Hiroki Kuroda (9-10, 3.77) vs. Brad Hennessey (1-2, 8.04).
Dodgers' magic number: SIX.
COMMENTS: Ever have one of those work days where you do nothing but surf the Internet and at day's end your boss comes by and thanks you for doing such a great job? Me neither (who has such a kind boss?), but the Dodgers sort of did yesterday, getting crushed by the Giants 7-1 yet trimming their magic number thanks to the Diamondbacks' 11th straight road loss.
The Dodgers haven't lost two in a row in September, and they look to continue that streak tonight. Although the Dodgers have won his past three starts, Kuroda doesn't fool the Giants, having given up eight runs in 11 2/3 innings against them. But Kuroda is far more effective at Dodger Stadium, so the Dodgers' magic number could fall from the Joy of Six to Five Alive (or even to the Fab Four).
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And I don't even watch Battlestar Galactica. But I should start.
Martin, C
Ethier, RF
Manny, LF
Loney, 1B
Blake, 3B
Kemp, CF
DeWitt, 2B
Berroa, SS
Kuroda, P
Sticking around on six for a couple of days might not be such a bad thing... what am I saying! Damn cylon in my head again!
Steve, the Dodgers are going to win tonight. Force may be with us, actually.
Though i should confess i'm sort of drunk, because this afternoon i learned a documentary film i worked on just won"best experimental documentary" at a latinamerican film festival held in Brazil! so, maybe, perhaps, the universe is kind right now!
p.s: there's a party at this house but i'll try to check here and watch the game at TV, just because the Dodgers are playing the hated ones and they're in the midst to get into the playoffs!
Congrats, Karina! Party down!
AZ up 2-1 at Colorado, after four full.
Oh, and congratulations Karina!
Here we go!
Randy Winn owns us. Starts off with a single.
AZ 3, COL 2, bot 7
Another single. I guess we know which Kuroda we're getting tonight.
Kuroda walks in a run. Great.
Roward hits into an inning-ending DP. Kuroda gets out of it cheaply enough, but he threw 31 pitches.
Ethier walks.
Jeff Kent has been activated. Hooray.
Rockies tie it up!
Manny singles! Two on, one out.
Loney K's and Blake with a first-pitch swinging pop-out. The Giants are making Kuroda throw pitches; the Dodgers are letting Hennessey off the hook.
Tricia Helfer is a smokin' hottie. Too bad she's really all the show has had going for it for the last season and a half.
Kemp first-pitch swinging, grounds out. Why aren't we working the count?
Those are the first bad words I've heard about Battlestar Galactica.
And by the way, thanks for the ticket voucher. I had some adventures getting them redeemed.
The boxing ep was the shark-jumper.
Dammit, AZ 5, COL 3.
Kuroda plunks the leadoff man. Dammit again.
Too funny, Rob.
Kuroda is the most schizophrenic pitcher I've seen.
This is what happens when you're struggling: A sure DP ball skips under the second baseman's mitt for an error.
AZ wins. Great.
Vin says Torre says Penny is "out of the mix."
MANUEL!
Thank god for Manny.
Nice to see Furcal first in line to greet Manny.
KEMPARIFFIC! 2-run HR!
That was Kemp's first HR in a long time. Or so it seems.
Matt Kemp is good at playing baseball.
I concur.
Let's see if Kuroda can pitch with a lead.
The answer is: no. Vizquel singles.
Well, we knocked Hennessey out.
The answer is: no. Bowker singles.
Andre Ethier is also good at playing baseball. Nice catch to save a run or two.
Well look at that. Martin (correctly) argues that the hitter was out swinging at a pitch that hit him. Kuroda's playing with house money now.
"I'd rather be lucky than good!" —Vinny
That was the craziest rulebook play I've seen since Duaner Sanchez threw his glove in the air to catch a ball -- which was ruled a hit or some such.
Giants are 1-for-11 with RISP tonight. Maybe I'm underestimating Kuroda.
Torre isn't, as Kuroda's batting for himself in the 4th.
I remember that. Heads-up play by Duaner.
Kuroda singles. Maybe he yet has life left in him.
Russell was thinking HR all the way there. No way he was going to try to work the walk. Instead he pops out on (surprise) the first pitch.
