Clayton Kershaw (1-0, 1.29) vs. Freddy Garcia (0-0, -.--).
One night after a gritty but reverberating Game 3 win, Don Mattingly is going all in and starting Clayton Kershaw on short rest (Kershaw pitched Game 1 on Thursday Oct 3) to try and finish this series at home. The way Dodger Stadium was buzzing last night, one hopes that there's still some of that electricity still coursing through the veins of Chavez Ravine this evening. Hopefully Kershaw can feed off of that energy.
Garcia has some deep postseason experience, pitching the deciding Game 4 in the Chicago White Sox' 2005 World Series sweep over the Houston Astros. Even thinking about a World Series with the White Sox and Astros in it is so bizarre right now, that it might not be too safe to rely on those statistics. More recently, Garcia went 4-7 with a 4.37 ERA this year (ERA+ of 94), but had a 1-2 record with a 1.65 ERA (237 ERA+, his career high) with Atlanta late in the year. So he's no slouch. In the opposite of "short rest", Garcia hasn't pitched since Sept. 24, almost two weeks ago.
Let's not let this series go back to Atlanta. Come on, Blue! I need to see this win tonight (by the way, if you're at the Stadium tonight, drop a line with your location and we will try and connect).
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Crawford LF
Mellis 2B
Ramirez SS
Gonzalez 1B
Puig RF
Uribe 3B
Schumaker CF
Ajellis C
Kershaw P
I like it! We are going for the throat.
The Kid pitching on short rest makes me a tiny bit nervous. But if anyone can take us to the promised land tonite it's our boy Clay.
No towels tonight? What am I gonna soak up beer with?
I'm going! Paul, do I need to bring my towel from yesterday?!
You do Sax. No towels that I see.
The person whose tickets I am utilizing tonight is late.
I am pacing like a madman
@Paul, what level are you on?
Field level section 34 row d seats 8 and 7. End of the row.
killKillKILL
Woooooooo!
At Staples Centet. Represent well guys and gal.
Kid K vs the old man. I like our chances.
And ceremonial first pitch is being thrown out by Dad!
Gotta keep pitching
Dad Garvey just said "welcome to the final game of the NLDS!"
@ DB 4:46pm
Exactly,Brotha. Why fuck around. The time is now to win it all. Old school baseball.
Bucknered!!
Steve Garvey with the pre game ceremony!
nasty curve
Quit fouling the pitches,stoopid.
I'm at my daughter's watching and her tv is so small I can barely out the picture.
Gotta be a good sign that "Father" threw out the first pitch!
Now lets give our Ace a lead to work with boys.
CARRRRLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC!
Holy christ he wacked the shit out of that
That's one way to start off a game.
Find the feeling, Mark. You hit that well but right at him
HanLEY!
(said like Minnie Pearl saying "Howdy")
Is Sandy in the house again tonite? I'm feelin' the Koufax juju.
@spank I hope that's a good sign
please don't steal Hanley anymore, I beg you
I was thinking the same thing,FB
The more I see the more I love Tommy sitting next to Magic Johnson.
fucking hell.
Damn. I thought that was gone too.
The two biggest L.A. sports icons right there,Cliffy.
@CliffBeef...The whole Magic/Tommy karma definetly awesome.
heh that would have infuriated me too
Send him to the showers.
@karen was Upton talking after that?
Yeah Brian, you just keep pissing off Blue. Good job.
McCann's kind of a whiny little bitch inn't he.
You think L.A baseball,you think Lasorda.
You think L.A. basketball, you think Magic.
You think L.A. football,you think Georgia Frontiere and Al Davis.
(cries)
Score more runs por favor.
hehe that is very acceptable, karen
Spanky...Yeah, good old Georgia was always good for a rumor or two.
@spank for LA Football I think of Eric Dickerson's goggles
FB...I am so feeling it.
and Flipper Anderson running up the tunnel at Giants Stadium
take your time, fellas, don't have to hit every ball out
I wonder how ugly AJ's elbow looks today
Alrighty then. Weak inning.
about as ugly as that K
gotta be patient
FB...Aj's elbow probably not as ugly as Atlanta faces after this game.
cripes, how did that almost happen
I also think of Jim Everett wimping out against the Niners in the playoffs. Meh.
Kid K doing good so far.
attaboy, fellas
Uncle Charlie made it the game on time
Psh. Ricky could have done thiHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Score some runs for the kid!!!
No way! CRAWDUDE!!
no way!
DAMMIT
and CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC!
Carl chowing down on bravo pitching.
too early for curtain calls, but still
Standing O. Hells yeah.
attaboy, Marcus!
not sure that was fair
but it was!
Hanley just missed that meatball
Gotta change the channel.
balls
ok, I like 2 runs
@spank, Olberman has the same effect on me, too
Fuck where is the Steele reserve in this place?
cripes
Shit, get it together, AGon. Second error of the night.
