Post-Game 152 Thread: Fife And Beli Let It Get Away

Fife was played tonight.

D'BACKS 9, DODGERS 4

Stephen Fife, spot-starter in place of Clayton Kershaw, didn't last very long. Wild pitches and walks helped the Diamondbacks score 4 ER, which took care of Fife with one out in the third inning.

The Dodgers muscled their way back into the game, making it 4-3 by the seventh inning, which doesn't account for a horrible call at the plate after Miguel Montero missed the tag on Michael Young (who was called out), as well as an unusual call at second (ejecting Adrian Gonzalez, who was voicing his displeasure having doubled without getting the RBI).

Still, the Dodgers' bullpen kept the one-run game close...until Ronald Belisario came in and picked up right where Fife left off. Belisario, who has been shaky for over a month now, gave up three walks and two doubles, putting the Dodgers down 6-3. Peter Moylan didn't do much better, inheriting the bases loaded and letting all three runners score.

Tim Federowicz added a two-out solo shot for the Dodgers in the ninth but who the hell cares. This wasn't one we expected to win, anyway, not with that lineup plus the umps working against us. Let's come back tomorrow for some early baseball and see if we can clinch this.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers today recalled catcher Drew Butera, right-handed pitcher Stephen Fife, shortstop Dee Gordon, right-handed pitcher Peter Moylan and first baseman/outfielder Scott Van Slyke from Triple-A Albuquerque.

In addition, Josh Beckett goes to the 60-day DL, newly-acquired Michael Young will join the team in Colorado, and Matt Kemp's return is slightly delayed as he works on his batting timing.

More here at VSIMH.

Post-Game 71 Thread: Cheaters End Up Prospering, After All

Remember, Jason Marquis, the cheater? Well, I guess he didn't do all that well, leaving the game tied at 2 after six innings of work (same for Dodgers starter Stephen Fife).

But the Dodgers' pen certainly couldn't cheat fate, yielding two runs in the seventh (Matt Guerrier, 0.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER) and eighth (Peter Moylan, 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER; due to a Pedro Ciriaco 2-run HR).

The ninth inning got interesting: A.J. Ellis added a solo shot in the ninth to make it 6-3, then Mark Ellis and Jerry Hairston singled. But tying run Skip Schumaker promptly GIDPd, and Yasiel Puig struck out to end the game.

Puig did have a 406-foot solo HR on the first pitch he saw in the first inning. But his AB in the third and fifth, both Ks swinging, looked horrible; Puig ended 1-for-5 with 3 Ks.

All that "momentum" following a 6-0 win over the Yankees yesterday? Gone. Guess I'm going to have to take matters in my own hands tomorrow...

You Can't Have Transvestite without I.R.

Peter Moylan's recovering from back surgery. And making the most out of his time off.

Smells like someone's gunning for a reality show.