Saturday, July 08, 2006 |
Two Games
Late Call For The Ethier Bunny: Giants 11, Dodgers 7
Unlike Jon, whose professional dander gets up at the thought of batting Lucille II fifth, the quirks and hitches of Grady Little haven't much interested me this season.That is, until now.
Why did the Dodgers keep Andre Ethier out of the starting lineup? It's not like he can't hit, and it's not like a Jeff Kent-less lineup is going to be full strength anyway. The ironic part was that weak-hitting Toby Hall actually had three hits in the game, driving in a total of three runs. So it's not like the offense was completely broken.
As for the awful pitching meldown, well, who's to say it wasn't expected? Lowe is what he is, and neither his sinker nor any other pitch was really working, resulting in his shortest game of the season. Seven runs is a big deficit to come back from, and then Joe Beimel, and especially, Jonathan Broxton made it even worse. The surprise was Odalis Perez preventing any scoring for an inning and a third.
Donkey, Kicked: Angels 6, A's 4
The good of another strong, nay, dominating outing by Jered Weaver was very nearly offset by a bullpen collapse, and Brendan Donnelly the culprit. Weaver wore an increasingly nauseated look on his face as the eighth ground on to its brutal but merciful end; I wonder what kind of chewing out Donnelly got when he entered the dugout.D'ya think Joe Saunders can pitch in relief, maybe?
Tommy Murphy is now the designated late-innings defensive centerfielder, without reservations. He made a couple of brilliant outfield catches, one against the wall, and an inning-ending double play that caught Frank Thomas napping off first. If Murphy learns to hit — and I doubt that happens — look out.
Update: And yes, Maxwell, I should say nice things about Chone Figgins' 4-5 night.
Let's keep that hush, hush. With a nine game on-base streak (.375 avg, .432 obp, .995 ops), it's not like he might be heating up or anything. If he is, it'll be our lil secret, Rob. ;^)
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