Unfortunately that is all the awesomeness we have to report as the Dodgers were blanked, going 0-11 with runners in scoring position, in a 2-0 loss to 9.58 ERA'er Wade LeBlanc. Even Steve Lyons nailed this game on the head during his post game analysis on Dodgers Live...
You look at [Kershaw's numbers] since July 1st and his ERA is 2.00. That's fantastic. [Tonight's loss] is not about Clayton Kershaw. This is about the Dodgers not being able to find a way to score runs when he's on the mound. Guess what, tonight they scored a big fat ZERO, and that will never, ever get it done. When [Kershaw] struggled through the first two innings and only gave up two..there's no way against a guy like Matt LeBlanc that you should have that stand up.0-11 with RISP is pretty embarrassing, and better elicit a tongue lashing from Torre and Mattingly after the game. Back at it tomorrow with the Wolfman taking the mound.
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Great banner, love that Kemp is in it.
Lyons also said before the game (admittedly I just caught the end of it, but I think I got the jist of it) that all 6 Dodger starters were auditioning for a spot in the postseason rotation.
Seriously, he thinks Padilla has a shot? It's Kershaw, Bills, Wolf. Kuroda is the 4th starter unless injured, especially considering Torre rewards guys (especially veterans) when they perform well, and Hiroki was excellent last October.
I guess I should qualify my criticism of Lyons with "if I heard him correctly".
Padilla hasn't been bad with the Dodgers so far (2.61 ERA, 3.00 K:BB) but there is no chance he's a starter this postseason.
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