Odrisamer Despaigne (pronounced O-DREE-SA-MEHR DES-PAWN-NYAY) (2-0, 0.92) vs. Clayton Kershaw (pronounced CLAY-TON KER-SHAW) (10-2, 1.85).
It's The Kid versus a kid tonight, as grizzled vet Kershaw (age: 26) brings his two Cy Youngs and his current 36-inning scoreless streak against the rookie Despaigne (age: 27), the Padres' Cuban import who's making the fourth start of his career.
The Dodgers are licking their wounds after a painful two-game sweep by the Tigers, while the Padres stack up like this:
- runs: 269 (30th overall)
- batting average: .215 (30th overall)
- on-base percentage: .275 (30th overall)
- slugging percentage: .337 (30th overall)
Piece of cake, right? Except the Pads always play the Dodgers tough (Dodgers are 4-2 against them so far this year). After that Verlander game, we know better than to take anything for granted.
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Sorry to Scooby-Doo it, but I've dropped in a new post about how the Giants just lost to Oakland, 6-1.
Dodgers enter play tonight in SD a half-game up.
Gordon, 2B
Ramirez, SS
Puig, RF
Gonzalez, 1B
Kemp, LF
Van Slyke, CF
Uribe, 3B
Ellis, C
Kershaw, P
TBLA had a thing on how historically bad the Padres offense is. All of which means they are gonna score 7 runs tonight
Hello Walter Kitty
Bright Lights, Big Kittys
Josh Tucker is leaving the Dodgers
Gnomes, apply for the job!
I have zero qualifications, but a strong body of work.
Spank said he's write you a letter of recommendation
So would Neeebs' mom
Clean inning for Clayton but a few more foul balls than usual
Vin saying Despaigne looks older than his listed 27 years
Dee with a sharp single up the middle
That's a good start.
Hmm Hanley batting second tonight, hmm Donnie trying to shake things up?
Hanley grounds into the hole cleared by Dee's attempted steal
Vin's way of calling bullshit on the listed age was appropriately polite.
Puig chaces a Puiggy pitch
chases^
Gotta get Dee home
UJTD as Gonzo is slower than mole asses.
for fuck's sake! devil jumpin all up in our face
Puig with the non-shadey glasses?
narsty curve to end the inning, only 7 pitches that inning
Despaigne has a weird high-80s slider thingy that we can't get their bat on for some reason
nothing doin in the second
SD gets a hit and bunts the runner to second but that as far as they get
Amarista with a wild throw, AJ gets on
With Clayton bunting, a passed ball lets AJ scoot to second
Clayton bunts perfectly to the 3B so AJ can get to third (where he'll be stranded)
Futility is impending
Can HanRam drive home A.J.?
Dee can't lay off 3 straight inside curve balls. not sure what they must have looked like but none of them were remotely hittable
Hey FB, how's your pitch recognition?
Ayup. That's a familiar flavor
lotsa slow stuff from Despaigne this inning
@Orel - I know if they are thrown to our batters, they won't get hit very hard
if at all
Pitch recognition is my weak point
Vinny is right, as usual, Despaigne looks much closer to 37 than 27.
Like slider vs. cutter? Couldn't tell you
are we going to lose 1-0 after Clayton is taken out?
So Despaigne is Greg Oden?
His knees haven't exploded, so the similarity is only superficial
Consecutive scoreless streak at 40 and counting for the kid. I now declare it officially interesting.
40
@Orel me neither, I just assume they are sliders unless someone tells me it's a cutter.
and if I don't see the pitch speed I couldn't tell you if it's a slider or a changeup with some funny movement
It's a good thing that throw was offline.
Puig with the hustle double off Despaigne
@Stubbs we couldn't waste a leadoff double if that throw was online
Adrian advanced Puig to third with a grounder to first
Adrian advanced Puig to third with a grounder to first
infield way in
just a fly ball, Matty
Good point, FB.
Here it comes again.
sheezus we stink
NOT FUTILITY!
wow, a miracle single from SVS, 1-0 good guys
Van Slyke with the merciful bloop single
Phew-tility!
