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Sweeping the Cardinals...it all seems so familiar...
Once again, we had Jonathan Broxton enter the ninth to protect a one-run lead, and once again, his first batter was the vaunted Albert Pujols. But this time, unlike last night, Pujols stroked a ball into center for his first hit of the series (leaving him 1-for-11), with a leadoff single. Broxton got composed and got Matt Holliday and Ryan Ludwick to fly out, but then Yadier Molina hit a long ground-rule double that bounced over the centerfield wall--holding Pujols, who would have otherwise scored, at third--and allowing former Giant/Yankee castoff Randy Winn to promptly ground to third for the final out. The Dodgers sweep the Cardinals at Dodger Stadium for the first time since that magical season of 1988, drawing our win streak to four in a row, 8-2 over this homestand, and extending our NL West lead by another half game over the idle Padres.
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Credit Clayton Kershaw (6-3) for seven innings of 10K, 2BB ball (one three-run HR allowed, in the fourth to Ryan Ludwick); Ronald Belisario for the one-inning hold and Broxton for his fifteenth-straight save. Also credit James Loney for a 4-for-4 night (1 R), Manny Ramirez for his fifth HR of the season (scoring two RBI), Blake DeWitt with a two-RBI single in the fourth, and Andre Ethier for going 2-for-4 with a run scored. Dodgers get a day off tomorrow while the Padres play a doubleheader in NY, and then lovely interleague play resumes with a three-game set with the Angels.
42 comments:
I'm still happy!
More beer!
Knowing the Dodgers they'll lose on Friday.
Stoked.
I'll worry about the Angels in due time, but I'll just soak this in for a bit.
So will there be some kind of straight-up Laker thread tomorrow? Not some kind of Laker/Dodger hybrid?
MLASF buzzkill alert!
Mr. LA SF, do you prefer separate threads?
(Actually, the Dodgers are off tomorrow so you'll get your wish.)
DB,
I second the first emotion.
Best series of the year, quality baseball wise?
I'm just saying. They tend to lose when I'm in attendance.
Props to Beli, BTW. Excellent outing!
@Josh S: Yeah, I'd agree. We held tough against a tough, division-leading opponent this series...we deserve the requisite props.
MLASF: I'll be there Friday too and they're 6-0 when I'm there this season. I'll try to be your counter-jinx.
I actually really like the mischung thread. Itdisplays hybrid vigour.
If we really wanted to guarantee the Friday win, Josh and I would chat in the breezeway in the 4th inning.
Alas, I won't be there Friday but I will be Sunday.
My bad luck knows no bounds. I killed Sax's win streak last season when I went to the lone loss against the Cubbies.
My daughter is 2-0 in the same homestand. She was in the My Town section tonight.
Dodgers officials have notified me that this series cannot be the best series. Those rights are already reserved for the Yankee-Dodger series.
Wait, we're playing the Yankees this season??!?!?
Man how I want a brewski but I am staying dry so I can participate in world cup drunkness.
Hah. Gaslamp Ball put up an entire thread for our game. What a bunch of freaks.
@Karina
1 Day
8 Hours
19 Minutes
27 Seconds
@Paul
I did a crash training regimen with my liver last night just to stay in top form.
"Is this on TV? If not what radio station do the Dodgers broadcast on?"
"KSUCK"
Their incredible wit hurts my brain.
Was not there tonight, but Dodgers have won every game I've attended so far this year.
In other news, WHY DID MANNY BREAK FOR HOME ON THAT BALTIMORE CHOP? Did anyone realize how big that would have been if we'd lost?
They were watching our game? Come on guys you are in SD. Put some sex panther on and go out. Enjoy your day off.
"I mean, all wainwright can do is groove balls down teh(sic) middle
Since that’s the only call he’s getting. This is why the Doyers keep winning at home, where MLB schedules 70% of their games."
He's learned of our secret! HE MUST BE KILLED!!!
KSUCK our way into first, Pod Rays "fans."
*points to camo jerseys*
@Mr. C
cheers!! You are a pro and on top of your game.
Yeeeeahhhh....Either 70%...ORRRRR.....exactly 50%. Funny how that works. #81
No Dusty. They are counting our 9 games at Petco also!!! Zing!!
OK, off to tune up the puzzle dispenser then crash out.
Oh, snap, Paul. On that note, I'm turning in.
Mr C-
Im in a mtg all morning thru ~1:30 but will work on your puzzle afterward.
Nice party.
I'm laughing so hard about GLB's gigantic thread about the ground rule double. The funny thing is, that ball bouncing over the wall probably did doom their entire season.
They could have just hired Karina to do this!
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Dodgers tap into 'V energy'
By Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times
8:45 PM PDT, June 9, 2010
The most curious figure to emerge in the Dodgers' drama answers the door with a kindly smile and a hearty handshake. He motions toward the living room, where his wife has put out a spread of chocolate and fruit, coffee and tea.
Vladimir Shpunt, 71, lived most of his life in Russia. He has three degrees in physics and a letter of reference from a Nobel Prize winner.
He knows next to nothing about baseball.
Yet the Dodgers hired him to, well, think blue.
Frank and Jamie McCourt paid him to help the team win by sending positive energy over great distances.
(continued: http://tinyurl.com/394xtmy)
GLB?
^Gas Lamp Ball
Damn, I am gonna be running on fumes tomorrow. At least I'm hosting the puzzle not solving it. All over for me but the cryin'.
Of course...sorry, I was thinking of the Cards
Looks like I missed a great one. I saw the score after the 6th and knew the beer I had drunken earlier would wake me up to check the score again in the middle of the night. I about choked when I saw the play-by-play for the 9th.
And I had to go to the MLB.tv replay to see how close Ludwick was in the 6th. I knew the outcome and I still about peed my pants.
@DB - that "V energy" article is stunning. If they gave credit to Shpunt for making the playoffs, can we blame him for Rollins' double? Where was he for that? Was he off taking a shit? Off counting his money?
@Dusty Baker liked that article a lot. Thanks
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