SB Nation Los Angeles - Rockies Wild Early But Dodgers Wild Late To Lose 3-2https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48949/la-fave.png2010-08-18T23:03:46-07:00http://losangeles.sbnation.com/rss/stream/13935032010-08-18T23:03:46-07:002010-08-18T23:03:46-07:00Rockies Beat Dodgers In Extra Innings
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<p>Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/36/Melvin_Mora">Melvin Mora</a> scored the go-ahead run on Octavio Dotel's wild pitch in the 10th inning, and the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/teams/los-angeles-dodgers">Dodgers</a> had the tying run thrown out at the plate to end the game, as the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/teams/colorado-rockies">Rockies</a> took a wild 3-2 decision in the middle installment of a three-game series.</p>
<p>The Rockies went ahead in the extra frame without recording a hit, as Mora worked a walk after being down 0-2 in the count, stole second when <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/33049/Eric_Young">Eric Young</a> Jr. struck out and took third on the first of Dotel's three errant offerings.</p>
<p>After Dexter Fowler walked, Dotel (2-3) threw a ball that got away from <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/33284/A_J_Ellis">A.J. Ellis</a>, allowing Mora to scamper home without a play at the plate.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/70/Huston_Street">Huston Street</a> entered in the bottom half for the save and yielded a one-out single to pinch-hitter <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/860/Reed_Johnson">Reed Johnson</a>. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/888/Matt_Kemp">Matt Kemp</a> followed with a strikeout, but <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/802/Scott_Podsednik">Scott Podsednik</a> blooped a hit in front of a diving Fowler in center.</p>
<p>Fowler failed to secure the ball despite getting his glove on it but recovered in time to relay a throw to <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/493/Troy_Tulowitzki">Troy Tulowitzki</a> standing at second base as Johnson was rounding third.</p>
<p>Tulowitzki's throw home easily beat Johnson for the final out, securing Street's ninth save of the year.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/432/Miguel_Olivo">Miguel Olivo</a> knocked in two runs for Colorado, which has alternated wins and losses in each of its 15 games in August. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/121/Rafael_Betancourt">Rafael Betancourt</a> (3-1) recorded the final two outs of the home ninth to get credit for the win.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/539/Jamey_Carroll">Jamey Carroll</a> drove in a run for Los Angeles, which has lost six of eight.</p>
<p>Podsednik used his speed to score the game's first run, leading off the home first with a single to left, taking second on a sacrifice bunt, advancing to third on a wild pitch and racing home when Olivo failed to handle another of Jason Hammel's pitches.</p>
<p>Olivo and Carroll traded RBI doubles in the second inning, though Carroll was tug out trying to score on a botched squeeze bunt by Ellis later in the frame.</p>
<p>An Olivo groundout in the fourth plated <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/22668/Seth_Smith">Seth Smith</a>, who led off the inning with a walk and moved to third on Ian Stewart's single.</p>
<p>Defense took center stage from there, with <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/31379/Carlos_Gonzalez">Carlos Gonzalez</a> topping the highlights with an outstretched catch at the right-field wall before slamming into it in the sixth inning. Though it possibly saved a run, the breakout star left the game with a right knee contusion.</p>
<p>Young made a behind-the-back toss to nab Podsednik on his bunt down the first- base line in the eighth, and his second-base counterpart, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/696/Ryan_Theriot">Ryan Theriot</a>, ranged to his left to snag a Stewart grounder before starting an inning-ending double play in the top of the ninth.</p>
<p>Hammel was charged with two runs on four hits and four walks over six frames, while LA's <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/31266/Hiroki_Kuroda">Hiroki Kuroda</a> struck out seven in as many frames, allowing two runs on six hits...The Rockies had gotten shut out in three of their previous four road games...Colorado's run in the second inning ended a string of 22 straight scoreless frames for the club at Dodger Stadium...LA fell to 7-4 in extra innings, while Colorado is an even 7-7.</p>
https://losangeles.sbnation.com/2010/8/18/1631056/rockies-dodgers-octavio-dotelEric Stephen2010-08-18T16:41:52-07:002010-08-18T16:41:52-07:00Tonight's Dodgers-Rockies Lineups: Now With 100% Less Matt Kemp
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<p>Here are tonight’s lineups:</p>
<p><strong>Rockies</strong><br>
Young 2B<br>
Fowler CF<br>
Gonzalez CF<br>
Tulowitzki SS<br>
Smith LF<br>
Helton 1B<br>
Stewart 3B<br>
Olivo C<br>
Hammel P</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>
Ellis C<br>
Kuroda P</p>
https://losangeles.sbnation.com/2010/8/18/1630470/dodgers-rockies-lineups-matt-kemp-benchedEric Stephen2010-08-18T07:57:16-07:002010-08-18T07:57:16-07:00Dodgers Look For Continued Success Against Rockies
