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Tuesday, April 19, 2005 |
That's The Fact, Jack: Dodgers 8, Brewers 6
Aimless thoughts in the aftermath of today's incredible duh-wha-howdtheydothat game:
- The relief corps is a thing of shreds and patches, but somehow manages to avoid losing games. Buddy Carlyle, first voted off Dodger Island when Brad Penny returns? I'm betting that way...
- Milton Bradley, cool down? You bet, just like he did last year in August, when he struggled to a .224/.339/.327 line.
- Scott Erickson or Elmer Dessens, first out of the rotation? When the game started, this was a legitimate question, but now that Dessens has been felled by a freak injury, it's one less decision for Tracy and DePodesta to make.
- Jason Phillips -- words fail me.
Bradley was almost apologetic in describing heroics that are becoming routine.Hey, I can stand this kind of repetition --"It's getting redundant," he said. "I'm getting tired of talking about it. You know the story."
Pinch-hitter Jason Grabowski homered in the sixth and the Dodgers added four runs in the seventh with two out. Jeff Kent doubled and scored for the 11th consecutive game. Pinch-hitters Jason Phillips and Olmedo Saenz delivered RBI hits and Izturis brought home two runs with a double.Next you'll be telling me Paul DePodesta has arranged a lasting peace between the Palestinians and Israelis --
Meanwhile, rookie relievers D.J. Houlton and Steve Schmoll combined for three scoreless innings. Schmoll also contributed with his glove after Jeff Cirillo had doubled and moved to third on a fly out in the eighth, leaving his feet to spear J.J. Hardy's squeeze and doubling Cirillo off third.Even despite Carlyle's less-than-impressive performance, the bullpen wasn't all sorrow --
Good news just keeps coming for the Dodgers. Not that a cavalry rescue is in order, but Brad Penny is on his way back.Meantime, we can be grateful that the club shows intestinal fortitude in the wake of the pitching miscues, and the team hasn't come unglued like the Padres seem to, so far.Dodger brass will meet with the right-hander today in San Diego and decide whether his next start Sunday will be for the Dodgers or triple-A Las Vegas. Penny's encouraging performance Monday for Las Vegas [where he struck out nine batters] excited the Dodgers, but they aren't sure they want his first major league start since he aggravated his biceps nerve injury in September to be at hitter-friendly Coors Field.
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