Game 99: Dodgers vs. St Louis Cardinals 1:6
Happy Birthday Nomar Garciaparra. Too bad the Dodgers couldn;t have pulled out a win to celebrate. If not for Nomar, for the dearly departed Don Drysdale and Pee Wee Reese. But no. The Dodgers once again failed to score more than a single run.
This is the most anemic offense in the pros right now. Ex-Dodger, Juan Encarnacion homered twice to help the Cardinals beat the Dodgers for seventh straight time this season. This is the first time in their 115 year history that the Cardinals have swept the season series from the Dodgers.
Even the Dodgers under Paul DePodesta weren't that bad. At least they even won a game against the Cardinals in the playoffs.
Jason Marquis was originally slated to pitch Monday in Colorado. But after allowing 12 runs and 14 hits over five innings last Tuesday in a 14-5 loss to Atlanta, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa thought pitching Sunday would give Marquis a better chance to redeem himself. Dodger Stadium's spacious outfield is more forgiving than Coors Field, and Marquis has given up a league-worst 24 homers.
Beside, La Russa is a smart man. Wouldn't going up against an anemic Dodger offense be better suited to rebound from a horrible outing?
The three-game sweep was the Cardinals' first at Dodger Stadium since April 1993. They have won nine straight against Los Angeles and 15 of the last 19 meetings -- including a four-game sweep last week in St. Louis. The only other time the Dodgers were swept in a season series by an NL club since moving to Los Angeles in 1958 was in 1994, when Atlanta was 6-0 against them. But a players strike that year wiped out the final seven scheduled meetings between the teams.
That's what we need. A strike. Somebody call up Donald Fehr!
This game made the Dodgers 1-10 with three shutout losses since the All-Star break -- two of them against St. Louis -- and have been outscored 57-17 during this stretch. The Cardinals outscored them 35-8 in the seven games.
Rookie Chad Billingsley gave up six runs -- five of them earned -- and six hits over five-plus innings and walked five in his eighth big league start. He dropped to 1-3 on the year.
Some thoughts:
1) After the game, the Dodgers entered the trading game. They sent little-used catcher Sandy Alomar to the White Sox for minor league RHP B.J. LaMura and announced that OF Jason Repko would be activated from the 60-day disabled list on Monday.
2) Will Jason Repko's return be able to help spark this anemic offense?
3) With the deadline looming, and the Dodgers falling hard, it is time Ned Colletti becomes a seller. What can we get for Ramon Martinez, Rafael Furcal, Kenny Lofton, J.D. Drew, et al?
This is the most anemic offense in the pros right now. Ex-Dodger, Juan Encarnacion homered twice to help the Cardinals beat the Dodgers for seventh straight time this season. This is the first time in their 115 year history that the Cardinals have swept the season series from the Dodgers.
Even the Dodgers under Paul DePodesta weren't that bad. At least they even won a game against the Cardinals in the playoffs.
Jason Marquis was originally slated to pitch Monday in Colorado. But after allowing 12 runs and 14 hits over five innings last Tuesday in a 14-5 loss to Atlanta, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa thought pitching Sunday would give Marquis a better chance to redeem himself. Dodger Stadium's spacious outfield is more forgiving than Coors Field, and Marquis has given up a league-worst 24 homers.
Beside, La Russa is a smart man. Wouldn't going up against an anemic Dodger offense be better suited to rebound from a horrible outing?
The three-game sweep was the Cardinals' first at Dodger Stadium since April 1993. They have won nine straight against Los Angeles and 15 of the last 19 meetings -- including a four-game sweep last week in St. Louis. The only other time the Dodgers were swept in a season series by an NL club since moving to Los Angeles in 1958 was in 1994, when Atlanta was 6-0 against them. But a players strike that year wiped out the final seven scheduled meetings between the teams.
That's what we need. A strike. Somebody call up Donald Fehr!
"I'm glad we're done playing them because they're going to get hot,"
La Russa said. "I don't want to spend the rest of the season having
to beat Brad Penny a couple more times, because that's
not going to happen."
La Russa said. "I don't want to spend the rest of the season having
to beat Brad Penny a couple more times, because that's
not going to happen."
This game made the Dodgers 1-10 with three shutout losses since the All-Star break -- two of them against St. Louis -- and have been outscored 57-17 during this stretch. The Cardinals outscored them 35-8 in the seven games.
"We ran into a buzzsaw with St. Louis," manager Grady Little said.
"We've just got to keep working. These guys are professionals
and they know how to correct it. The ball's in their court."
"We've just got to keep working. These guys are professionals
and they know how to correct it. The ball's in their court."
Rookie Chad Billingsley gave up six runs -- five of them earned -- and six hits over five-plus innings and walked five in his eighth big league start. He dropped to 1-3 on the year.
Some thoughts:
1) After the game, the Dodgers entered the trading game. They sent little-used catcher Sandy Alomar to the White Sox for minor league RHP B.J. LaMura and announced that OF Jason Repko would be activated from the 60-day disabled list on Monday.
2) Will Jason Repko's return be able to help spark this anemic offense?
3) With the deadline looming, and the Dodgers falling hard, it is time Ned Colletti becomes a seller. What can we get for Ramon Martinez, Rafael Furcal, Kenny Lofton, J.D. Drew, et al?
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