- Chad Billingsley was solid through 6 IP (4 Hits, 3 BB, 3K, 2 Runs [1 ER], 79 pitches - 46 for strikes), but had to leave the game with a hamstring injury - the hamstring that was not the hamstring he injured in his last start.
- Incidentally, that last start was also against Atlanta and featured the same two starters - Billingsley and Jair Jurrjens.
- George Sherrill had his longest outing of the season, 1.2 IP, scattering 3 hits. George, meet Joe Torre.
- James McDonald was dynamite over 2 innings, striking out 3 without allowing a baserunner. I'd like to see him given another opportunity to start, as 4 career starts is too small a sample size to pigeonhole him as a reliever. He's still only 24 and throws multiple plus pitches, and also has the minor league track record that leads me to believe he'll be no worse than a very good # 3.
- Torre should have brought in a reliever other than Hong-Chih Kuo (who pitched Thursday and has that long injury history) after Chad left.
- Andre Ethier drew 4 walks (1 intentional).
- Tony Abreu saw his first major league action since 2007. He grounded out with the bases loaded in the 11th. Abreu won't be 25 until November.
- I wouldn't be shocked if Ramon Troncoso's struggles were due to an overworked arm, but I can't say that's what ailed him Friday with any certainty. It just as likely could have been an off game.
- Russell Martin and Casey Blake each had three hits, Blake blasting his 13th homer of the season after home plate ump Eric Cooper forgot that calling a strike and then changing it to a ball doesn't go over well with the team you screwed over.
The Kershawminator goes for the Dodgers on Saturday, looking to bounce back from a rough start last Monday.
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