SB Nation Los Angeles - Dodgers Pound Phillies In Series Openerhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48949/la-fave.png2010-08-10T23:49:41-07:00http://losangeles.sbnation.com/rss/stream/13794562010-08-10T23:49:41-07:002010-08-10T23:49:41-07:00Rafael Furcal To Be Placed On Disabled List; Juan Castro Takes His Place
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<p>Rafael Furcal, who has sat out over a week with a bad back, will be placed on the disabled list Wednesday, per Ken Gurnick of <a href="http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100810&content_id=13276666&notebook_id=13276668&vkey=notebook_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la" target="new"><span class="caps">MLB</span>.com</a>:</p>
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<p>The Dodgers planned to DL Furcal on Monday, but he talked his way into a one-day stay. Then he worked out before the game and his back stiffened up. Torre said the decision was made during the game.</p>
<p>“It’s not a setback,” said Torre. “We decided it was the safest thing to do.”</p>
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<p>Furcal missed a month earlier this season with a strained left hamstring, but made the NL All-Star team with a strong first half. Among major league shortstops with 200 plate appearances this season, Furcal ranks second to Troy Tulowitzki in batting average (.316), on-base percentage (.380), and slugging percentage (.492). Furcal last played on August 2, so the earliest date he would be eligible to return is August 18.</p>
<p>Gurnick also reported Juan Castro would be called up from Triple A Albuquerque to take Furcal’s place on the roster. Castro began his career with the Dodgers in 1995, and returned as the utility infielder last season before signing with the Phillies this offseason. He was released by Philadelphia on July 17 after hitting .198 in 54 games.</p>
<p>Once Castro's contract is purchased, the Dodgers will have the full 40 players on their 40-man roster.</p>
https://losangeles.sbnation.com/2010/8/10/1617127/rafael-furcal-dodgers-disabled-list-juan-castroEric Stephen2010-08-10T20:13:48-07:002010-08-10T20:13:48-07:00Dodgers Defeat Phillies 15-9
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - <span>Andre Ethier</span> finished 4-for-4 with four runs scored and three RBI while<span>Casey Blake</span> homered and posted four RBI, as the <a style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" href="https://www.truebluela.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> defeated the <a style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" href="https://www.thegoodphight.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Philadelphia Phillies</a>, 15-9, in the opener of a three-game series at Citizens Bank Park.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span>Jay Gibbons</span> homered and drove in three runs while <span>James Loney</span> and <span>Matt Kemp</span> both added a pair of RBI for the Dodgers, who have won three straight and five of their last seven games overall.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span>Ross Gload</span> hit a pair of two-run homers for the Phillies, who lost for only the second time in their last 15 home games. Rookie Domonic Brown hit his first major league homer and drove in four runs in the losing effort.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The Phillies fell 2 1/2 games behind Atlanta in the NL East race.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">After Ethier's RBI single opened the scoring in the first inning, the Dodgers scored two more in the top of the third. <span>Ryan Theriot</span> reached first base on a bunt single with one out and raced around to score when Ethier followed with a double. Later in the frame, after Ethier had moved to third base via a walk and a groundout, Gibbons' base hit made it 3-0.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Four more Los Angeles runs in the fourth sprung the floodgates open. <span>Brad Ausmus</span> led off with a single and when starting pitcher <span>Vicente Padilla</span> put down a bunt to advance Ausmus, a fielding error by <span>Jimmy Rollins</span>allowed Padilla to reach safely.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Padilla (6-3) picked up the win after he pitched five innings and was charged with four runs on six hits.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Scott Podsednik's single loaded the bases and Theriot's fly ball to right field was deep enough to allow Ausmus to successfully tag-up and score. Philadelphia starting pitcher <span>Kyle Kendrick</span> was then replaced by <span>Antonio Bastardo</span>, who yielded a single to Ethier that scored Padilla. Ensuing consecutive singles by Loney and Blake, respectively, brought home two more runs in the form of Podsednik and Ethier for a 7-0 lead.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Kendrick (7-5) allowed six runs -- five earned -- on eight hits in 3 1/3 innings to suffer the loss.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">In the bottom of the fourth, the Phillies got on the board via Brown's sacrifice fly.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Philadelphia drew within 7-4 with three runs in the home fifth. <span>Wilson Valdez</span> crossed the plate on a ground out off the bat of <span>Placido Polanco</span>, who then trotted home when Gload belted a fastball into the seats in right field.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">However, the game was essentially put away when the Dodgers scored four runs in the sixth. Theriot singled and stole second before Ethier walked. When Loney doubled to deep right field, Theriot scored. A sac fly off the bat of Blake then brought home Ethier and Gibbons delivered a two-run bomb -- which also plated Loney -- to right for a commanding 11-4 LA advantage.