Extra! Extra! 5.28
You like small ball? Great pitching? Pickoffs? Timely bunting? If so, Saturday's 3-1 Dodger win over the Nationals at RFK was for you. Derek Lowe (3-3) was virtually untouchable for his first six innings (and barely touchable in his seventh), but Washington starter Shawn Hill was just as good. In the seventh, the game was all tied up at one. Fortunately for the Blue, in the eighth, Nats reliever Mike Stanton was in and Washington would soon be out. Rafael Furcal, who had three more hits to raise his average to .266, led off with a single. Kenny Lofton followed with a perfectly placed bunt that put runners on first and second, chased Stanton, and left Gary Majewski to face Nomar, who brought Furcal home with what seems like his seven billionth clutch hit of the year. Not that he wants the attention. It was enough to make a winner of Lowe, despite the typically skimpy run support...and good luck charm Russell Martin, who was back in the lineup after a day off. Other features of the box score? How about two scoreless innings from Danys Baez and Takashi Saito?
Eric Gagne likes Las Vegas, he just doesn't want to stay. And assuming his outing Monday goes as well as his inning on Friday, he'll be back in a Dodgers uni by the end of the week. Grady Little plans on keeping him there, too.
His outfield already made thin by injuries to Ricky Ledee and Jason Repko, Ned Colletti watched the Dodgers play yesterday with only three outfielders because of J.D. Drew's shoulder injury. With calamity only a Kenny Lofton hammy pull away, the GM is understandably concerned about the outfield. Hopefully Jeff Kent's wrist isn't too bad, otherwise he'll have even more to worry about.
Sarah Morris pitches for some Blue in the All Star Game. As editor of Dodger Place, we think she may be biased.
Peter Gammons takes a look at the NL West, which is becoming scary in a good way. L.A.'s spot in the power rankings helps show why.
TODAY'S GAME: 10:05 a.m., FSW2
Jae Seo (2-2, 4.50) takes on former Angel Ramon Ortiz (2-4, 5.50) as the Dodgers look for another series win. Seo has surrendered only one earned run in his last 13 and has a tidy 3.18 ERA on the road. Ortiz is coming off his best start of the year on May 23 versus Houston, where he gave up only one run in seven innings. Unfortunately for the ex-Halo, that's about it for season highlights, as indicated by his rather grotesque .321 BAA.
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i don't trust grady little, i don't trust kenny lofton, i don't trust nomar, i don't trust dlowe, i don't trust jae seo, jkent, drew....all these guys have been disregarded by good teams, up and coming teams, future champs and contenders, they have the aura of sort of good players, but not winners, the dodgers will slowly dissipate by the all star break; the saving grace may well be the nl west - the teams will all start performing as expected- not very well- resulting in a pennant race which we'll see the first to win 84 games busst out the bubbles-- and by the way, the Angels will turn it around and win the al west division the last weekend of the season.....another thing, the future is now and the la times should get rid of these dodgers and lakers blogs and put up ANGELS and CLIPPERS blogs.....it's like class-ism(sic?) or somthing, isn't it????
Posted by: dodgersofbrooklyn | May 28, 2006 at 01:39 PM