Game 41: Dodgers @ Colorado Rockies 3:2
Wow, what a cracker! And one with a happy ending :) And with help of a circumstantial save I was raving about a couple of days ago (or was it yesterday?). Danys Baez got 1 2/3 innings pitched and while he certainly made it interesting in the ninth (2 on 2 out with Tod Helton at the plate and one run lead), he came out unscathed. In a large part to due Helton wanting to become a hero and popping out to right on one of the upper cut swing he took.
While the Baez "best before" date as closer is certainly still under inspection, the Dodgers are coming back to Chavez Ravine having taken two out of three from the former NL West leaders:
(1) Now quickly - do you know a Dodger fan NOT in love with Russell Martin's game? Me neither :). On top of the stellar defense, he slid head first to beat the throw to first in the seventh as soon as he saw that the 2nd baseman was in the hole trying to get to the grounder. Risky? Yeah, but quite rewarding, given that Martin came around to score on Nomah's single.
(2) Anything I write about Nomar Garciaparra's clutch clutch hit in the seventh will be an understatement. Just a huge addition - my sincere prayer is for him to remain healthy for the whole season. While there's almost no way he'd continue his torrid hitting until September, nobody in their right mind would question his acquisition if he's an everyday player.
(3) Was Brad Penny deliberately taking out the key Rockie (hit) batsmen to get to easier outs even with men on base? I'm not sure... Might have been due to the stiff back he was fighting throughout the game
(4) With a day off before the So-Cal series against the Angels, Grady Little shuffled the rotation moving Jae Seo to pitch against Colorado at home. Aaron Sele, Brett Tomko and Derek Lowe are scheduled to pitch in the interleague series vs the Anaheim (not so mighty) Angels :)
While the Baez "best before" date as closer is certainly still under inspection, the Dodgers are coming back to Chavez Ravine having taken two out of three from the former NL West leaders:
(1) Now quickly - do you know a Dodger fan NOT in love with Russell Martin's game? Me neither :). On top of the stellar defense, he slid head first to beat the throw to first in the seventh as soon as he saw that the 2nd baseman was in the hole trying to get to the grounder. Risky? Yeah, but quite rewarding, given that Martin came around to score on Nomah's single.
(2) Anything I write about Nomar Garciaparra's clutch clutch hit in the seventh will be an understatement. Just a huge addition - my sincere prayer is for him to remain healthy for the whole season. While there's almost no way he'd continue his torrid hitting until September, nobody in their right mind would question his acquisition if he's an everyday player.
(3) Was Brad Penny deliberately taking out the key Rockie (hit) batsmen to get to easier outs even with men on base? I'm not sure... Might have been due to the stiff back he was fighting throughout the game
(4) With a day off before the So-Cal series against the Angels, Grady Little shuffled the rotation moving Jae Seo to pitch against Colorado at home. Aaron Sele, Brett Tomko and Derek Lowe are scheduled to pitch in the interleague series vs the Anaheim (not so mighty) Angels :)
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