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Seo Out of Seo Puns

I went through the whole list- "Oh Seo Good" (too obvious), "Say It Is Seo" (semi-confusing Joe Jackson reference), "Say It Ain't Seo... Unless It's Jae Seo!" (less confusing but overly wordy Joe Jackson reference), "Seo, Did You Hear About the Dodgers Win?" (awful), "Seo-phisticated Pitching" (not the worst, but pretty bad), "He's Seo Fine" (vaguely homoerotic), and "Jae Says Seo" (doesn't really make sense). I think that whole angle may be played out.

The point is the guy pitched really well in the Dodgers 6-1 victory over Colorado Monday night. Seo (2-2) overcame a rocky start that saw his defense giveth (a Willy Aybar error led to Colorado's only run) and taketh away (two Rockies runners were thrown out at home). Rafael Furcal pitched in with the glove- a welcome sight given his defensive struggles- snagging a Brad Hawpe grounder up the middle to start a double play that helped Seo wriggle his way out of the 3rd. After that, the righty was dominant. Seo faced the minimum of twelve hitters (an infield single was erased by another DP) over his final four innings. Overall he gave up only six hits, one run (unearned), and a lonely free pass in his seven frames. It was good enough to take the Battle of Korea from Rockies starter Byung-Hyun Kim (2-2), and lower Seo's ERA from 5.31 to 4.50. Not bad for a night's work.

The Dodgers didn't exactly batter Kim around the Ravine, but got some timely hits and took advantage of an early Colorado gift. With two outs in their half of the 3rd, Rafael Furcal reached on a Todd Helton error. Jose Cruz Jr., who entered the game hitting an anemic .185 against right handed pitching, laced a double to deep right, moving Furcal to third before an Olmedo Saenz blooper to right brought them home. In the bottom of the 6th, J.D. Drew led off with a single that nearly took Kim's head off, then Jeff Kent followed with a blast off the wall in left that plated Drew for a 3-1 Dodger lead. All told, Kim surrendered only six hits and a single earned run, but it was enough to take the loss. And once Kim was gone, the Dodgers put the game out of reach.

Scott Dohmann started the 7th and, we can only assume, didn't follow Colorado manager Clint Hurdle's game plan. After all, "Scott, get out there, walk three guys, throw a wild pitch, give up a run, and make me burn another reliever to get out of the inning!" seems like an odd pep talk. 4-1 Blue. Pinch hitter Ramon Martinez delivered a key single in the 8th off David Cortes, helping the Dodgers tack on two insurance tallies resulting in the final 6-1 score. Throw in some solid relief work by Jonathan Broxton (dude is becoming a real workhorse out of the pen, no surprise since he's built like one...) and Joe Beimel, and the Dodgers were able to wrap up their fifth win in a row with relative ease.

Not a ton of fireworks, just an efficient win with everyone contributing. Sounds good to Dodger fans.