Chad Billingsley (5-1, 2.45) vs. Cole Hamels (1-2, 6.17).
COMMENTS: Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey! Did we need that one last night or what? Even better, the rest of the division lost, leaving the Giants 4.0 games behind the Dodgers, with the Rockies, Padres and Diamondbacks a collective 23 games under .500.
Now that old friends have had their way—former Dodgers Chan Ho Park and Jayson Werth, and former Phillie Randy Wolf—today's getaway-day rubber match is about (flips coin) settling scores. Billingsley wants to stick it to the team that rocked him in last year's playoffs, and Jonathan Broxton wants another shot at Matt Stairs.
In the other dugout we have Hamels, so dominant in October but off to a rough start this year. He pitched solidly in his last start, however, so his performance today will determine which team will be getting its mojo back. Call me biased, but I vote for us.
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lets go pen!
Wow. Okay Russ, keep your day perfect.
They won't walk you with Loney on deck.
Damn
Steiner calls trips to Wal-mart trips to the Gap, too.
Pretty cheap snag of 200 there, Sax.
wow, i blinked, and russ flied out. Thanks.
Orel, show me pixelated jealous.
Nine hits, two runs. Me thinks we need to shake up this lineup to be a weeeeeeeeee bit more efficient in the run scorage.
213, original LA area coders
TTF is on fire!
woulda been nice to have some insurance there.
Marky, Ricky, Danny, Terry, Mikey, Davey, Timmy, Tommy, Joey, Robby, Johnny, and Brad.
quick: what movie!
Phew #2...
Good Will Hunting?
Snow White?
8 pitch inning, NICE!
sleepers?
We got to Lidge but didn't score on tuesday, correct?
Hello Booger.
Wade is on fire today, now all we need is some insurance.
Geico please!
Correct, Sax.
That one's not going out. One out.
Marky, Ricky, Danny, and Mike,
If I like a girl, who cares who you like?
GO GO SUPER KEMP POWERS
quad gets it.. sorry, i've been waiting and waiting for gameday... someone in my office ordered a double burger and it made me think of Good Will Hunting.
TRIPLE for the bison!
Cool it now, Sax!
Whoops, that should have been "Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky and Mike".
I'll cool it, now.
Odds Kemp steals home here?
Trips for Kemp!
Sax- I think that was the NKOTB cover version.
I sense a New Edition explosion....
Insurance!!!
Good job, Casey! 3-1 Dodgers!
I read those names with a bad Boston accent here. Just for fun.
Let's get some insurance!
Thanks TTF for the shoutout. Also, I appreciated "went Steiner", too. Well done, O.F. (original follower).
Brox is pawing at the dirt and blowing smoke from his nostrils.
The X-man with the double!
Wow, Loney speed!
X-factor.
looking at our hit chart today, Raul Ibanez was a busy man in left.
And just got busier! XP with a XBH!
Whoops, that's XP. Didn't think Loney had those jets.
here comes the Pierre two-run jack
250
Come on Juan!
XP's spike got caught on the second base bag and he almost took a header after sliding.
If Pierre gets into beast mode, it'd be perfect.
Pierre flies out in front of the warning track. Lidge = BP?
Here comes Brox!
ITS TIME FOR THE OX!!! GO GET 'EM BIG JOHN!!!
well, he's been hot of late, so I can't dog Beast Mode too much...but he IS the only position starter to have not gotten a hit today. 0-for-4 is even worse than Juan-for-four, if you can believe it.
On to the ninth. Come on, Brox!
my favorite scene is the "double burger" one.
"If you were gonna fight them, why didn't you fight them back there? We got snacks now!"
Pierre is due to cool off.
C'mon, Brox Mode!
Irrespective of how the second half of this ninth inning transpires, let me posit that our valiant team did give Mssr. Lidge pangs of doubt on which to ponder.
Forsooth.
"0-for-4 is even worse than Juan-for-four, if you can believe it"
this was classic!
Wow, Brox starts with a breaking ball.
Beautiful pitch.
Thank goodness we have a two-run lead with Howard up.
Orel - that pic almost killed me.
Phils haven't seen a comeback they couldn't conquer.
Let's go Dodgers.
Quit messing with him now!
booyah!
Howard K's on a high 88-mph slider!
Sit down Howard!!!!!
mission impossible=picking Ryan Howard's nose!!!
Hi Karina
101 mph speeding ticket - J brox is well rested.
102!!!
102???!!!
wow
I believe Howard was hitless in this series. Suck it Werth!
Werth K's for the cycle
Has he thrown a fastball under 100 yet?
Werth, 0-for-4, 4Ks
you know when AJ Burnett broke Werth's Hand he said
"Give the man a Hand!!!"
Which movie??
Tying run up, yikes.
Ibanez has been the toughest out this series.
Listening to these stats on Brox Charley is throwing out just shows how insane the guy is.
4 K's is the Golden Sombrero!
I missed the golden sombrero! Damit.
No time to start nibbling, Brox.
gameday is getting worse and worse. what could be the problem?
oh crap, Brox is leaking
Come on, Big John, get Lou Dobbs out
Yikes, winning run is at the plate now.
Come on Brox. One out.
Werth picking up a cue from Howard, the King of K's.
Torre visits the mound....