GOD DAMMIT
cut
the
SHIT
Suddenly we've become the bad news bears. WTF?
we'll be lucky leave this with the lead
Followed by a wild pitch.
where is Mary Hart? She needs to be here after last night
Froze him.
Bravos trying to show a little life. Kid to shift into maggot squashing gear.
fuck. Dumbass errors.
stupid error, stupid wild pitch
unacceptable
you have to be kidding me
do we not want to win this?
Tied 2-2.
Fuck. Fuck.
So. Our defense.
garbage
@Orel were we overperforming all year?
shittyshitballs
that sucked
Garcia's gonna shut us down the rest of the way
Our boys need to settle down. They're going to win this.
If they don't give it away first.
I feel sick.
the switch over to TBS is killing us
YP with a good start
Wild Horse on...anything can happen...
Puig thrown out badly there.
Come on, Dodgers. Get it together
Damn
this is going all kinds of ways down the shitter
Tried to do a Dusty fly by, but was unsuccessful. No dry humping.
we're making the Venezuelan James Woods look like he's 25 again
Great. Noffense and Nefense.
Stoopid Franklin and Bash.
I assume Dusty would be too surly to dryhump anyway
hey
a break
AJ with the taintshot on McCann
Right on the numbnuts.
that was a makeup strike there
Tied through 4. I got a bad feeling about this. If we can't get to Freddy Garcia, we are in trouble
Cmon Clayton, reset this
Feels bad to me too, Saxy
Clayton will pull this out of the shitter. He'll get his stuff and shift into destroy mode just like he did in game 1.
As Garcia tires, we will jump all over him. It's coming.
Rays walk off against the Red Sox. Love it.
How many ways can these guys let Kershaw down? They don't score runs for him all season and when they do the defense sucks. Pissing me off. Tighten it up dammit!
Heyward gives it a ride but Schu catches it at the warning track. Phew.
All I can think of is "Top Gun" after the mention of the Danger Zone.....
Oooooo. I wanted that one.
don't stop calling that now, blue
Damn
dammit
finish this, kid
Freeman homer coming here
phew
Due up: Kid K, Mr. HR, MEllis.
We need to get something going against this bush league pitcher!!
Clayton to lead off the fifth. Let's go, Blue!
Scott Killeen, I think I see you
This is not good, boys and girls
this has terribly frustrating loss all over it
written
I'm getting too sober for this.
Danger Zone!
Clayton will go another inning or so, Withrow will come in and get in trouble without getting an out. Wilson will come in in a tough situation and give up a run. They'll bring in their dominant pen and send it back to Atlanta
and Darling with the homerun jinx
KKKKKK
Turn that frown upside down, FB!
Johnson or Freeman will be the one to do it
The umps suck. I BELIEVE!
great inning, kid!
Bottom of the sixth is when we get to Garcia. AGon double and Puig RBI single. Get ready.
I'm playing the role of Karina tonight.
Lets end this!!
"that's longer than I smoke my meat!"
- Spank after a case of Steel Reserves and a Scarlett Johansson movie marathon
time to pour another
Redemption time, AGon.
"Every out you get without giving up a run is a plus." Well shit, that's the kind of in-depth analysis one can only expect from Ron Darling.
Seeing-eye single!
About time someone gets a hit,mang.
Goddamnitsonofabitch
Fuck. DP.
Nostradamus I am not.
That Puig GIDP was brutal
it doesn't seem right to say this on a night when CC hits 2 homers, but this doesn't feel like our night
Goddamnitsonofabitch
checking out for now
We can do this! I think. Maybe.
@ FB
Beli is coming in to pitch so it's probably best you don't check back.
AJ Ellis, make him pay
Uribe double! IBB Schu! Make 'em pay, A.J.!
I think Meathead ate Mary Hart.
I am sick.
FUCK
Puig misplays one in the corner and the runner ends up on third.
DOOM :(
Belisario means we are going to game 5
You can't spell Belisario without a L
And there it is
I hate life...
And suddenly, the Kershaw decision becomes the one that dooms Mattingly.
All in Donnie baseball!!
Belisario, you are HORRIBLE. Horrible.
Turns out FB was right.
Ya pa que,Mattingly? The damage is already done,you fucking genius.
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If we can get a DP here....
Heyward swinging K. That'll work.
Freeman will blow this game open
Hidly doodly day
Donnie Unemployed
Good job, J.P. Time to get it back.
Rally Thong Time!
Donnie sux. And so does Beli
The cowboys loss is not enough
Only a Braves loss will keep my rage at bay
Dodgers are always run-constipated after a night of run-diarrhea.
Michael Young. Great pickup.
THANKS, MIKE.
Feh
Chop this
Meanwhile...
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/college-football/story/_/id/9788839/usc-trojans-say-impersonators-making-calls-coaching-job
Mellis double brings up Hanley!
holla
IBB Hanley. AGon redemption time.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Come on AGon
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