Game 83: Dodgers vs. Arizona 11:3
The Dodgers brought their bats to this game. For the first time since May, the Dodgers racked up double digit runs in back to back games.
The most memorable hits, though, were another round of plunkings. Arizona decided to keep the love fest going and plunked J.D. Drew in the fifth by Brandon Medders.
Danys Baez earned himself a spot in the bullpen when he became our go-to guy in retribution plunkings. He beaned Shawn Green in the ninth, with two outs and two strikes.
It sure was a thing of beauty seeing a pitcher finally stand up for our batters.
Green then decided to whine to the media.
"I can honestly say I wasn't expecting it, but I know it was intentional," Green said. "It's unfortunate that the two intentional ones are on that side with guys on our team that got hit. It wasn't vice versa. But we've got a lot more games, so we'll see what happens."
Cry me a freaking river, Shawn Green. It is time to apply the Tony LaRussa rule. For every one of our hitters hit, we will hit two of yours. Looks like we owe the Diamondbacks six more courtesy plunks.
A whining Luis Gonzalez took a break from dressing in an adjacent locker, interrupted reporters as they talked to Green after the game.
I guess he felt left out. He saw Green whining and getting all the attention and his Attention Deficit Disorder kicked in and he wanted the same attention. So he whined, then he ranted like a sad excuse of a millionaire baseball player.
"Go ask Baez and Grady Little," he said in a whiny, expletive-filled tirade. "They're the ones that waited until late in the game to throw at him. It was gutless. Go talk to them so they can tell you that the ball slipped out of his hand." Asked about Baez hitting Green, Little, the Dodgers manager, replied, "I call that a pitcher trying to get a ball in on him that just got too far in. That's all it was."
It would have been nice if Grady admitted it, but maybe Baez did it on his own. If so, he deserves and even louder applause.
Danys "the hitman" Baez has earned my respect. I hope he plunks a few more Diamondbacks before the season is over.
Andre Ethier, continuing his torrid offensive pace with four RBIs, said he doesn't anticipate any fallout.
Guess he hadn't heard of Luis "Cry Me A River" Gonzalez' comments about this being a long season. Although I am sure it was said in a teary voice, the implication and threats were heard.
Kenny Lofton drove in three runs for the Dodgers, who have scored 21 runs in their last two games after getting 15 in their previous six combined.
Ethier had four hits and drove in two runs in the Dodgers' 10-4 victory Monday, and his .342 average leads all major league rookies by a wide margin. His turnaround came after striking out four times against the Angels on Sunday.
"I guess you got to even out those bad games," he said. "You always hear you don't want those peaks and valleys and you'd rather have small hills. That's what I'm trying to do -- staying positive and keeping hope no matter the circumstance."
Aaron Sele improved to 5-2 whiule allowing two runs on seven hits through six innings. He struck out five and walked one. He improved his career mark to 3-0 against Arizona.
After three consecutive outs in the first, Los Angeles scored in each of the next five innings.
The Dodgers struck for five runs in the third, highlighted by two-run singles from Lofton and Cesar Izturis. Ethier walked to force in another run with two outs.
Lofton's sacrifice fly made it 7-2 in the fourth. Ethier's triple and a sacrifice fly by rookie Russell Martin added three runs in the fifth.
Random thoughts:
1) Jeff Kent was a late scratch because of a strained left oblique muscle. This appears to be a bad sign. With the All Star Break looming, he may be able to avoid a trip to the DL.
2) Garciaparra singled in the third, extending his hitting streak to 16 games -- longest on the team this season.
3) The Dodgers improved to 24-25 on Independence Day since moving from Brooklyn in 1958.
The most memorable hits, though, were another round of plunkings. Arizona decided to keep the love fest going and plunked J.D. Drew in the fifth by Brandon Medders.
Danys Baez earned himself a spot in the bullpen when he became our go-to guy in retribution plunkings. He beaned Shawn Green in the ninth, with two outs and two strikes.
It sure was a thing of beauty seeing a pitcher finally stand up for our batters.
Green then decided to whine to the media.
"I can honestly say I wasn't expecting it, but I know it was intentional," Green said. "It's unfortunate that the two intentional ones are on that side with guys on our team that got hit. It wasn't vice versa. But we've got a lot more games, so we'll see what happens."
Cry me a freaking river, Shawn Green. It is time to apply the Tony LaRussa rule. For every one of our hitters hit, we will hit two of yours. Looks like we owe the Diamondbacks six more courtesy plunks.
A whining Luis Gonzalez took a break from dressing in an adjacent locker, interrupted reporters as they talked to Green after the game.
I guess he felt left out. He saw Green whining and getting all the attention and his Attention Deficit Disorder kicked in and he wanted the same attention. So he whined, then he ranted like a sad excuse of a millionaire baseball player.
"Go ask Baez and Grady Little," he said in a whiny, expletive-filled tirade. "They're the ones that waited until late in the game to throw at him. It was gutless. Go talk to them so they can tell you that the ball slipped out of his hand." Asked about Baez hitting Green, Little, the Dodgers manager, replied, "I call that a pitcher trying to get a ball in on him that just got too far in. That's all it was."
It would have been nice if Grady admitted it, but maybe Baez did it on his own. If so, he deserves and even louder applause.
Danys "the hitman" Baez has earned my respect. I hope he plunks a few more Diamondbacks before the season is over.
Andre Ethier, continuing his torrid offensive pace with four RBIs, said he doesn't anticipate any fallout.
Guess he hadn't heard of Luis "Cry Me A River" Gonzalez' comments about this being a long season. Although I am sure it was said in a teary voice, the implication and threats were heard.
Kenny Lofton drove in three runs for the Dodgers, who have scored 21 runs in their last two games after getting 15 in their previous six combined.
Ethier had four hits and drove in two runs in the Dodgers' 10-4 victory Monday, and his .342 average leads all major league rookies by a wide margin. His turnaround came after striking out four times against the Angels on Sunday.
"I guess you got to even out those bad games," he said. "You always hear you don't want those peaks and valleys and you'd rather have small hills. That's what I'm trying to do -- staying positive and keeping hope no matter the circumstance."
Aaron Sele improved to 5-2 whiule allowing two runs on seven hits through six innings. He struck out five and walked one. He improved his career mark to 3-0 against Arizona.
After three consecutive outs in the first, Los Angeles scored in each of the next five innings.
The Dodgers struck for five runs in the third, highlighted by two-run singles from Lofton and Cesar Izturis. Ethier walked to force in another run with two outs.
Lofton's sacrifice fly made it 7-2 in the fourth. Ethier's triple and a sacrifice fly by rookie Russell Martin added three runs in the fifth.
Random thoughts:
1) Jeff Kent was a late scratch because of a strained left oblique muscle. This appears to be a bad sign. With the All Star Break looming, he may be able to avoid a trip to the DL.
2) Garciaparra singled in the third, extending his hitting streak to 16 games -- longest on the team this season.
3) The Dodgers improved to 24-25 on Independence Day since moving from Brooklyn in 1958.
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