Look, one can blame Andre Ethier, who grounded into an inning-ending double play in the eighth with the bases loaded and one out (Giants manager Bruce Bochy IBBd Matt Kemp and brought in Javy Lopez to foil Ethier). Ethier (1-for-4, 5 LOB) did GIDP twice tonight, to be fair.
But the real downer was Juan "Urine" Uribe, who came up in the seventh with men on first and second and no one out and a rally beginning (what else would you call consecutive leadoff singles from Juan Rivera and James Loney, for pete's sake). And Urine sacrifice bunted into a double play (Rivera out at third, Urine out at first). Unbelievable. How does one bunt into a first-and-third DP? Is that even possible? Apparently, so. Oh, and Uribe came up as the last batter in the ninth and grounded to short to end his 0-for-4 disastrous night. Urine problems, indeed.
The score was 2-1 after two innings but didn't progress from there, thanks to settling down from loss-earning Clayton Kershaw (8.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 Ks, but one bad two-run HR) as well as the Giants' win-earning Ryan Vogelsong (7.1 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 K). Dodgers go to the rubber match tomorrow. Hopefully, Jerry Hairston has healed.
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GODDAMN BUNTING
I blame supermoon
Bunting is fine...we need a damn catcher
@SFDF - Are you being real or sarcastic?
Hope the Skipper learns from that. Probably not.
I'm being absolutely 'real.'
A well executed game of small ball or situational bunting is a proven winner.
And Ellis/Treanor suck
We got Urine problems but a hit ain't one.
Ellis has the fourth best OBP in baseball.
I believe just his batting avg is the 2nd best on the team.
I am going to be megapissed if we lose our third series in a row
Ajellis, I mean. Not Mellis.
Ajellis has had some problems with passed balls lately, but you can't win if you don't score runs. And you don't score runs if you give away outs.
Nugs having their way with the Lakers.
I think catcher is wayyyyyyyyy down on the rest. We need at least ONE infielder that hits like a major leaguer.
Nice. How about some defense? He sucks defensively.
I figure the only reason Loney still wears Blue is because he can make unreal defensive plays...
Can't wait for Loney to tear it up in Sept.
The only reason Loney is still on the team is we have had an owner that hasn't spent any money on a farm system.
We could have had Fielder if Victor Martinez didn't get hurt.
@paul, I'm sure Pirates fans will be very happy with him.
Agreed, Nic...on hitters...but catcher is the anchor. SS, yes but no. Catchers make the infield calls
Other than four passed balls, I don't see how he sucks defensively.
Are we trading Loney for Barajas?
Just got punched by the woman for laffing too loud at ur 10:01 Czar
" Mr. LA Sports Czar said...
Other than four passed balls, I don't see how he sucks defensively."
Dude, you're KILLING me
Okay...now I really need to get gone...
Lates Sons.
He's caught 45% of would-be base stealers. That's pretty damn good.
Lakers making a run.
We can trade Loney to the Royals for some BBQ.
Lakes down by seven with 2:41 left
Hell, let's trade Loney for a few extra All Star ballots.
Let's trade Urine for...fuck we can't Urine for Shit.
Kobe!!!
KOBE BEAN!
Colletti should just take Uribe for a ride in the woods and leave him there.
Kobe!
Wow! Kobe!
those three straight threes from the kobester were incredible
too bad he missed that easy one
Three point game with 28.6 seconds left
What?
Lakers down by 4.
Uh...of all the reasons tonight sucked, the last thing I expected to see was someone blaming A.J.
*headdesk*
Ramon!
Shit your pants time.
Lakers back down by 3.
Damn! Clear shot for Sessions.
Dammit, so close.
I think I saw Juan Uribe screwing up the Lakers late, as well.
I thought Sessions would get the second chance.
@Paul: right with you, dude
DFA his ass.
It was there. Crazy comeback though. i had given up on the game because the Lakers were playing uninspired at the end.
what's with the electrical piping behind the guy in the picture, by the way? do you really need outlets five feet apart? with exposed piping like that?
I think this means the Kings win Game 1 though. Right? Right?
don't just sit there, small bladder boy! get up and find a goddamn bathroom!!!
If the Kings lose you can blame AJ Ellis.
AJ should be getting doubles instead of walks.
At least the Lakers get MW Peace for the entire second round.
(cries)
Lakers are probably going 7 in this series.
Really it does t matter though because they are getting steamrolled in the 2nd round.
FUCK time to start playing and managing better
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