Zack Greinke is back. After a rough start last outing, Greinke came back with 10 Ks over 7.0 IP, giving up only 4 H and 1 ER (a solo shot by Matt Carpenter) while walking none. Just another dominating performance, on national television (with Eric Karros doing the commentary!), no less.
The Dodgers blew the game open wider than Juan Uribe's jersey size in the second inning:
- Andre Ethier leadoff single;
- Justin Turner RBI double (Turner left the game with an apparent hamstring injury, so cross your fingers);
- A.J. Ellis RBI double scoring PR Miguel Rojas;
- wild pitch and ground out by Greinke (out #1);
- Dee Gordon RBI double;
- Yasiel Puig walk (and shitty no-possible-path-to-home-plate call that called Gordon out at home on a another wild pitch; out #2);
- Hanley Ramirez walk;
- Adrian Gonzalez RBI single;
- Matt Kemp RBI single;
- Ethier RBI double;
- Rojas ground out (out #3).
Throw in a couple more Ks from Paul Maholm in the eighth, and then another K in another shaky-as-hell ninth inning from Chris Perez, and the Dodgers have 13 Ks, a blowout victory, and their ninth straight errorless game. And I have to think the good defense correlates with the Dodgers' climb back to 1.5 GB the divisional lead.
Dudes, we are STREAKING! And everybody's doing it.
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SoSG intern updated the sidebar for Delino's loss yesterday, as well as Dusty's win today
0-0 in the second up in SF vs. Cincinnati
Simon (10-game winner) vs. Cain (1-6) in SF
Baby Brim approves!
@MiniFB is going streaking!
Right out of the hospital!
Scoreless through four innings in SF
Giants up 1-0 in the ninth. Not good
Holy cow! Joey Votto walks, then Brandon Phillips with a HR. 2-1 Reds, 0 out in the ninth. Romo shell shocked
Let's go Charlie Chapman!
Meh. Basehit. get Jabba to hit into a double play.
Fuck Chapman isn't throwing strikes.
Just changed my MLB.tv broadcast to Fox Sports Ohio (from the Giants' feed). Man on first, Sandoval up and fouling them off. Chapman pitching north of 100mph.
Ball four.
Men on first and second, no out. Oyster Pubes up.
Ok I'm done with this game.
Posey ties it. Second and third with none out.
2-2 in the bottom of the ninth.
Reds get Sanchez to ground out on a five-man infield.
Arias grounds out for out #2
Ks Duvall for the third out.
On to extras in SF!
I will say that Posey's double to left should have scored two, but Sandoval was on first and couldn't run the bases fast enough.
Geez, Broxton in for the reds. Talk about a white flag
Broxton Ks Pence for the third out in the tenth.
On to the 11th!
7-2 Reds!
Reds send nine men to the plate in the 11th and score five runs. 7-2 Reds, B11
The return of Paul!
Reds win 7-3 in 11. AT&T Park is funeral-service-quiet.
Brandon Phillips, on his birthday, hits a two-run HR in the ninth to take the lead 2-1. And though oyster Pubes ties it in the bottom of the inning, the Reds win with five in the 11th inning.
Dodgers now 1 game back.
Footsteps!
Rule nerd alert: I think Karros was wrong in lambasting the umpires for the Dee Gordon play at the plate in this game. The rule says this: "Unless the catcher is in possession of the ball, the catcher cannot block the pathway of the runner as he is attempting to score."
(http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/downloads/y2014/official_baseball_rules.pdf)
The pitcher CLEARLY had the ball before Dee arrived.
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