Clayton Kershaw overcame the hip issue that had scratched him from two starts, and sat many an Angel down (7 Ks; retired his last 15 batters) en route to victory today. Kid K's scoreless streak is now at 38 innings; the Angels got a run in the ninth off of Kenley Jansen, whose shakiness is starting to get a little concerning. Albert Pujols snuck in a pop fly right in front of Scott Van Slyke to score David Murphy for the Angels' only run; Jansen did have two Ks, including Mike Trout, in the final frame.
The Dodgers' offensive outburst came in the sixth inning, with a Van Slyke sacrifice fly to left (scoring Howie Kendrick, and a Yasmani Grandal HR scoring Adrian Gonzalez. The Dodgers had other chances, ending the game 0-for-6 with RISP. But three runs was enough to make Kershaw's effort stand up.
Scoreboard watching: The Giants are facing Cole Hamels in his debut with Texas, and are down 2-0 in the second (Giants have Chris "Charlton" Heston on the mound: 11-5 / 3.14). As of this posting, the Dodgers have a two-game lead in the West, with only 58 left to play.
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Giants score so it's 2-1, top 3
3-3, Bot 4.
All tied at 3, but rangers have runners at the corners with one out in B4
Baby Delino at the plate.
Whoops, runner on third gets picked off
And, baby Delino blows it at the plate
Just like his dad
@Gnomes, are you going to join our damn MPQ alliance?!?!
I didn't know this was on MLB Network...locked in now....bringing the hateHateHATE with me.
Moses's son at 92 pitches through 4.1...
Joined again, Sax, but I'm woefully behind everyone else.
Well, just as I say that here comes the pitching change
@Gnomes, your application has been approved
Texas takes the lead! 4-3
4-3 Texas...Kick theirs asses Lonestar State!!!
5-3 Texas through six
I want another Beltre HR
And then I want to touch his head
Oyster Pubes HR, it's 5-4
Diablo plays it into a double!!! Thanks, Pagan....but I still HATE your worthless guts...
When my Dad was still alive and Beltre was our 3rd baseman he was my dad's favorite player and whenever he'd come to bat my dad would tell us all to be quiet because "His boy was up". I know it's silly but it always makes my heart smile.
noice,karen
Wow this is a dogfight. 7-7 in the ninth, and Bochy has used six pitchers...burn that pen Bochy!
@karen 7:29p: that's a great tale. When AC and I would attend games together, my guy was always Beltre and his guy was Cora. We would ride each other if one outdid the other in any given game. It was pretty funny.
I miss Beltre.
I have his rookie card.
B9, Fielder leads off by ripping one but unfortunately right at the SS. one out
Going to extras, tied at 7.
Saxy...He was heartbroken when we lost Adrian but always remained a great fan. My dad passed in July, 2004 and if I remember right, Adrian was on the Red Sox when they took it all that year. He would have loved that. I like to think that somehow he knew "His boy" made good!!
Pagan leads off the 10th with a single
What the heck is Kula Kola?
I know y'all are tired of hearing me say this but I HATE DIABLO PAGAN!!
Phew...going to bot of 10...
C'mon, Arte Moreno's archenemy!
Choo Ks looking
Pence HR. Of course
Wonder if Tanya Harding still has any clout with that ex-husband of hers? He needs to make a visit to Hunter Pence...
dammit, SF just went up 9-7 in the 11th. curses.
@Orel 8:18: I think it's mlb.com's way of not paying royalties to advertisers (everything is sanitized on gameday stadia, except MLB The Show and Topps)
Thanks a lot, Texas. Oh well, it's still 1.5 games.
Latos vs. Rasmus tomorrow
Leake vs. Perez as well
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