Padres at Dodgers, 7:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA, FSSD
The Dodgers send Dan Haren out to do battle with Ian Kennedy. Haren’s 12-10 with a 4.17 ERA and has had three consecutive good starts. Kennedy has already made five starts against the Dodgers this year, going 0-2 with a 3.90 ERA. He’s 10-12 with a 3.75 ERA overall this season.
The Padres have beaten the Dodgers three of their last five meetings, which is not what you’d expect in games between the first-place and third-place teams in the division.
The Diamondbacks play the Giants tonight at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Josh Collmenter goes for the D-Backs and Ryan Vogelsong goes for the Giants.
Lineup:
Tonight's Dodgers lineup:
Puig CF
Turner 2B
Gonzalez 1B
Kemp RF
Ramirez SS
Crawford LF
Uribe 3B
Ellis C
Haren P
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 10, 2014
Huh. No Gordon. Just resting, I hope.
John_from_Aus linked to this article at Dodgers.com in the comments to the last post. It’s a discussion of Puig’s slumping bat. Is it just a slump or could he be injured?
Interesting article about Russell Martin, whom I still miss! http://m.espn.go.com/mlb/story?storyId=11503721&src=desktop
Yankees didn’t want him after a year with 21 HRs . . . that would be 2nd on the Dodgers this year, right? Tho I’m hoping Matt gives A-gon a run for the lead.
Yanqui Stadium is a home-run haven, but Martin would be a big offensive upgrade and a quality receiver.
I’d love to have him back
Haren has won five of his last six decisions with a 1.70 ERA since Aug. 1.
Kershawian! (of course, Kersh has done that over the entire season)
The proper form would probably be “Kershavian.”
Good — then this can be trademarked!
I guess we can’t expect Arizona to do anymore against the Giants that it did against us. Still, a D’Back win tomorrow would be wonderful.
From your keyboard . . .
(EDIT posted above here — sorry)
When it was 1-0 . . . then 2-0, it was still scary since I’m not sure if Dan is over his Haran-itis.
He has REALLY turned the corner, the CC of the pitching staff.
Yay us, but the cursed Giants also lead 4-0 on the eighth.
Know how you feel . . . but LA controls their own destiny.
And Silver Lining Dept. — maybe SF uses up their wins vs. AZ . . .
You misspelled “Gnats.”
K-enley!
Huge win . . . guaranteed to be no worse than 2 GA come Friday.
Get the K or double play!
Crawford is really hot.
Let Kenley sit!
CC & the Barn!
Boy, is Carl hot! — light a fire under Puig, dude!
Nice to see a defensive replacement make a nice defensive play. (At least when they’re part of the Blue.)
And of course Puig is coming up at the most inopportune times for his slump. (But isn’t that the way it always is?)
Any idea why Puig is whiffing all these fast balls?
Gotta be part confidence. I hate to quote Steiner, but he said Puig has lost his swagger.
At least a sac fly, Puig!
Good job, Andre (yes, a hit with RISP — but no run).
C’mon, Andre — put some pressure on Puig for the OF spot!
(Then C’mon, Puig and respond!)
CC & the ‘Bear!
Can’t ask for a better outing than Dan has given!
He may be the first in-season winner of the Uribear Redeemed Player of the Year . . . great high, then terrible low, now climbing out of it.
Good for him . . . good for the Dodgers, especially with limited offense.
So, the acronym for your award is “URPY”? ;-s)
Guess so 🙂 . . . soon to be the most coveted award around . . at least for those who have a bad year.
After 6 innings on defense, at least one of the three areas of the game (pitching, hitting, defense) is quality.
C’mon, bats!
lets make the leadoff single count
Whew — they did! Hanley!
only just
“just” about the story of this year!
This is their 3rd time around and the offense is repeating last night and too many other games this season: much ado about nothing.
I know Kennedy is good . . . but they make too many pitchers look good.
Worse, if they make the playoffs, they will basically be seeing ONLY legitimately good pitchers.
Still, they ARE leading, so continue to Go, Blue!
very, very well done!
He’s walking a tightrope . . . sure would be nice if his teammates supported him — with some runs and defense.
Nice, now one more
Nice pitching, Dan!
Anyone else cringing whenever it’s hit to Hanley?
Dang — at least with his first AB he was robbed.
Didn’t realize it was the dreaded bases-loaded situation. This is getting absurd.
Looks like Dan’s gonna havta have another really good game.
At least it wasn’t a DP.
C’mon, Yasiel — hit it like the first time and break out of this!
C’mon, Dan — help yourself!
Bison . . . CC!!!!
Good start, nicely done AJ
Could be a combination of the two.