"Sooner or later, a young pitcher will make a mistake." -- Vin Scully
I love how he can break down the story of a game with one sentence. He uttered that phrase in the bottom of the eighth, right after Ronald Belisario's failed attempt to shovel the ball to Russell Martin at home plate. The result of this was Fred Lewis scoring from third and tying the game, 4-4. Ok, so the rookie reliever makes an error in judgement, as Doc mentioned in the earlier post, and now should give the ball to someone with their head in the game. Instead, in a strange but recurring move, Joe Torre opts to leave the rookie reliever in the game to get himself out of the jam.
Belisario rewards him by throwing a wild pitch to Bengie Molina that advances runners to second and third and puts both men in scoring position. Since the double play option was now taken away, a grounder to Casey Blake ends up scoring the go-ahead run for the Giants, 5-4.
Giants closer Brian Wilson strikes out the side in the ninth, and the Dodgers drop the game after rallying in the seventh inning to take the lead after six scoreless innings against Barry Zito.
I know it's just one game, but these ones hurt. The miscues by Kemp didn't help, but i think it's fair to say Torre lost this one.
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Chad Billingsley gets his turn tonight for a 5-0 mark to open the year. First pitch in less than an hour...
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Coolest thing about working in Chicago...when you get off at 930pm, the game is just starting.
I actually watched the whole game from start to finish because it was that good. What i like to see is the Dodgers rallying late in games and putting the pressure on the opposition. Signs of a good ballclub.
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