Rbnlaw - He has been their toughest hitter all year.
Why is Ox Mode making this interesting?
To hell with the slider Johnny, just smoke these guys.
Ugh. Nothing's easy, is it?
damn Broxton, let go!
he pitched that guy like he was Barry Bonds.
get
it
together
broxton
Get him John!!!
100-mph strike one.
This game has heartbreak written all over it.
ONE MORE STRIKE!!!
That was a ball for the last batter!
Nay, Booger.
dow is up a half a point.
That's good
Broxton is the only person who has to go from Beast-mode to regular mode.
This is noivous-making!
FUCK
i can't take this
DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!
AAAACCCCCCCCKKKKKKKK!!!!!!
help, what happened
in play (runs)
why Brox?WHY?
games like this make me sick to my stomach
of course those were his 1st RBIs
are you fricking kidding me?
God damn it.
(supresses vomiting)
Game's not over yet.
way to go Broxton. Good god that sucked.
Why am I not surprised. The Phils do this all the time. (Except with their pitchers)
Walks are what kill you, he should have got dobbs!
An 0-2 count with two outs and he gives up a game-tying double? That's pretty miserable.
two quick Ks and then the wheels fall off the wagon
Orel is right, its not over.
Well, at least he...no. No silver lining on that one.
NOW he gets the strikeout. Thanks a bunch.
2-3-4 hitters against Lidge. We can do this.
new game...and it pisses me off because i'm waiting this game to finish so i can have some lunch.
And now we'll get the top of their order in the bottom of the tenth. Just an all around good job.
great we have the following up:
Hudson= maybe
Ethier= Double play choke artist who always crumbles under the limelight
Martin= Punchless
anyone else just kick the dog?
Look on the bright side; we could have Brian Fuentes as our closer.
oopps, i mean:
Furcal= struggling
No Lidge. Durbin.
Nothing is easy with this group huh?
Although if we had Brian Fuentes we wouldn't have suffered the hoping. It's the crushed hope that hurts.
2 straight 11 hit 3 runs days... im gonna punch something.
i don't even want to keep listening. i'm going to be sick.
that was a ball when Brox threw it.
It was just one more strike for the win...
apparently no one wants the W in this one...
C'mon, Andre!
Ethier better hit a damn HR. He's in the dog house bad right now.
it was probably my fault, i told someone in my office that they were 1 out away from winning.
at least Ethier cant hit into a dbl play
Whew! That last pitch was close!
Good eye, Andre. Time for R-Mart to hit his first.
Time for Martin's first HR?
come on Martin, be more Piazza, less Lo duca
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
J Martin with redemption!
Atta boy, Russ!!!
I'll settle for an RBI double though!
Gotta hold em Tron!
A DOUBLE WILL DO
in play runs
Who needs Manny when you've got Russell? WOOOT!
boom shakalaka MARTIN
Broxton NEEDS TO FINISH THIS THING NEXT INNING!!!
Anyone else get the occasional "Conflicting Edits" error when trying to post?
Fear the Loney! IBB puts two on for Kemp.
Durbin=puss
Sweet. I saw it was a double from Martin but didn't notice at first that Andre had scored.
I havent had that error, but a few weeks back it wouldnt let me on the page for some reason.
Does Kemp have a BEAST MODE?
My son is back! yay!
im still pissed the Bills wont get the win and Hamels wont get the loss.
dodgers keeping the dream alive
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah Kemp!!!!
HELL YEAH! 5-3 Dodgers!
I spoke too soon, the boys have more heart after two outs I guess!
All that matters is that the DODGERS get the W!
I just went on a roller coaster ride for my lunch break. Anything interesting going on in the game?
Another nine runs and I think we've got this game in the bag"
Casey Blake is hairy like animal!
Hold 'em off Tron!
the only good thing about that is Brox staying in. He require Redemption!
Let's breathe.3 more outs to go
Casey Blake is the "Just for Men" poster boy.
In other news, the padres are once getting rocked. Maybe news is the wrong word.
atta kemper!
I bet he Combs it in every morning with a satisfied look on his face.
Tron!
For some reason the NL west only plays good against us.
And in the time it took me to write that, the cubs put another three on them.
In that case, you missed nothing, Neeebs.
they took out brox
And in the time it took me to write that, Dempster got a RBI double
CHC 11, SD 1. Padres still have a chance.
Hopefully This isnt one of those games you blame Joe Torre for.
ONE OUT
Don't stop...beeelieeevin'!
TWO OUT
Nice! one more out boys!
come on TRON! his next pitch should be the disk thing.
f'ing Joe Torre.
he blew another win for Ace!
Why bring Broxton in for the 9th with a 2 run lead!
maybe thats what he does throw, all those groundouts.
One more strike....
I only got one thing to say to you Tronc, strike this MF out!
Utley plunk. Here we go. Again.
come on! thank god for the insurance run with Howard coming up.
why can't Loney score from first on a double? I bet Kemp almost lapped him
OMG. HOward. Come on Troncoso.
im a little worried, I think I heard Howard in the on deck circle say "FUck you Joboo!"
Tron is throwing all breaking stuff to Howard.
Here we go again, tying run at the plate. Howard is hungry to break out.
Philly will tie it up again...
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