No, it wasn't because it was an automatic reach for the baserunner. Rule 7.05(a):
7.05 Each runner including the batter-runner may, without liability to be put out, advance—
(a) To home base, scoring a run, if a fair ball goes out of the playing field in flight and he touched all bases legally; or if a fair ball which, in the umpire’s judgment, would have gone out of the playing field in flight, is deflected by the act of a fielder in throwing his glove, cap, or any article of his apparel; ....
Sorry, Hiroki. No win for you today.
Actually, 7.05(c):
Three bases, if a fielder deliberately throws his glove at and touches a fair ball. The ball is in play and the batter may advance to home base at his peril.
Okay, maybe not in a rulebook sense. But in a heat-of-the-moment sense.
A mitts-up play?
My original writeup. The game was on May 28, 2005.
Park picking up where Kuroda left off. Rancho Ardiendo for the Giants with no out.
Oddly, B-Ref lists the ball as being a ground ball, and having watched it, the ball was a good 20 feet over Sanchez' head.
Now it's Park's turn to walk in a run. 5-3 Dodgers.
Beimel takes care of Kuroda's business, WPing a run. 5-4 Dodgers.
Merry-go-round broke down.
DODGERS GET AN OUT! DODGERS GET AN OUT!
This game is making my brain hurt.
Alert the AP.
LOSE.
This isn't a pitching duel, nor is it a batting duel. It's a which-team-can-play-worse duel.
It's actualy a pitching drool.
Actually. Two glasses of wine and I'm misspelling.
C'mon, Mary Hart! Work your magic!
Don't drink and derive!
Perfect.
Calculus 3 was so long ago...
BWAHAHAHAHAH WIPEOUT!
Nice whiff on Aurelia.
And just after I post that, B-Mo drops one just fair into the space under the (unused) tarp in LF foul territory for a double.
It's only the 6th? It feels like we should be in extra innings.
7th. And yeah, slow as molasses in February at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
Shoot, 5-5? Come on, blue! Last I checked it was 5-2 and we were rolling!
Party's over, however i'm still drinking wine, ready for a Dodgers win.
Thanks Orel and Steve for your congrats!
Tyler Walker is ubiquitous.
This game is a good one to drink to.
Casey Blake is not a natural bunter.
Good evening folks
The Dodgers are getting beardy.
Good opportunity here or so Gameday tells me.
Hey EK. You're not missing much.
Runners at the corners, DeWitt is up!. Pitching change, of course..
Garciaparra replaces DeWitt.
Hi Orel, Karina, Sax.
I see the Rays clinched a playoff spot today.
Berroa up with RA.
Cubs clinched too.
RA should be a new stat.
DON'T SWING ANGEL
Add Jack Taschner to the Xmas card list. 6-5 Dodgers.
Did he just draw a 4-pitch rancho-ardienedo walk?
His Xmas card will be sent to the Giants' clubhouse along with Eugenio Velez's.
Free Tasch! 7-5 Dodgers!
You certainly have a point there, Eric. However, they have been nice enough to receive more than a card.
What's the difference between Zyrtec and Zantac?
Save us, Cory Wade.
Slick Loney!
The Giants' pitcher is wearing stirrups!
Nice fashion police, Orel.
#100!
Heh. 9-5 Dodgers on a Manny homer, after he straightens it out.
Manny Ramirez! For all your insurance needs!
MANNY 2-run bomb!
King James walks, no outs...
WOOHOO!! Just got home in time to see the walks for runs and the manny HR!!!
RED FIVE STANDING BY, RED FIVE STANDING BY!!!!
That should be the picture on the next gamethread - star wars and baseball again - Nothing like good old Wedge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qItugh-fFgg
He Walked HU!!!! Man, they can't find the zone. Walking a .167 hitter
Think they will walk another .160's hitter in Sweeney?
Opps .138
Sweeney...a walk here would be nice...
Angel Berroa says NOT SO FAST
Uh, Angel, what the hell was that? Shades of Steve Sax...
Berroa made a hideous throw, it should have been a nice GIDP...
Uhhh....what the hell...
Just another four-hour victory.
NICE!!!! HIGH FIVE FIVE FIVE!!! GO BLUE!
Matt Kemp looks like Casey Blake!
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