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Brown's solo blast in the sixth accounted for Philadelphia's fifth run, and a two-run single by Kemp in the seventh created a 13-5 score. Gload's second two-run blast of the night, in the home seventh, made it 13-7 and a two-run blast by Blake in the ninth, a line drive which barely cleared the wall in left field, made it 15-7.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">In the bottom of the ninth, Philly loaded the bases for Brown, who sliced a two-out, two-run double down the left-field line but pinch-hitter <span>Cole Hamels</span> popped out to finally end the contest.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Bastardo was recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley prior to the game, a move made in correspondence with the optioning of John Mayberry, Jr. on Sunday...Philadelphia's <span>Raul Ibanez</span> went 1-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to a career-high 18 games...The teams combined for 32 hits, 18 for Los Angeles...Rollins committed both Philadelphia errors...The Dodgers were 9- for-17 with runners in scoring position...Non-waiver trade deadline acquisition <span>Roy Oswalt</span> will make his home debut on Wednesday...The game took three hours, 40 minutes to complete.</p>
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https://losangeles.sbnation.com/2010/8/10/1616911/dodgers-defeat-phillies-15-9Eric Stephen2010-08-10T12:55:22-07:002010-08-10T12:55:22-07:00Ronald Belisario Activated, Plus Tonight's Dodgers-Phillies Lineups
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<p>Ronald Belisario was activated from the restricted list today by the Dodgers. He last pitched for the team on July 5, and on the season has a 3.79 <span class="caps">ERA</span> in 35 2/3 innings.</p>
<p>Here are tonight’s lineups, which feature Jay Gibbons’ first start as a Dodger:</p>
<p><strong>Dodgers</strong><br>
Podsednik CF<br>
Theriot 2B<br>
Ethier RF<br>
Loney 1B<br>
Blake 3B<br>
Gibbons LF<br>
Carroll SS<br>
Ausmus C<br>
Padilla P</p>
<p><strong>Phillies</strong><br>
Rollins SS<br>
Polanco 3B <br>
Gload 1B <br>
Ibañez LF <br>
Werth CF <br>
Brown RF <br>
Ruiz C <br>
Valdez 2B <br>
Kendrick P</p>
https://losangeles.sbnation.com/2010/8/10/1616150/ronald-belisario-dodgers-activated-phillies-lineupsEric Stephen2010-08-10T09:17:16-07:002010-08-10T09:17:16-07:00Dodgers Will Have Second Bullpen Southpaw To Deal With In Bastardo
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<p>Dodgers left-handers Andre Ethier and James Loney, and perhaps Jay Gibbons, will have a second left-hander, aside from J.C. Romero, to deal with in the Phillies bullpen, reported Todd Zolecki of <a href="http://zozone.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/08/bastardo_to_help_vs_dodgers.html" target="new"><span class="caps">MLB</span>.com</a>:</p>
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<p>The Phillies will recall left-hander Antonio Bastardo before tonight’s game against the Dodgers, a source said.</p>
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<p>Ethier is hitting .232 against left-handers this season with a .279 on-base percentage and a .339 slugging percentage. Loney is hitting .226 against southpaws with a .265 on-base percentage and .323 slugging percentage.</p>
https://losangeles.sbnation.com/2010/8/10/1615491/dodgers-phillies-alberto-bastardo-andre-ethier-james-loneyEric Stephen2010-08-10T08:47:55-07:002010-08-10T08:47:55-07:00Dodgers Begin Tough East Coast Trip In Philadelphia
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<p><font size="2"> (Sports Network) - Outstanding play at home has helped the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.thegoodphight.com/">Philadelphia Phillies</a> close in on first place in the National League's East Division, while the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> are in danger of falling out of the playoff picture in part due to the team's lousy recent performances on the road.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"> The Dodgers will attempt to end those woes when they head to Citizens Bank Park tonight to take on the red-hot Phillies in the first meeting between the teams since last year's National League Championship Series.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Philadelphia has been on fire as of late, winning 14 of its last 17 contests to move within 1 1/2 games of first-place Atlanta in the NL East standings and just one back of San Francisco for the lead in the league's Wild Card race. The two-time defending NL champions have been even more dominant on their home turf over the past month, having compiled a stellar 13-1 mark at Citizens Bank Park since July 8.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"> The Phillies did have a 12-game home win streak halted in a 1-0 setback to <span>Johan Santana</span> and the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.amazinavenue.com/">New York Mets</a> on Saturday, but bounced back to post a 6-5 decision in Sunday's finale of that three-game series. Raul Ibanez belted a three-run homer and <span>Jayson Werth</span> added a solo shot in support of Philadelphia ace <span>Roy Halladay</span>, who notched his 14th win of the season despite struggling near the end of his seven-inning stint.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Werth finished 3-for-4 and <span>Ross Gload</span> contributed an RBI single for the Phillies, who scored five times in the third inning to erase a 2-1 deficit and staved off a Mets comeback attempt later on.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Halladay (14-8) was touched for a pair of runs in the first inning but held the Mets scoreless until allowing <span>Angel Pagan</span>'s RBI single in the sixth. New York scored twice more off the All-Star right-hander in the seventh to pull within 6-5, but Halladay recovered and struck out Carlos Beltran with two men on to prevent further damage.