6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog: Explosion: Dodgers 8, Astros 3

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Sunday, August 28, 2005

Explosion: Dodgers 8, Astros 3

Yesterday's dreadfully dispiriting 2-1 loss was so bad I just didn't even bother to say anything about it; the game was maddeningly similar to a bunch of other one-run losses the Dodgers have had lately. But yesterday... well, now, that was interesting. Roy Oswalt pitched the worst inning of the year -- he tossed 44 pitches in the first inning -- which quickly became his worst game of the year, allowing seven earned runs and immediately swamping any hopes the weak-hitting Astros had of winning the game.

Edwin Jackson was a lot better than his first appearance of the year, but he still looked pretty fragile. Giving up three earned runs in five and a third and a balk (which proved meaningless), he threw 108 pitches to get through the game, not an encouraging sign. The Astros would get a three-run dinger off Jackson, but that was all the scoring they'd do.

Update: Adam in the comments is a little more sanguine about Jackson's performance. I would be too, except that he threw 108 pitches to not even clear six innings. Similar to the analysis I performed on his last start, let's break down his outing inning-by-inning:

Inn.  B   S  1PS  BB  K  3-x  3-2
===================================
 1    6  13   0    0  1   0    0
 2    4  13   3    0  2   0    0
 3    9  14   2    1  2   1    0
 4   10  13   3    0  0   1    1
 5    4   7   2    0  1   0    0
 6    8   7   0    1  0   1    0
===================================
     41  67  13    2  6   3    1

So, better, but not necessarily that dominating. He didn't walk a bunch of guys, but his control continued to hurt him; you'd like to see him stay in the strike zone more.

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