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<p><font size="2"> (Sports Network) - The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Colorado Rockies</a> may be one of the National League's highest scoring teams, but they've had tons of trouble producing runs in recent visits to Dodger Stadium. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> The Rockies will be out to avoid a fourth straight shutout loss on the road to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> when the National League West rivals continue an important three-game series this evening at Chavez Ravine. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Colorado was blanked in back-to-back defeats to Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium from May 8-9, and failed to score once again in Tuesday's opener of this set. The Rockies mustered only six hits -- all singles -- against <span>Clayton Kershaw</span> and three Dodger relievers in a 6-0 setback last night. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Kershaw (11-7) threw the first seven innings and yielded five hits while walking three and recording six strikeouts to gain the win. The young left- hander worked out of a few early jams and labored through 116 pitches on the night, but was able to escape without any damage. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> "My stuff is alright, being aggressive was the main thing," Kershaw said afterward. "I felt good after seven (innings). I never want to come out of a game, but it's not my decision." </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Los Angeles broke a scoreless deadlock by crossing the plate five times in the bottom of the fifth, with <span>Scott Podsednik</span> and <span>James Loney</span> each delivering two- run doubles off Rockies starter <span>Jhoulys Chacin</span> during the uprising. <span>Casey Blake</span> added an RBI single and finished 2-for-4 to help the Dodgers prevail for only the second time in their past seven games. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Chacin (5-9) was hung with the loss after giving up five runs and walking five batters in a five-inning stint. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Colorado has now not scored in 21 consecutive innings at Dodger Stadium and is 3-11 in its last 14 games as the visitor in this series. Los Angeles has taken five of the seven overall meetings between the divisional foes so far in 2010 and is 19-6 against the Rockies since the start of last season. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> "We had situational hitting in the first, third and fifth innings, and they all got away from us," Rockies manager Jim Tracy said after Tuesday's loss. "It came down to one inning of offense for them, none for us." </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Colorado's offense will attempt to break out tonight in a matchup with <span>Hiroki Kuroda</span>, a pitcher the club has had good success against in the past. The Dodgers right-hander is 0-3 with a poor 7.57 earned run average over five career starts against the Rockies, including a May 29 setback at Coors Field in which he was battered for seven runs (five earned) and 10 hits before exiting after only four innings. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Kuroda comes into this evening's clash having lost three straight and six of his past seven decisions, although he's pitched well in each of his last two starts. The Japanese native limited Atlanta to a run and four hits over seven sharp innings in a hard-luck 1-0 defeat last Friday, six days after surrendering just two runs and three hits while fanning eight in seven frames of an August 7 no-decision against Washington. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> For the season, Kuroda is 8-11 with a 3.53 ERA in 23 starts and holds a 4-4 mark at Dodger Stadium. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Tracy will hand the ball tonight to the struggling <span>Jason Hammel</span>, who's notched just one victory over his last six mound trips. Despite having gone 1-4 with a 5.18 ERA since the All-Star break, the right-hander has been at least been able to pitch at least seven innings in four of those six mound trips. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Hammel reached the seven-frame mark once again in Thursday's road start against the New York <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.amazinavenue.com/">Mets</a>, but received a loss after allowing four runs on eight hits in a 4-0 verdict. He was able to beat the hapless <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bucsdugout.com/">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> in his previous assignment by tossing six innings of three-run ball back on August 6. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> The 27-year-old, a double-digit winner for Colorado a year ago, has yet to face the Dodgers this season. Hammel is 0-1 with a very solid 2.25 ERA in five career appearances (two starts) against Los Angeles, and permitted just one run over eight innings in a frustrating 1-0 loss during his lone Dodger Stadium start on July 1, 2009. </font></p>
<p><font size="2"> Both teams, each of whom reached the playoffs in 2009, are currently fighting to stay in the postseason race. Colorado is six games back of Philadelphia for the lead in the NL Wild Card standings at the moment, with the Dodgers one game behind the Rockies in the pecking order. </font></p>
https://losangeles.sbnation.com/2010/8/18/2319523/dodgers-look-for-continued-success-against-rockiesEric Stephen