Uribe does what Kemp should have done, flies out to right
woah, 4-pitch walk to Maybin
Maybin steals second
Dee goes and gets the grounder and throws out Amarista
There's your run, Clayton
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Hello Kitty fans relentless. Resounding boos when Dodgers PA announces giveaway mugs weren't all shippped. Thought all here for Kershaw..
Clayton works 6 pitches out of Despaigne before striking out
That LeBron tweet was from a fake account. How could you steer us wrong, Jill Painter Lopez?
Dee with a small chopper to the pitcher for the third out
The Hello Kitty travel mug fiasco is entirely real, however
Kershaw touches the side of the camera well rail every time he comes in from pitching an inning.
Twitter dammit?
Give that camera well rail an assist!
Most Valuable Camera Well
It's helping so far.
well fuck
Headley
now we have to somehow score another run
Dammit, Marine Layer, where were you on that?!
E-marine layer
Clayton was the closest to that pop fly, Adrian and AJ are not fast men
how the heck are we going to score again?
Clearly Clayton's secret was the camera well rail. It was all over once Greg exposed it
The Podrays have no other reason to exist other then to fuck with the Dodgers.
NO OTHER REASON.
I feel much shame.
He didn't touch it after the last inning.
Nice, Hanley.
Hanley lucky to get to second, then third
Yakety-sax defense, but I'll take it.
how will he be stranded?
Yasiel no sabe
Hanley single/steal/PB to third???
@Orel, steal, bad throw that bounced to the right of second, far enough away for Hanley to get to third without a throw
infield in works for the first out
Adrian needs to get going, at least get a sac fly
@orel
Yep. Bad throw, missed catch and collision at second, and everyone else in the infield standing around watching it all go down.
DAMMIT
Ha ha, thanks boys
Do your job, Adrian
Bitchin.
that's how you do it! thank you!
2-1 good guys
time for Matty to rip one
close enough
Kemp single!
When's the last time Kemp stole a base?
Another bad throw from Amarista, SVS safe, Matty gets to third, SVS to second
Nice to see the gods of defense are balancing the cosmic books for all the April suffering.
Uribe swinging on the first pitch and grounds to second meekly
Late to this joke, but:
The marine layer helped out the team that salutes the Marines every Sunday.
perfectly placed grounder with one out
Matty snags the fly for the second out, Maybin up to be a pain in the ass
Puig runs over to get the third out
Clayton fooled again by a pitcher's pitch
Dee can't lay off the curve balls, barely makes contact
Dee makes better contact on the curve but flies to left, on to the 8th
Kershaw will start the 8th with 97 pitches
defensive changes coming?
yep, Rojas at short for Hanley
Liner to SVS in center for out number one
Venable PH for Despaigne
fly ball to Puig
Denorfia Ks, Clayton through 8 with 108 pitches. So Clayton or Kenley for the 9th?
Quackenbush in for SD
Kenley. Nothing for K to prove now.
how does SD always have a good bullpen?
Defensive gift.
awesome push bunt by Rojas, throw goes into the dugout so Rojas to second
it's like Christmas in July!
I'd guess it'a the Petco effect. Everyone stays fresher with lower scoring games.
Puig not looking for that pitch
Quackenbush!
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Dodger bullpen in the bottom of the 8th. No one warming up. Kershaw's finishing this. #Dodgers
Clayton still wrapped up and gamefaced in the dougout
^dugout
Very well, then.
oh man, these early-season flashbacks are too much for me, it's like Jacob's Ladder 2
Matty wasting no time. Three pitches, three strikes
seems like you would at least have him up, right?
second time staring at a fastball down the middle
SVS follows suit
Does it mortally offend a starting pitcher if you warm up the closer just in case? Seems like one of those unwritten rules
Guess who's up first?
wow, naaaasty curve gets Headley
We've gotta learn how to score a runner on second with none out. It's ridiculous.
@Orel - I could see that
Quentin pops to left for the second out
WIN, bishes!
This Kid is just awesome.
Bullpen management by Don Mattingly.
YES! PartymakinClaytonisawesomeTime!
wow, 3 hits and a walk
gnite yall!
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