Box Score.
- Clayton Kershaw went 7.1 fantastic innings (1 ER, 7 Hits, 7 K, 1 BB, 110 pitches - 79 for strikes).
- Bullpen: 1.2 IP, 1 ER, 1 Hit, 1 K, 1 BB, 1 HR Allowed.
- Andre Ethier hit his 12th HR of the season, while Manny Ramirez hit his 7th HR.
- Matt Kemp stole his 10th base of the season.
- Ethier (HR, 2 Singles) reached base 3 times, while Manny (HR, BB), Russell Martin (2 Singles), James Loney (Double, Single), and Blake DeWitt (2 BB [1 IBB]) each reached base twice.
- The offense struck out 6 times, drew 3 walks, and had 3 extra-base hits.
- Travis Schlichting was recalled to take the place of the injured and DL'd Chad Billingsley. In his only appearance of the season, Schlichting threw 4 scoreless innings of relief on June 2nd.
- Claudio Vargas is back with Dodgers and in AAA with Albuquerque.
Joe Torre's bullpen usage, and usage of the pitching staff in general, frustrates me beyond belief. This is how I picture Joe when he thinks about what to do concerning the staff:
[Image via nomaas.org]
Watching Hong Chi Kuo work a second inning in tonight's game was so upsetting. Joe Torre sucks.
ReplyDeleteI was against Kershaw starting the 8th, but if you start him, let him finish it, especially when it's DeWitt making an error on a fairly weak ground ball that lets the guy get on-base.
ReplyDeleteThen, Kuo and Broxton never pitch/warm-up.
And Schlichting should have been given the 9th.
So annoying, but sooooo typical of Torre.