Game 42: Dodgers vs Anaheim Angels 16:3
Where do I start: 25 hits to set the LA Dodger record for most hits in a game? How about a 9-run sixth inning?! And steady timely hitting all over the place throughout the game?! At first I thought they were working on a big enough cushion for the recently called-up Lance Carter... ;). Ok, not today.
I was grinning when the soft version of "Walking like an angel" was being played over PA when Jeff Weaver was walking off the field with bases loaded in the fifth :). What a nice choice of music for the occasion. Add to this a number of snatch - stretch - catch - tag plays by Nomar Garciaparra (especially two in a row in the sixth), and it was a positively regular night for the Dodgers. Especially when it turned out that Aaron Sele continued to defy the odds and settled back after the homer to Vlad and the second inning scare:
My front burner looks like this tonight:
(1) Jeff Weaver never had any stuff tonight and I'm glad we took advantage of it early and (quite) often. Even his fastball topped out only at 88-89 mph. Perhaps it's more than psychological and he lost it altogether?
(2) I am glad I saw this coming - all three kids at the bottom of the lineup having a breakthrough game (perhaps even series?)! The trio of Andre Ethier, Willie Aybar and Russell Martin went 10-for-17 (Ethier 5-for-5), 6 runs scored (Ethier 4), 9 RBIs (three per each). Huge huge game and a sign of things to come!
(3) Vin Scully mentioned tonight that blowout losses were much easier to take mentally than close games. That you just filed them away as "nothing going" kinda thing and played the following day without the broken heart. That would indicate we have not broken the Angels back in this series yet. What do you think?
(4) I was expecting the Franquelis Osoria demotion with the next callup (Carter), hence the FO watch is currently moved to the back burner (but hopefully will come back one day this season). I sincerely hope that with little used Odalis Perez and very steady Jonathan Broxton (2 Ks tonight), Carter will not be used in situations where the game is on the line... At least not before Joe Beimel ;).
(5) Carter line tonight - 3 hits, 1 run. Silencio for now ;)
(5) There are two weekend day games in front of us, which means my family will see very little of me in the late evenings. Tomorrow sees the unlikely ace Brett Tomko (5-1, 2.88 ERA) vs Kevin Gregg RHP (2-2, 3.86 ERA). Gregg does have his limits and our hitting should take care of him.
I was grinning when the soft version of "Walking like an angel" was being played over PA when Jeff Weaver was walking off the field with bases loaded in the fifth :). What a nice choice of music for the occasion. Add to this a number of snatch - stretch - catch - tag plays by Nomar Garciaparra (especially two in a row in the sixth), and it was a positively regular night for the Dodgers. Especially when it turned out that Aaron Sele continued to defy the odds and settled back after the homer to Vlad and the second inning scare:
My front burner looks like this tonight:
(1) Jeff Weaver never had any stuff tonight and I'm glad we took advantage of it early and (quite) often. Even his fastball topped out only at 88-89 mph. Perhaps it's more than psychological and he lost it altogether?
(2) I am glad I saw this coming - all three kids at the bottom of the lineup having a breakthrough game (perhaps even series?)! The trio of Andre Ethier, Willie Aybar and Russell Martin went 10-for-17 (Ethier 5-for-5), 6 runs scored (Ethier 4), 9 RBIs (three per each). Huge huge game and a sign of things to come!
(3) Vin Scully mentioned tonight that blowout losses were much easier to take mentally than close games. That you just filed them away as "nothing going" kinda thing and played the following day without the broken heart. That would indicate we have not broken the Angels back in this series yet. What do you think?
(4) I was expecting the Franquelis Osoria demotion with the next callup (Carter), hence the FO watch is currently moved to the back burner (but hopefully will come back one day this season). I sincerely hope that with little used Odalis Perez and very steady Jonathan Broxton (2 Ks tonight), Carter will not be used in situations where the game is on the line... At least not before Joe Beimel ;).
(5) Carter line tonight - 3 hits, 1 run. Silencio for now ;)
(5) There are two weekend day games in front of us, which means my family will see very little of me in the late evenings. Tomorrow sees the unlikely ace Brett Tomko (5-1, 2.88 ERA) vs Kevin Gregg RHP (2-2, 3.86 ERA). Gregg does have his limits and our hitting should take care of him.
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