Game 102: Dodgers vs. San Diego Padres 3:10
Wow. I just can't comprehend what the hell is going on out there. The offense still can't score, the defense isn't doing its job and tempers are flaring.
It is nice to see that Brad Penny and Kenny Lofton still have enough passion to care and argue over the game.
Like Lofton said, everyone is a headcase when the team is losing. With this having to be one of the worst losing streaks most players have been on, it isn't a surprise tempers are high. Especially because it isn't one run games. They are getting blown out most games!
Penny himself said he's miserable and I don't blame him. Most Dodger fans are miserable right now too.
The Dodgers have lost eight straight, are 1-13 since the All-Star break and have been outscored 81-29 during this stretch. They are eight games under .500 (47-55) and a season-worst seven and a half games out of first place in Grady Little's first season as manager.
Penny, who has lost all three outings since starting the All-Star game, gave up four runs in the third inning on six consecutive hits. He got into it with Lofton, yelling at the 16-year outfielder and pointing his finger at him as coaches and teammates got in between them.
It is nice to see that Brad Penny and Kenny Lofton still have enough passion to care and argue over the game.
Like Lofton said, everyone is a headcase when the team is losing. With this having to be one of the worst losing streaks most players have been on, it isn't a surprise tempers are high. Especially because it isn't one run games. They are getting blown out most games!
Penny himself said he's miserable and I don't blame him. Most Dodger fans are miserable right now too.
The Dodgers have lost eight straight, are 1-13 since the All-Star break and have been outscored 81-29 during this stretch. They are eight games under .500 (47-55) and a season-worst seven and a half games out of first place in Grady Little's first season as manager.
Penny, who has lost all three outings since starting the All-Star game, gave up four runs in the third inning on six consecutive hits. He got into it with Lofton, yelling at the 16-year outfielder and pointing his finger at him as coaches and teammates got in between them.
"I overreacted," Penny said. "I was really mad. I was frustrated.
People who know me know that I wear my emotions on my sleeve
when I'm out there. That's the only way I can pitch -- to be emotional.
If I'm not, I'm not going to be the pitcher I am."
Penny eventually patched things up with Lofton.
"It's just frustration," Lofton said. "It's over with.
When you're going through a losing streak, tempers will flare."
Penny (10-5) allowed six runs and nine hits in five innings before he was lifted for a pinch hitter. It might have been worse for the right-hander had it not been for three double-play grounders.
Penny threw 26 pitches in the Padres' four-run third before recording an out. He surrendered hits to his first six batters, including consecutive doubles by Josh Barfield, Jake Peavy and Dave Roberts. Peavy's drive into the left field corner drove in San Diego's first two runs. He scored on Roberts' hit, and Giles capped the rally with an RBI single.
The Padres made it 6-1 in the fourth when Geoff Blum doubled inside first base and Peavy drove his second career home run into the lower seats in the left-field corner.
posted by Blue Man | 11:27 AM
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