After an ugly 13-inning win on Sunday afternoon in San Diego in which the Blue smacked four homeruns, including the game-winner by James Loney in the 13th after Jonathan Broxton blew a 6-2 ninth inning Chad Billingsley lead, the Dodgers headed across the country and annihilated the Mets in winning two of three.
Manny got tossed after tossing his elbow pad after he was called out on strikes to end the top of the 5th inning of an 8-0 win. Replays showed the pitch was about six inches off home plate. Manny was 2 for 4 with a couple of RBI hits. Clayton Kershaw pitched six solid innings for the win.
The Dodgers looked lost last night against Oliver Perez, making his first start since being recalled by the Mets. Perez was erratic during his five-inning stint, walking seven even though he only gave up two runs. With a 5-3 lead in the 9th inning, Manny hit a lead-off, opposite-field homerun off Francisco Rodriguez. The Dodgers added two more base-runners with one out, but Andre Ethier hit into a game-ending double-play. Hiroki Kuroda took the loss for the Blue.
The Blue bounced back nicely tonight, jumping on Mets starter Livan Hernandez early, and pounding out 17 total hits for 11 runs. Raffy Furcal and Matt Kemp each had three hits in the 11-2 win to help give Randy Wolf plenty of run support, who finally earned a decision to improve to 4-3. Before the game, Wolf even changed his jersey number from 21 to 43, in hopes of improving his record to 4-3, which he masterfully did.
With the win tonight, the Dodgers improve their Major League best record to 54-31, and match their season-high of 23 games over .500. They temporarily increase the NL West lead back up to 7½ games, pending the outcome of the Padres-Giants game tonight in San Francisco. The Giants have a 2-0 lead in the 2nd inning with Tim Lincecum on the bump.
One other note from tonight's game: Orlando Hudson left the game after being hit by a pitch on his left knee. No immediate word on his condition.
Speaking of Kemp, he finished fourth in the Final Vote for the NL All-Star team. Philly's Shane Victorino teamed up with Detroit's Brandon Inge to form the 'Bran-Torino' alliance and earn the final spots on the All-Star teams. Matt Kemp still has a good chance to make the team as an injury replacement for Carlos Beltran, in light of his 8 for 11 performance in the three games in New York. Kemp now carries a .319 average into the final series before Tuesday's All-Star game.
The Dodgers begin a three game series tomorrow night in Milwaukee. Billingsley takes the hill for the Blue against Braden Looper.
Manny got tossed after tossing his elbow pad after he was called out on strikes to end the top of the 5th inning of an 8-0 win. Replays showed the pitch was about six inches off home plate. Manny was 2 for 4 with a couple of RBI hits. Clayton Kershaw pitched six solid innings for the win.
The Dodgers looked lost last night against Oliver Perez, making his first start since being recalled by the Mets. Perez was erratic during his five-inning stint, walking seven even though he only gave up two runs. With a 5-3 lead in the 9th inning, Manny hit a lead-off, opposite-field homerun off Francisco Rodriguez. The Dodgers added two more base-runners with one out, but Andre Ethier hit into a game-ending double-play. Hiroki Kuroda took the loss for the Blue.
The Blue bounced back nicely tonight, jumping on Mets starter Livan Hernandez early, and pounding out 17 total hits for 11 runs. Raffy Furcal and Matt Kemp each had three hits in the 11-2 win to help give Randy Wolf plenty of run support, who finally earned a decision to improve to 4-3. Before the game, Wolf even changed his jersey number from 21 to 43, in hopes of improving his record to 4-3, which he masterfully did.
With the win tonight, the Dodgers improve their Major League best record to 54-31, and match their season-high of 23 games over .500. They temporarily increase the NL West lead back up to 7½ games, pending the outcome of the Padres-Giants game tonight in San Francisco. The Giants have a 2-0 lead in the 2nd inning with Tim Lincecum on the bump.
One other note from tonight's game: Orlando Hudson left the game after being hit by a pitch on his left knee. No immediate word on his condition.
Speaking of Kemp, he finished fourth in the Final Vote for the NL All-Star team. Philly's Shane Victorino teamed up with Detroit's Brandon Inge to form the 'Bran-Torino' alliance and earn the final spots on the All-Star teams. Matt Kemp still has a good chance to make the team as an injury replacement for Carlos Beltran, in light of his 8 for 11 performance in the three games in New York. Kemp now carries a .319 average into the final series before Tuesday's All-Star game.
The Dodgers begin a three game series tomorrow night in Milwaukee. Billingsley takes the hill for the Blue against Braden Looper.
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