Game 126: Dodgers @ San Diego Padres 0:1
This was by far Mark Hendrickson's best pitched game as a Dodger. He probably won't come close to matching this performance again. He gave up just one run, but that unfortunately was one run too many. Padres ace, Jake Peavy shut down the Dodgers offense.
The Dodgers lead in the National League West shrunk to just two games.
The Padres have won ten of their last eleven games against the Dodgers. By winning the first two of the three-game series, the Padres ended the Dodgers' string of seven straight series victories. That Dodgers' run began after they were swept by the Padres at Dodger Stadium July 24-26.
Los Angeles has lost four of six games following a 17-1 stretch.
Julio Lugo singled with two outs in the ninth, his third hit, to give the Dodgers runners on first and second, before Olmedo Saenz grounded into a forceout.
Piazza snapped the longest hitless streak of his career, 0-for-26, when his hard single with two outs in the sixth inning bounced off shortstop Rafael Furcal's glove and rolled onto the outfield grass, allowing rookie Josh Barfield to score. Barfield hit a leadoff double that landed on the left-field line, and he advanced on Mike Cameron's fly ball.
The Dodgers' best chance to score came in the fifth, when Lugo bounced a leadoff double over the fence in left-center. He stole third with two outs, but Peavy got Furcal to fly out to center.
After Jeff Kent drew a leadoff walk in the seventh, San Diego got a remarkable play when second baseman Barfield booted Andre Ethier's grounder right to shortstop Manny Alexander, who fell down corralling the ball but got his right foot on the bag for the force.
Hendrickson fell to 1-6 while giving up one run and five hits in six innings. He struck out four and walked one.
Some thoughts:
1) Wednesday's game is pretty much a must win. We need to salvage a game in this series.
2) With as streaky as the Dodgers have been playing, they really need to get their bats going and get back to their winning ways. We need a stellar performance by Brad Penny tonight.
The Dodgers lead in the National League West shrunk to just two games.
The Padres have won ten of their last eleven games against the Dodgers. By winning the first two of the three-game series, the Padres ended the Dodgers' string of seven straight series victories. That Dodgers' run began after they were swept by the Padres at Dodger Stadium July 24-26.
"The matchup of these two clubs has not been good,"
Dodgers manager Grady Little said. "We have a few
games to see if we can get it turned around."
Dodgers manager Grady Little said. "We have a few
games to see if we can get it turned around."
Los Angeles has lost four of six games following a 17-1 stretch.
Julio Lugo singled with two outs in the ninth, his third hit, to give the Dodgers runners on first and second, before Olmedo Saenz grounded into a forceout.
Piazza snapped the longest hitless streak of his career, 0-for-26, when his hard single with two outs in the sixth inning bounced off shortstop Rafael Furcal's glove and rolled onto the outfield grass, allowing rookie Josh Barfield to score. Barfield hit a leadoff double that landed on the left-field line, and he advanced on Mike Cameron's fly ball.
The Dodgers' best chance to score came in the fifth, when Lugo bounced a leadoff double over the fence in left-center. He stole third with two outs, but Peavy got Furcal to fly out to center.
After Jeff Kent drew a leadoff walk in the seventh, San Diego got a remarkable play when second baseman Barfield booted Andre Ethier's grounder right to shortstop Manny Alexander, who fell down corralling the ball but got his right foot on the bag for the force.
Hendrickson fell to 1-6 while giving up one run and five hits in six innings. He struck out four and walked one.
Some thoughts:
1) Wednesday's game is pretty much a must win. We need to salvage a game in this series.
2) With as streaky as the Dodgers have been playing, they really need to get their bats going and get back to their winning ways. We need a stellar performance by Brad Penny tonight.
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