That´s bad, those bats seem to be cold.
The objects of desire in the Indiana Jones films are always related to huge spiritual power. The villains don´t look for them to attain spiritual growth or knowledge, they want to use them to dominate the world.
Their greediness always impair their judgement, since they can´t really understand the power of such objects, therefore not thinking in appropiate ways to obtain and use them.
In the previous installments, we always watched greedy characters in the first act of the movie, as a clue to establish Indy as the noble hero, the passionate antropologist (it´s very clear in The Last Crusade)
Vin's the best!
Are you watching the game on the TV?
Do they look that bad at the plate?
Karina, you should be in film school!
Pierre with the diving catch on Pujols' blooper!
one of my degrees is film-related and i've worked on some films (though i don't have anything to do with screenwriting)
Penny has straightened up. They need to hit!
You are a smart cookie.
Penny will pitch the 7th! Typical Penny outing: six great innings, one crappy one. No run support.
Pierre bunts his way on. Rally time!
Furcal not accompanying the team to Chicago. Sorry, Erin.
E-6! Two on, one out!
Correction, base hit for Ethier.
Martin's up!
Jeff Kent, again flashing warning-track power. Vin says the Dodgers are 0-for-13 with RISP?!
In fact, the Dodgers have 6 hits, the Cardinals have 4. Without clutch, it's impossible to win any game.
They have left 10 men on base...
Penny with another scoreless inning. Why does he have to fall apart once every six/seven innings?
How unusual. It sounds like someone is singing TMOTTB over the P.A.
I can't stop thinking the Dodgers will face Carlos Zambrano and Johan Santana next week.
It gives me the chills Carlos Zambrano has showed a whole lot with his bat this season, i mean, he had four hits in his last game. God, he could bat clean-up on this team.
TMOTTB?
Pujols caught the ball at first then ran off the bag because Kemp was running...quite a testament to Kemp's size and speed.
Dodgers go down meekly in the 7th. We're headed for our third shutout of the season.
"Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
That's why these youngsters need to play as much as possible, it's the only way to exploit their true potential.
Is there a seventh-inning stretch in Venezuelan baseball?
Silly me, this is the 7th inning! how could i not understand the acronym?
I am addicted to Pepperidge Farms Goldfish.
Sure. In Maracaibo, we have different lyrics for the music of "Take me out to the Ballgame".
In the other stadiums, they all have different traditions for the 7th inning stretch.
what's that?
Would you mind singing the Maracaibo version right now? Or just typing the lyrics.
Pepperidge Farm Goldfish
Glaus can't handle Pierre's bullet!
Vamos a darle suerte,
al equipo campeón,
que las Aguilas tienen poder
y esta es la mejor ocasión
Es el séptimo inning
vamos a darle acción
Hombres, niños, mujeres
ligando a ganar
este juego de basebaaaaall
Then the announcer says Aguilas
and the fans answer A la cargaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Those crackers look tasty...
They don't just look tasty...they are tasty!
I bet Eric had much more fun watching Indy than we watching/reading the game.
We are going to give luck him
to the equipment champion
that the Eagles must be able and this is the best occasio
He is seventh inning
we are going to give action him
Men, children, women binding to win
this game of basebaaaaall
So far this series, the bullpen has been remarkable.
I know, EK didn't miss a thing tonight.
The bullpen has been solid all year. Except for Broxton's one meltdown.
We are going to give luck
to the champion team
that the Eagles are powerful
and this is the best occasion
It is the seventh inning
we are going to give some action him
Men, children, women bonding
to win
this game of basebaaaaall
=)
NOW Kent gets a base hit. Thanks, Jeff!
Hey, I was close!
Okay, not really.
if we had someone to bat clean up...if the starting pitching was not that inconsistent...
What´s up with King James and his slump?
James is not feeling it right now. But remember, he had a 15-game hit streak earlier this season.
Barn on fire for Kemp....
Kemp whiffs on the high cheese. One out left.
He spoilt us (or me, for that matter).
It's ok, slump or not, he's becoming in one of my favorite ballplayers nowadays.
Well that was pretty miserable. Nice seeing you again, Karina. Don't forget, Clayton Kershaw tomorrow!
Good night!
Good night! (they'll broadcast the game tomorrow, yay!)
Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! Time to fire up the car and take a road trip to Chicago...
AC, your roadtrip to Chi-town may be the Dodgers' only hope. Lucky for you, gas prices are low. I'll see if we can take an advance against future SoSG revenues.
Just got out of the movie - not bad!
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