It seems like my posts are fewer are farther between, weekly instead of daily, but I promise to at least try to stay on this more frequent!
Anyway, great homestand so far, with one more to go tomorrow. We already know how that last game in Chicago turned out, and things were looking good in San Francisco last weekend, but they Giants got the best of us in two of those three games with late inning heroics off Brox, two games the Blue had in the bag, too.
The team has been playing great since they lost the opener on Monday to San Diego. The pitching has been soild, Chad Billingsley and Takashi Saito, most notably, and how about that James Loney?! This guy is just tearing it up! He's hitting EVERYTHING in sight these days, and is almost single-handedly carrying the offense on his shoulders. But it's nice to see the rest of the offense helping out a little, and its even nicer to see a couple of the vets making their presence felt, as well. We know about Kent and his recent surge again that has seen his average get back up to near .300, and check this out... Kent's the lone Dodger with 20 dingers! But Nomar and Gonzo have really made the most of their playing time these past few days, as well. Nomar's had two very nice games this weekend so far, and Gonzo's had two huge hits this week that helped them get a couple of wins.
Dodgers have won four straight (I believe they're looking for their first 5-game winning streak of the season!) and what a perfect time for a nice long winning streak! They've made up a lot of ground in the standings of late (just 1.5 behind San Diego for the Wild Card, and 3.5 behind Arizona for first with 13 to go), so every game is magnified now as they're knocking on the doorsteps of Arizona and San Diego. They have four remaining with Arizona (one tomorrow at the Ravine, and three next weekend in Phoenix), six with the Rockies (three in L.A., three in Denver) and the final three against the Hated-Ones-to-the-North.
As for tomorrow, Esteban Loaiza gets the nod against Eddie Gonzalez. Obviously it is very crucial that Loaiza has a better game than his last outing against the Padres...
Anyway, great homestand so far, with one more to go tomorrow. We already know how that last game in Chicago turned out, and things were looking good in San Francisco last weekend, but they Giants got the best of us in two of those three games with late inning heroics off Brox, two games the Blue had in the bag, too.
The team has been playing great since they lost the opener on Monday to San Diego. The pitching has been soild, Chad Billingsley and Takashi Saito, most notably, and how about that James Loney?! This guy is just tearing it up! He's hitting EVERYTHING in sight these days, and is almost single-handedly carrying the offense on his shoulders. But it's nice to see the rest of the offense helping out a little, and its even nicer to see a couple of the vets making their presence felt, as well. We know about Kent and his recent surge again that has seen his average get back up to near .300, and check this out... Kent's the lone Dodger with 20 dingers! But Nomar and Gonzo have really made the most of their playing time these past few days, as well. Nomar's had two very nice games this weekend so far, and Gonzo's had two huge hits this week that helped them get a couple of wins.
Dodgers have won four straight (I believe they're looking for their first 5-game winning streak of the season!) and what a perfect time for a nice long winning streak! They've made up a lot of ground in the standings of late (just 1.5 behind San Diego for the Wild Card, and 3.5 behind Arizona for first with 13 to go), so every game is magnified now as they're knocking on the doorsteps of Arizona and San Diego. They have four remaining with Arizona (one tomorrow at the Ravine, and three next weekend in Phoenix), six with the Rockies (three in L.A., three in Denver) and the final three against the Hated-Ones-to-the-North.
As for tomorrow, Esteban Loaiza gets the nod against Eddie Gonzalez. Obviously it is very crucial that Loaiza has a better game than his last outing against the Padres...
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