Thursday, April 24, 2008 |
Confidence Game: Dodgers 8, Diamondbacks 3
It wasn't a cruise, though; Jonathan Broxton wheezed through the eighth, and left the game with men on first and second and two out, which brought in Takashi Saito. Saito seemed to have command issues, and quite a few of his pitches were out of the zone (only 20 of 34 pitches were strikes); one of them ended up in the left field power alley, and plated Orlando Hudson. But that was it for the Snakes, who went down in the bottom of the ninth with a couple of singles but a pair of strikeouts.
Offensively for the Dodgers, pretty much everyone contributed, and even Nomar got in a hit and an RBI from the cleanup spot (!). Chin-Lung Hu drove in a pair, a number equaling his career best achieved on September 25, 2007 in a losing effort against the Rockies. Matt Kemp was 2-for-5, and for those keeping track of the Juan Pierre-vs.-Kemp stats, Pierre has three multihit games all year, while Kemp has had five, counting this one.
About the only bad news was Derek Lowe's early exit due to an elbow strain, but he should be back in time to make his next start. The win gave the Dodgers a 9-13 record, and thanks to an improbable 3-2 Giants victory over the Padres in extra innings (which included another Trevor Hoffman kablooie delivered to Benjie Molina), the Dodgers are now out of the cellar and in third place (the Pads and Giants are both tied for last place). In all, a fun game to watch, and a much needed one.
Labels: diamondbacks, dodgers, recaps
Just wondering.
Going into the season, many (maybe it was just local media) were calling the Dodgers a possible World Series team (then again, I remember hearing the same stuff the last two or three years as well). Personally, I never saw that, but I'm not exactly a fan, so my opinion is certainly biased.
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