Hiroki Kuroda (4-6, 3.73) vs. Jorge Campillo (3-3, 2.99).
COMMENTS: Okay, Dodgers, first place is on the line and this time, it's all you. With Arizona idle before they open their series against the pesky Nats, the Dodgers will only have themselves to blame if they can't achieve first place in the NL West, beating the Braves tonight to ascend to a one-game-under-.500 record. Three consecutive series victories, for the first time in two months, should give the Dodgers momentum as they return home for their final pre-break homestand. However, we haven't beaten Atlanta all year long, and Chipper Jones is still hot (3-for-5 with a HR and 2 RBI yesterday). As hot as James Loney (three runs including the game-breaking dagger of a double yesterday, scoring two)? Or as hot as Andre Ethier (11 hits, 7 RBI in his last five games (with at least one RBI in each game))? We'll see.
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Dodgers have something on their favor: Atlanta played 16 innings last night so the bullpen should be depleted.
Kemp
Ethier
Martin
Kent
Loney
Jones
Garciaparra
Dewitt
Kuroda.
This marks the first time all year that I have correctly guessed the lineup. Not that I am a lineup guru, but you know... Torre obviously isn't.
Thank you for posting the lineup, dusto! Great job. Thanks to you, Karina, and Damon, this blog keeps hummming along!
Nice guess, Dusto. Now please start guessing Martin batting leadoff. I'd like to see that.
I would too. I think part of the problem with my guessing is that I'm guessing what I'd like to see rather than guessing what Torre might actually produce. So, this time I just did the opposite of conventional wisdom.
I've been a big fan of the idea of Martin batting leadoff. He has the skill set to get the job done better than any other player on the Dodgers including Furcal.
Here's hoping that Martin plays SS next year and Carlos Santana continues his movements up the ladder.
Martin at Short! Wow, that's a pretty bold thought...not too shabby, dusto.
Now thats a lineup. I still would like to see Martin and Kemp switch spots but I can't complain. All we need to do now is play LaRoche
All LaRoche does is hit home runs when he starts...so why would Torre start him?
So Dusto, what you're saying is that you want Martin Short.
Let's get this party started. I'm tired of the pre-game radio show, with those awful positive parrot commercials.
How about ed grimley instead?
In the scenario Martin played shortstop and being good at it (as he is in everything baseball-related). i seriously volunteer to be his mother: i could cook for him (crossing fingers he likes venezuelan and lebanese food), do his laundry and whatever else mothers are supposed to do. Seriously
Here we go!!!
Hey, we got Chipper out!!
Stupid Phillies-Mets. I can't watch the Dodgers game until they finish. Mets 10-Phillies 5, bottom of the 8th, why can't they go faster?
1-2-3 for Kuroda in the 1st.
8-pitch first innin for Kuroda, with Larry grounding 4-3 on the first pitch.
So Karina, what you're saying is you want to move in with Russell?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I'd want to be his replacement mother. He's a big guy and i guess he doesn't want to live with parents. He could come to have lunch and he could leave me his laundry, coming back his house with his girlfriend. See the difference?
Several responses come to mind but I'll bite my tongue.
Ethier walks with one out. Let's go, all-star Martin...
Kent lines out to Larry to end the first, stranding Andre at second.
I know where you are coming from, Orel. I was joking...this is the tainted sign of being a female passionate baseball fan :(
Kuroda is DEALING!!!
Kuroda at 20 pitches through 2!
Ain't no taint, Karina! Fandom is fandom!
I hate Andruw Jones!
We all do, Dusto. See the bright side: he took the unbelieveable amount of 6 pitches. He actually hit the ball.
It's ok, Orel!
It wouldn't be a dodger game without a Jones K
Specially when they don't have Sweeney around.
Kuroda 4K's in 3 IP.
Is it officially a pitchers' duel yet?
DEALING!
In spite of Chipper Jones being the star of my fantasy team, i don't mind him hitting anything. Opposite of Ethier, Kemp, King James and son Martin.
I had a nightmare last night: i dreamed about LaRoche and Kemp traded to the Yankees for Farnsworth and Betemit. It was awful.
What would Freud say about that dream?
I don't know, but i imagined Torre using Proctor and Farnsworth back to back in every game. Good bye sleep.
I guess it's a combination of cold medication and the fact i'm eating very little.
No Jinx...but Kuroda's got an awfully nice line...
King James walks...no outs, wait, Jones coming up.
