Bottom of the 7th
This one really had no affect on the game at all. Up 10-3 in the bottom of the seventh, James Loney singled leading off the inning, followed by a Casey Blake single and a Blake Dewitt single to drive in Loney. After Russel Martin flew out to right, moving Blake to third and Dewitt to second, Garrett Anderson hit for Vicente Padilla. He hit a groundball to short and Blake was thrown out at the plate. At least Anderson gave the team a chance to score. Rafael Furcal walked and Matt Kemp lined out to end the inning.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Runs Lost - 4.15.10 vs. Arizona
Bottom of the 2nd
With Arizona ahead 2-0, Manny reached on an error to lead off the inning. Loney singled to center, moving Manny to third, and James moved to second on a wild pitch. Second and third, NO OUTS. This, of course, was followed by strikeouts of Casey Blake and Russell Martin. After an intentional walk to Jamey Carroll, Hiroki Kuroda struck out ending the inning. With no force play on and the infield back early in the game, all Blake and Martin had to do was put the ball in play. Absolutely inexcusable.
Bottom of the 6th
With the Dodgers still trailing 3-1, thanks in large part to the failures of the second inning, Manny lead off the sixth with a walk and Loney followed with a single, moving Manny to third. Blake grounded out to second, scoring Manny and moving Loney to second. Loney then stole third with one out. Once again, Martin failed to execute and struck out, followed by Carroll flying out to right to end the inning.
Luckily, an error by Stephen Drew bailed the Dodgers out in the bottom of the ninth and Ethier's execution in runner on third, less than two out situation in the bottom of the tenth. But, as we can see, it never should have gotten to that point if not for the failure to bring in runs from third much earlier in the game. Disaster averted.
With Arizona ahead 2-0, Manny reached on an error to lead off the inning. Loney singled to center, moving Manny to third, and James moved to second on a wild pitch. Second and third, NO OUTS. This, of course, was followed by strikeouts of Casey Blake and Russell Martin. After an intentional walk to Jamey Carroll, Hiroki Kuroda struck out ending the inning. With no force play on and the infield back early in the game, all Blake and Martin had to do was put the ball in play. Absolutely inexcusable.
Bottom of the 6th
With the Dodgers still trailing 3-1, thanks in large part to the failures of the second inning, Manny lead off the sixth with a walk and Loney followed with a single, moving Manny to third. Blake grounded out to second, scoring Manny and moving Loney to second. Loney then stole third with one out. Once again, Martin failed to execute and struck out, followed by Carroll flying out to right to end the inning.
Luckily, an error by Stephen Drew bailed the Dodgers out in the bottom of the ninth and Ethier's execution in runner on third, less than two out situation in the bottom of the tenth. But, as we can see, it never should have gotten to that point if not for the failure to bring in runs from third much earlier in the game. Disaster averted.
Runs Lost - 4.14.10 vs. Arizona
Bottom of the 6th
In a game where the Dodgers battled back multiple times only to fall in extra innings, the one extra run they lost in the sixth innings looms large. The inning started well, with a double by Ronnie Belliard followed by Rafael Furcal singling him to third. Matt Kemp hit a long sacrifice fly to right driving home Belliard and moving Furcal to second. After Ethier singled with Furcal going to third on the hit, Manny Ramirez was walked to load the bases with one out. Once again, Not-so-big-game James Loney struck out swinging for the second out and Casey Blake fouled out to end the inning.
While the Dodgers ended up losing in extra innings, things could have gone a lot differently had Loney been able to pick up the run in the sixth. In fact, Blake's game-tying double would have been a game-winning double, and the Dodgers would have been in line to sweep the D-Backs going into Thursday. Unfortunately, after Wednesday's game, the series was split, in large part due to the inability to execute once again.
In a game where the Dodgers battled back multiple times only to fall in extra innings, the one extra run they lost in the sixth innings looms large. The inning started well, with a double by Ronnie Belliard followed by Rafael Furcal singling him to third. Matt Kemp hit a long sacrifice fly to right driving home Belliard and moving Furcal to second. After Ethier singled with Furcal going to third on the hit, Manny Ramirez was walked to load the bases with one out. Once again, Not-so-big-game James Loney struck out swinging for the second out and Casey Blake fouled out to end the inning.
While the Dodgers ended up losing in extra innings, things could have gone a lot differently had Loney been able to pick up the run in the sixth. In fact, Blake's game-tying double would have been a game-winning double, and the Dodgers would have been in line to sweep the D-Backs going into Thursday. Unfortunately, after Wednesday's game, the series was split, in large part due to the inability to execute once again.
Runs Lost - 4.13.10 vs. Arizona
Bottom of the 8th
With the Dodgers already leading 9-5, Matt Kemp doubled and moved to third on a wild pitch with one out. Andre Ethier followed with a popout to short and Manny Ramirez struck out swinging. Being up four runs in the eighth, this loss a run would not end up hurting the Dodgers as they held on to the 9-5 lead for a win.
With the Dodgers already leading 9-5, Matt Kemp doubled and moved to third on a wild pitch with one out. Andre Ethier followed with a popout to short and Manny Ramirez struck out swinging. Being up four runs in the eighth, this loss a run would not end up hurting the Dodgers as they held on to the 9-5 lead for a win.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
the Adventures of Frank McCourt. pt 3
this is frank giving the dodgers franchise a prison raping that would even make the neo-nazis in American History X uncomfortable.
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