Dodgers 8, Rockies 2
The temptation is to say, sure, the Dodgers can come home and beat up on the team with the worst record in the majors, but that pales in comparison to losing six of seven on the trip to Chicago and New York. But this isn't college football, where strength of schedule is taken into account. Every one of these games counts in the standings, and the Dodgers have now beaten the defending N.L. champs six out of seven times this season -- and the Dodgers picked up a game on the Snakes tonight, moving within 3 1/2 games of the division lead. ... Derek Lowe, who appears to be on a roll, pitched another gem, allowing one run on five hits over eight strong innings and recording 14 groundball outs. ... Matt Kemp went 3 for 5 with two doubles and a home run. Andre Ethier and Jeff Kent also homered, and James Loney went 2 for 3. ... Oh, and Blake DeWitt made a great, heads-up recovery after messing up on the bases in the eighth. Thinking Loney would try to score from second on Danny Ardoin's two-out hit to right, DeWitt rounded second and went halfway to third before he realized Loney had held up. But DeWitt managed to engage Rockies infielders Todd Helton and Omar Quintanilla just long enough that Loney was able to scamper home uncontested with the Dodgers' final run, crossing the plate well ahead of the eventual tag of DeWitt by Garrett Atkins. ... Dodgers go to 27-28.
LF and SS are black holes right now.
Tony, have you heard anything about the vetern infielder Coletti is looking to trade for? Bill Hall maybe?
I'm far from a Pierre apologist, but Pierre has a decent OBP (.347) and he's stealing bases. Basically doing everything we could have expected. Of course the lack of power and D is troubling, but if you want to see a black hole in LF, check out the Padres and Giants.
I'm far from a Pierre apologist, but Pierre has a decent OBP (.347) and he's stealing bases. Basically doing everything we could have expected. Of course the lack of power and D is troubling, but if you want to see a black hole in LF, check out the Padres and Giants.
Pierre certainly isn't anything great but he's not doing too badly and the man in charge chooses to play him. Going on and on about him every day falls under the heading of whining. In case you haven't noticed, we have some bigger problems than Pierre.
Pierre in the leadoff spot:
.238/.298/.257
These numbers are absolutely horrible. Therefore, it isn't "whining" but rather speaking the truth.
Ethier in the 2nd spot:
.247/.295/.315
Runners On: .235/.309/.346
Scoring Position: .227/.350/.341
These numbers are absolutely horrible. Therefore, it isn't "whining" but rather speaking the truth.
That would be funny if it wasn't so ignorant.
Ethier has only had 38% of his plate appearances in the 2nd spot. Whereas, Pierre has been leadoff a whopping 60% of the time.
Sample size. You lose.