Paul Maholm (1-4, 5.18) vs. Ian Kennedy (7-9, 3.71).
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Macbeth Act 5, scene 1
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While our team sits in a tie for first place in the division, most Dodger fans would probably cite William Shakespeare himself in considering Paul Maholm, he of the 1-4, 5.51 ERA in seven starts this season. Maholm's outings have been as short as 3.2 IP (May 14 vs. Miami) and the decision after Friday's game to start Maholm as a "spot starter" sounds like "nonsense, my lord, nonsense", indeed. We do know the fear of Maholm's starts, as Shakespeare presaged. Whether the blood on this old man (Maholm, 32, is in his 10th year of major league service) is his own, or the Padres', is yet to be seen.
Or maybe the outs of which Shakespeare speaks are the outs that the Padres will be making? Well, if the Padres don't make four errors in a game, one might think they've got a shot at winning tonight (Maholm could take note of Haren's outing yesterday, when he was done in during the fifth inning on consecutive two-baggers from Chase Headley and Carlos Quentin; also from Macbeth, Shakespeare noted, "Double, double: toil and trouble". Yikes, that Shakespeare guy is clairvoyant!).
Hope Maholm is up to the challenge this evening, ere this might be yet another Shakespearean tragedy at the Ravine.
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Does Josh Bard still play for the Madres?
Does it seem as if every other team is trading and dealing but us? Does Ned the Terrible think we're good to go for the rest of the season? Help me understand....
Headed to the Yard, Vinny!
SF already lost 2-0 to the Snakes
SOLE POSSESSION OF FIRST PLACE BABY
Gordon, 2B
Puig, RF
Gonzalez, 1B
Kemp, LF
Ethier, CF
Uribe, 3B
Ellis, C
Rojas, SS
Maholm, P
AC, and Mrs. AC, are at the game! In the Dugout Club, no less
What's more, he got a sweet piece of memorabilia (I'll let him post on that later).
Look for the guy with the blue shirt behind the plate
Maholm with a no-hitter through two
Is it just me or does anyone else find the color of Ian Kennedy's beard as opposed to his hair just a little curious?
Bean the mofo!!
Mahalo
For those who can't see the game, we're talking a carrot colored beard and plain old everyday brown hair (on his head). For those who can see it, no need to adjust your sets.
Aloha Spankster!
yo Karen!!
i think you are color blind Karen or you may need to upgrade that Quasar television.
Maholm with a no-hitter through three. And, he lays down the sac bunt to advance Rojas to second. One out, B3, no score
Man that was close at first.
Dee Gordon is inexplicably first-pitch swinging (in play, out)
STOP BUNTING DEE
well shit. that sucked ass.
When Dee was good earlier this season, he had stopped trying these stupid and ineffective bunts. Why is he regressing?
STOP BUNTING DEE
Dee's failed bunt cost us a chance at a run. 0-0 through 3.
No way Spank. If I'm seeing those colors that wrong, there's a lot more wrong with me then just the Quasar!! =)
I am still waiting for some good ol' payback on Quentin and Kennedy.
There goes the no-hitter...but it's 0-0 through 3.5 innings.
0-0 through four.
Have the Dodgers' bats already gone on the All-Star break?
And, Puig has already been ejected, forcing us to play Crawford. Great.
Acting like an all-star there, Yasiel!
oh shit. i was looking at Mahalo's beard not Kennedy's. My bad Karen. Your Quasar and eyesight are still in good standing.
Phew Spank...I thought I was having an acid flashback!!
Headley
Maholm has five scoreless innings.
This isn't going to last much longer, Dodgers. Put some damn runs on the board!
Ellis, now 0-for-2 in the game and batting .219 on the year.
We need a HR from you Rojas
Someone needs to put acid on Kennedy's dumb beard.
scoreless through five
Padres' Irving Falu bunt grounds out, 2-3.
See, Dee? STOP BUNTING
Mahalo pitching a dandy.
and score some runs goddammit
Scoreless through six.
Yawn
leadoff single for Headley in the seventh
League with a scoreless seventh?!
What is going on here
Watching Padres video feed with MLB KLAC audio. Weird, but it works.
Dammit Kemp.
could have been rancho ardiendo there, if not for Kemp's CS
no DP no DP no DP
Geez, that was depressing
AJ Ellis and Rojas both pop out, to end the seventh-inning threat (two Dodgers on base, one out). Boo.
0-0 through 7.
Howell gets his three outs in the eighth. 0-0 through 7.5
Hey, I don't want to get political around these parts, but we are absolutely persecuting Falu; Gong!
PH, Gordon, CC for the Dodgers in B8
SVS K. One out
nobody wants to score here!
Dee Ks. (DQ?)
Two out
Someone needs to tell the Dodgers it's the frickin' Padres
CC flies out.
0-0 through eight innings.
I've got a bad feeling about this.
one-out single by Seth Smith in the top of the ninth
Headley
Jansen in for the ninth
Somehow I think that if Kennedy had bee beaned between the eyes as he had coming to him, his performance may not have been quite so "magnificent".
Headley is a .230 BA but just kills us (2-for-3 tonight, alone)
All we need is one pin,Rodney.
Come on, A-gon
Leadoff double! Except it's A-Gon, so we will probably need a PR?
AGon gets us off to a good start...
Man Quackenbush has a crazy beard
dammit matty
IBB Ethier to get to the soft part of our order: Uribe, Ellis, Rojas
2-2 to Uribe
full count to Uribe. Vin is basically predicting a K here
(vin basically said Uribe has walked few times, and has Kd often)
Way outside. Rancho Ardiendo.
AJ Ellis up.
Sounds a lot like the seventh inning...
Vin: Dodgers with bases loaded, hitting .175 this year. Yay.
RANCHO ARDIENDO
(the "Yay" was me, not Vin)
Padres go with five infielders, no left fielder
Ellis in a 0-2 hole quickly.
AJ WALK OFF SAC FLY TO RIGHT!
PGTUP!
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