Game 81: Dodgers @ Anaheim 0:4
Chad Billingsley had another tough outing, falling to 0-2 on the year. He also lowered his trade value, which could be considered either a good thing or a bad thing. He gave up four runs (two earned) on four runs and four walks, while striking out three in six innings.
Billinsley made some rookie mistakes. Most notably, when he apparently nodded off in the third when Orlando Cabrera stole home plate without Billingley even throwing the ball.
J.D. Drew booted a liner down the right field line, his fourth error on the year.
Hopefully Billingsley can work on this fundamental error that Cabrara pointed out.
According to Vladimir Guerrero, Cabrera told him, `This guy's doing something that's giving me a chance, so please get out of the way,' Guerrero said through a translator. "I always look to the third base coach. I saw Orlando, he said a word or two in Spanish. His hand gesture was really enough."
Cabrera said he noticed that Billingsley, making his fourth major league start, paused before every pitch.
Cabrera said he had never stolen home before, and wouldn't have tried it had Guerrero not looked at him.
Dodgers catcher, Russell Martin said that wouldn't happen again because Billingsley will pitch from the stretch position in the future with a runner at third.
"When he goes into his windup, he has this routine where he steps back and looks down," Martin said. "I guess Cabrera picked it up because as soon as he put his head down, Cabrera took off. And by the time he picked his head up, Cabrera was already starting to slide. So we didn't really have a chance."
The Dodgers finished their interleague schedule with a 5-10 record after losing five of their final six games.
Some notes:
1) Rafael Furcal committed his 18th error of the season already. He is on pace for 36 errors this season, surpassing his career high of 27 in 2002. He has already committed three more errors than all of last season. Something needs to be done about this. We can't afford to give away extra runs.
2) Nomar Garciaparra, the National League batting leader, doubled in the ninth to extend his hitting streak to a season-high 14 games.
3) Cesar Izturis hit a two-out single in the third to end an 0-for-19 slump. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come from Izturis.
4) Coming into this series, the Angeles had only sold out 15 games, about one in three played. After the series, they had three more. Just goes to show that the Dodgers are bringing crowds with them. I saw it in Oakland and elsewhere.
Billinsley made some rookie mistakes. Most notably, when he apparently nodded off in the third when Orlando Cabrera stole home plate without Billingley even throwing the ball.
J.D. Drew booted a liner down the right field line, his fourth error on the year.
Hopefully Billingsley can work on this fundamental error that Cabrara pointed out.
According to Vladimir Guerrero, Cabrera told him, `This guy's doing something that's giving me a chance, so please get out of the way,' Guerrero said through a translator. "I always look to the third base coach. I saw Orlando, he said a word or two in Spanish. His hand gesture was really enough."
Cabrera said he noticed that Billingsley, making his fourth major league start, paused before every pitch.
Cabrera said he had never stolen home before, and wouldn't have tried it had Guerrero not looked at him.
Dodgers catcher, Russell Martin said that wouldn't happen again because Billingsley will pitch from the stretch position in the future with a runner at third.
"When he goes into his windup, he has this routine where he steps back and looks down," Martin said. "I guess Cabrera picked it up because as soon as he put his head down, Cabrera took off. And by the time he picked his head up, Cabrera was already starting to slide. So we didn't really have a chance."
The Dodgers finished their interleague schedule with a 5-10 record after losing five of their final six games.
Some notes:
1) Rafael Furcal committed his 18th error of the season already. He is on pace for 36 errors this season, surpassing his career high of 27 in 2002. He has already committed three more errors than all of last season. Something needs to be done about this. We can't afford to give away extra runs.
2) Nomar Garciaparra, the National League batting leader, doubled in the ninth to extend his hitting streak to a season-high 14 games.
3) Cesar Izturis hit a two-out single in the third to end an 0-for-19 slump. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come from Izturis.
4) Coming into this series, the Angeles had only sold out 15 games, about one in three played. After the series, they had three more. Just goes to show that the Dodgers are bringing crowds with them. I saw it in Oakland and elsewhere.
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