Loney works the walk! Will Jones:
(a) K
(b) K
(c) K
Jones looks like he lost 15lbs on the DL
(d) pop up
Garciaparra 2 run-HR!
NOMAR!
Who needs a SS we have Nomah
That was a wicked hr
But he didn't lose is ability to suck.
If Nomar can just stay healthy, we wouldn't have to listen to these ridiculous Matt Kemp trade rumors.
c'mon Matty
Matt Kemp with the RBI double, got tagged for bad baserunning but he did the job!
Colletti can't trade him...
Anybody watching this? Is Kemp going to catch hell for another baserunning blunder?
Prime sports put the boxscore up with the "hits" column in yellow....I'm just saying...
I'm getting the Sports South signal. No mention of it, so far
Vin: "backhanded by that vacuum cleaner" referring to Loney's pick up of Kotsay's grounder. Love it. However, I don't love the yellow tie / orange jacket combination Vin the wearing today.
I noticed the same AC. I've heard Vinny talk about it once but I just turned it on
Alex Cora with the Fashion Police!
Uh-oh Vin just said "It is starting to get interesting..." referring to Kuroda getting 17 in a row.
This Kuroda fella, he's not bad sometimes.
Damon: I assume you mean the vacuum cleaner comment and not the color combination...hehehe. It would be nice to have Vin talk about his wardrobe though
There it is: Vin just said it - Kuroda pitching a PERFECT GAME.
BTW, what is up with the fashion police picture?
Isn't Vin Scully a redhead? orange jacket, yellow tie? it's the chromatic scheme for a fast food restaurant...
Ethier pops out. He's useless.
Karina is SoSG's resident fashion critic. She gives us the lowdown on players' facial hair and sunglasses, among other things.
I don't think Vin is a natural redhead any longer....
I've commented once or twice about James Loney fashionista choices, joked about beinf the guest fashion police on this blog. Orel found the picture.
Do you mind it?
I'm planning to change the avatar as long as the Dodgers lose the winning streak.
Natural or not, he's a redhead.
Sports South put the column of hits in red. They even put it on screen: 6 perfect innings.
Wow! DeWitt saves the perfect game! What a play!
James Loney: king, fashionista, ballet dancer?. That was an awesome play.
I like the picture. I think the sideburns sported by Martin need some comments - is he trying to look like Brad Penny?
SEVEN PERFECT INNINGS!!!
wow wow wow
Oh well, it's an upgrade from the mustache and poor groomed beard he has had this season. In any form, he looks like a boy who wants to look like his dad. I think he'd look better with a scruffy look.
JONES IS ON BASE!!! (WALK)
JONES BB!!!!!!!
Possible situations on an Andruw Jones at bat:
a) 3 pitches, K
b) 4 or 5 pitches, ball in dirt, K
c) K in different forms as the previously mentioned
d) ground out
e) pop up to the infield
f) walk
He walked, wow!
DeWitt 3 for 3
Hope that doesn't tire out Kuroda with that last at bat and run down the line.
I really think Torre should pinch hit for Kuroda here. Can't have enough insurance runs.
That was good Orel. Something maybe Grady would do.
NOOOOO
NNNNOOOOOO!!!!!
Standing O for Kuroda!
Nooooooooooo. Teixeira sucks.
That sucks, what a coup if there was a perfect game by Kuroda. Now he needs to settle down and get these guys out. Biemel and Broxton are up in the pen.
Work the shut out Kuroda, COME ON!
I was daydreaming about calling my brother, the Braves fan, to give him a hard time (waiting for a revenge about his cruel jokes about the Dodgers)
Kuroda still pitching with force - last fastball was 96 MPH
He only has 82 pitches.
Kemp with his daily K.
Don't be mean with the Bison and Ethier, please.
Screw you Teixeira! Who the hell spells their name like that anyway?
Kuroda: With Force (new TV series)
Yeah, Loney Fan!
Loney fan, loooooooove your screen name!
Love the comment Loney Fan!
WOW!!! What a play by Angel Berrora - Can't hit a lick, but what a play!
Berroaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! gold glove quality!
Shake it, Berroa, you deserve it!
Berroa? Really? Does he know the perfect game is over? Oh well, absolutely no shame in a one hitter!!!
One hitter by Kuroda!! ! Great job by the rookie!
Got #100 comment!
Dodgers win! Let's go blue!
Kuroda's top button on his jersey is off - he buttoned his shirt wrong - do it every time Kuroda! Go Blue!
KU-RO-DA! KU-RO-DA! KU-RO-DA!
Alex Cora, i think you and i could make a great fashion police!
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