Games 149-150 Dodgers vs San Diego Padres 1:2, 11:10
This will be a pretty quick recap. Marcin asked me to fill in and here i am several days later and a few hospital visits later (food poisoning, no not spinach) here I am.
Game 149, was a nail biter. The Dodgers were lucky to even be in that game. With the Padres success against the Dodgers this year and the lack of offensive output, it is a wonder the game was so close.
Derek Lowe pitched a spectacular game. However, it was all for naught as the Dodgers' bats fell silent once again.
The one shred of silver lining is at least it was the Dodgers who ended the Padres' Cla Meredith's consecutive innings scoreless streak at 34 innings.
Game 150, turned into a nail biter. The entire game, it appeared the Padres were going to take this must win game at Chavez Ravine and with it a one and a half game lead and probably the division flag.
But then a miracle happened; the Dodgers bats had a resurgence. Heads were shaking in disbelief on both sides. Nobody could believe what they had just witnessed.
In the bottom of the ninth inning, the Dodgers down 9 to 5, something that hadn't happened since 1964 occurred. No, I am not talking about the fans whom had already left actually coming back into the stadium from the parking lot. Although, I am sure it has been at least as long since that phenomena had happened as well. But no, this rare feat is what actually caused the fans to turn around.
The Dodgers's bats not only came alive in the bottom of the ninth, but they cracked out back-to-back-to-back-to-back homeruns, tying the game at nine a piece.
The Dodgers went into the top of the tenth with what seemed to be all the momentum in the world. But then Aaron Sele decided it just wasn't meant to be. For he, with this huge momentum shift on the side of the Dodgers, decided to let the Padres reclaim the lead.
The Dodgers came up in the bottom half of the tenth, most of the fans who had miraculously returned, had again begun to leave, realizing that their commute home just got prolonged for no good reason.
Well, Sele owes steak dinners to both Kenny Lofton and Nomar Garciaparra. Kenny Lofton drew a walk to lead off the tenth and Nomar, reminiscent of the previous inning, took the ball deep, hitting a walk off home run.
Hopefully this is a sign of things to come.
Note:
The four-game series drew 219,124 which is the largest ever for a four-game series at Dodger Stadium. One can definitely feel the playoffs in the air.
Game 149, was a nail biter. The Dodgers were lucky to even be in that game. With the Padres success against the Dodgers this year and the lack of offensive output, it is a wonder the game was so close.
Derek Lowe pitched a spectacular game. However, it was all for naught as the Dodgers' bats fell silent once again.
The one shred of silver lining is at least it was the Dodgers who ended the Padres' Cla Meredith's consecutive innings scoreless streak at 34 innings.
Game 150, turned into a nail biter. The entire game, it appeared the Padres were going to take this must win game at Chavez Ravine and with it a one and a half game lead and probably the division flag.
But then a miracle happened; the Dodgers bats had a resurgence. Heads were shaking in disbelief on both sides. Nobody could believe what they had just witnessed.
In the bottom of the ninth inning, the Dodgers down 9 to 5, something that hadn't happened since 1964 occurred. No, I am not talking about the fans whom had already left actually coming back into the stadium from the parking lot. Although, I am sure it has been at least as long since that phenomena had happened as well. But no, this rare feat is what actually caused the fans to turn around.
The Dodgers's bats not only came alive in the bottom of the ninth, but they cracked out back-to-back-to-back-to-back homeruns, tying the game at nine a piece.
The Dodgers went into the top of the tenth with what seemed to be all the momentum in the world. But then Aaron Sele decided it just wasn't meant to be. For he, with this huge momentum shift on the side of the Dodgers, decided to let the Padres reclaim the lead.
The Dodgers came up in the bottom half of the tenth, most of the fans who had miraculously returned, had again begun to leave, realizing that their commute home just got prolonged for no good reason.
Well, Sele owes steak dinners to both Kenny Lofton and Nomar Garciaparra. Kenny Lofton drew a walk to lead off the tenth and Nomar, reminiscent of the previous inning, took the ball deep, hitting a walk off home run.
Hopefully this is a sign of things to come.
Note:
The four-game series drew 219,124 which is the largest ever for a four-game series at Dodger Stadium. One can definitely feel the playoffs in the air.
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