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"> <span>Ryan Madson</span> and <span>Brad Lidge</span> then protected the one-run lead over the final two innings, with Lidge earning his 14th save with a scoreless ninth.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"> "It's a little easier to sleep at night taking a win out of it, especially against a team we need to win games against," Halladay told the Phillies' official site afterward.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Ibanez, meanwhile, has helped carry a Philadelphia squad that's presently without sluggers <span>Ryan Howard</span> and <span>Chase Utley</span> and center fielder <span>Shane Victorino</span> during the team's outstanding stretch. The veteran outfielder is riding a career-high 16-game hitting streak and is batting .407 (24-for-59) with four homer and 16 RBI over the course of the tear.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Ibanez has hit .321 (9-for-28) with a pair of home runs lifetime against <span>Vicente Padilla</span>, who'll be taking the mound for the Dodgers in the opener of this three-game set. The one-time Phillie enters tonight's clash off his best showing of the season, a complete-game shutout of San Diego last Wednesday in which he yielded just two hits and struck out nine <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.gaslampball.com/">Padres</a> hitters.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Padilla has been hard to score upon in just about all his recent starts. In seven outings since June 30, the surly right-hander has produced a sensational 1.13 ERA and limited the opposition to a .150 average while amassing a 4-1 record. He's allowed two runs or fewer in every one of those assignments.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"> The 32-year-old, who pitched for the Phillies from 2000-05, has only faced his former club one time previously during the regular season. That took place in 2008 while with Texas, with Padilla tagged for seven runs over six innings in a losing effort.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Padilla did start twice against Philadelphia during last October's NLCS, pitching well in a no-decision at Los Angeles in Game 2 but surrendering six runs in three innings to lose the deciding Game 5 held at Citizens Bank Park.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"> The Dodgers dropped all three games played in Philadelphia in the NLCS, but did take two of three from the Phils at Citizens Bank Park during last year's regular season.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Los Angeles would settle for a win of any kind on the road right now, as Joe Torre's squad has lost five in a row and nine of its last 10 as the guest. That poor mark is one reason why the Dodgers have fallen 5 1/2 games behind the rival <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/">Giants</a> in the Wild Card chase and seven back of San Diego for the top spot in the NL West.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"> The Dodgers do enter this seven-game trip, which also includes a series with the NL East-leading <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.talkingchop.com/">Braves</a>, having won four of their last six tests and closing out a homestand with back-to-back victories over Washington. After prevailing in 10 innings on Saturday, Los Angeles struck for four first-inning runs en route to an 8-3 triumph over the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.federalbaseball.com/">Nationals</a> in Sunday's finale.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"> <span>Jamey Carroll</span> highlighted the big inning with a two-run single and went 3- for-3 for Los Angeles, while <span>Ronnie Belliard</span> collected a pair of hits and scored three times to help back six solid innings out of trade-deadline pickup <span>Ted Lilly</span>.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Lilly (5-8), acquired from the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/">Chicago Cubs</a> just prior to the July 31 non- waiver deadline, permitted three runs -- two of which came on back-to-back homers from <span>Mike Morse</span> and <span>Justin Maxwell</span> in the second inning -- and five hits while fanning six to win his second straight start as a Dodger.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"> "I was throwing the ball a little flat early," said Lilly. "After the home runs I was able to get on top of it more. We were able to put pressure on them by the way we ran the bases."</font></p>
<p><font size="2"> While the Dodgers will be counting on another sharp display from Padilla, the Phillies will be seeking a fourth straight strong game out of <span>Kyle Kendrick</span> in tonight's opener. Since being rocked for seven runs in five innings in a July 19 loss at St. Louis and briefly sent to the minors afterward, the lanky right-hander has gone 2-0 with an impressive 1.77 ERA over a three-start span.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Kendrick was solid once again in a 7-2 win at Florida this past Wednesday, giving up two runs and scattering eight hits without walking a batter over the first six innings. He's been excellent at Citizens Bank Park as well lately, having allowed just three runs over a combined 20 innings spanning his past three home starts.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"> The 25-year-old is 2-2 in four career encounters with the Dodgers, despite having pitched to a 7.29 ERA in those games. Both of those wins took place in Philadelphia, however.</font></p>
https://losangeles.sbnation.com/2010/8/10/2319116/dodgers-begin-tough-east-coast-trip-in-philadelphiaEric Stephen