Josh Beckett burst out in his Dodger debut with a resounding...meh. After allowing a leadoff home run to Tyler Colvin, he settled down, allowing additional runs in the fourth and sixth. Final line: 5.2 IP, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 K.
Unfortunately, the Dodger offense didn't make the trip, as soft-tossing Jeff Francis (he of the 5.79 ERA) kept them off-balance for the first five innings. The bats barely put up a murmur of protest (four hits); the Rockies bullpen did the rest.
Oh, and Kenley Jansen made an appearance. Gave up four earned. New call-up Josh Wall gave up another three.
Rockies get their first home shutout of the season. Guggenheim boys are in "win now" mode. Too bad the players didn't get the memo.
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12 comments:
Let us never speak of this again.
That was brutal.
Fine time for Kemp and Han to be slumping.
Kershaw says he is open to an extension!
Loss forgotten.
Kemp is still hitting, just not for power.
Hanley is all messed up.
We pretty much need Kemp's power.
BTW, has anyone heard from Spank? If I'm not mistaken he lives in Brawley.
Spank fell out of bed the other day. Cause and effect.
I think Spank said he was out of town and missed the swarm.
I disagree that Beckett was meh. It was a quality start. He only allowed two runs and had six Ks. Was it dominating? Not necessarily. But to go this distance in his first start at Coors Field in seven years, it wasn't meh.
Our noffense was meh. That was the problem. We let Jeff fucking Francis dominate us.
Indeed, Spank is up north and missed the Brawley bumps.
It may have been a quality start, but it was not a QualityStart™.
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