Series 4 Recap: Dodgers vs. Padres
Well, the Dodgers take down another series. This time, it was against the pesky Padres. Series wins were few and far between for the Dodgers over the Padres last year, with the Padres taking 13 of 18 games throughout the season.
It was definitely a psychological series for the Dodgers.
On Friday, Derek Lowe took to the hill, pitching eight strong innings. He improved to 2-1 on the year, while allowing seven hits and walking two. He struck out six.
It wasn't all smooth for Lowe though. He found himself in a bases loaded jam in the seventh. He pitched his way out of it by forcing Marcus Giles to hit a comebacker. Lowe tossed it back to Russel Martin who then threw to Nomar Garciaparra at first, completing the 1-2-3 double play.
The only run Lowe gave up was on another double play grounder by Khalil Greene.
The Dodgers helped out Lowe by striking against David Wells early. They got eight hits and five runs in the two-and-a-third innings Wells survived.
Luis Gonzalez, proving to all the critics, including myself, that he may just have enough fuel in him for another season, hit a solo homer and an RBI single off of Wells. Rafael Furcal, just reactivated off the disabled list before the game went two-for-five with two RBIs, making it look like he hadn't missed a thing.
Garciaparra had a two-run single in the fourth by reliever Mike Thomspon. This was first run the Padres bullpen had given up all year. Lowe was happy a team he was on finally did well against Wells.
Final score: Dodgers 9, Padres 1
On Saturday, the Padres came out looking for revenge. Unfortunately for Jason Schmidt, the Padres came out swinging.
Schmidt gave up first pitch homers to Brian Giles and Kevin Kouzmanoff.
That made things easy for Jake Peavy, who is 5-0 in his last six starts against the Dodgers.
Schmidt gave up six runs, five of which were earned, on seven hits in two plus innings. He faced sixteen batters, but was only able to retire six of them.
Final score: Padres 7, Dodgers 2
On Sunday, the entire Major League Baseball remembered and honored Dodger Hall of Famer, Jack Roosevelt Robinson for his corageous breaking of the color barrier. That, though will be another post.
In Sunday's game the Dodgers struck early and often. They scored in each of the first three innings and never looked back.
Furcal, Gonzalez and Wilson Valdez each got an RBI. Valdez went three-for-five, increasing his average to .417. Russell Martin went three-for-four with two RBIs and Andre Ethier went three-for-five with four runners knocked in.
Randy Wolf helped his own cause by reaching base twice on walks. He continues to impress on the mound as well. He pitched six solid innings, giving up three runs on six hits. He struck out seven.
Final score: Dodgers 9, Padres 3
It was definitely a psychological series for the Dodgers.
On Friday, Derek Lowe took to the hill, pitching eight strong innings. He improved to 2-1 on the year, while allowing seven hits and walking two. He struck out six.
It wasn't all smooth for Lowe though. He found himself in a bases loaded jam in the seventh. He pitched his way out of it by forcing Marcus Giles to hit a comebacker. Lowe tossed it back to Russel Martin who then threw to Nomar Garciaparra at first, completing the 1-2-3 double play.
The only run Lowe gave up was on another double play grounder by Khalil Greene.
The Dodgers helped out Lowe by striking against David Wells early. They got eight hits and five runs in the two-and-a-third innings Wells survived.
Luis Gonzalez, proving to all the critics, including myself, that he may just have enough fuel in him for another season, hit a solo homer and an RBI single off of Wells. Rafael Furcal, just reactivated off the disabled list before the game went two-for-five with two RBIs, making it look like he hadn't missed a thing.
Garciaparra had a two-run single in the fourth by reliever Mike Thomspon. This was first run the Padres bullpen had given up all year. Lowe was happy a team he was on finally did well against Wells.
"It was good to see a team that I was on finally get to him," Lowe said of Wells. "Knowing you're facing a guy like that, you've got to be on your game. Over the years, going back to the Yankees-Boston games, I wouldn't say he dominated us -- but he came close. Anytime you face a guy like that, you know that nine out of 10 times it's going to be a low-scoring game. This kind of game probably doesn't happen very often for him."David Wells was a t a loss for words on how he wasn't able to get the Dodgers out.
"I couldn't get them out," Wells said. "It's like they knew what was coming -- whether there was a guy on second or nobody on. I don't know. I know I don't tip my pitches -- but if I do, I wish one of those guys would come forth and tell me. That would be an admirable thing to do."Yeah, thats gonna happen. If a veteran like Wells needs the other team to point out his problems, its time to hang up the cleats and walk away from the game.
Final score: Dodgers 9, Padres 1
On Saturday, the Padres came out looking for revenge. Unfortunately for Jason Schmidt, the Padres came out swinging.
Schmidt gave up first pitch homers to Brian Giles and Kevin Kouzmanoff.
That made things easy for Jake Peavy, who is 5-0 in his last six starts against the Dodgers.
Schmidt gave up six runs, five of which were earned, on seven hits in two plus innings. He faced sixteen batters, but was only able to retire six of them.
Final score: Padres 7, Dodgers 2
On Sunday, the entire Major League Baseball remembered and honored Dodger Hall of Famer, Jack Roosevelt Robinson for his corageous breaking of the color barrier. That, though will be another post.
In Sunday's game the Dodgers struck early and often. They scored in each of the first three innings and never looked back.
Furcal, Gonzalez and Wilson Valdez each got an RBI. Valdez went three-for-five, increasing his average to .417. Russell Martin went three-for-four with two RBIs and Andre Ethier went three-for-five with four runners knocked in.
Randy Wolf helped his own cause by reaching base twice on walks. He continues to impress on the mound as well. He pitched six solid innings, giving up three runs on six hits. He struck out seven.
Final score: Dodgers 9, Padres 3
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