Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
October 01, 2008
Oh Those Base on Balls!

In Ryan Dempster did have a weakness this season, it was in his walk totals. They weren't bad, they just weren't great. His season high was six against Florida, but he also walked five twice in a game.

Tonight he walked seven. Three came in the fifth inning, loading the bases. James Loney made him pay for his lack of control as he took Dempster deep, changing a 2-0 deficit into a 4-2 Dodgers lead. Manny Ramirez added a solo shot in the seventh, and the Dodgers tallied a single run in the eighth to make the score 6-2 Los Angeles as the teams start the ninth. Russell Martin leads off the innings with a homer into the basket in left-center, and the Dodgers lead 7-2.

Dempster did a great job of keeping the ball in the park this season allowing just 14 home runs over 206 2/3 innings. Loney also did a good job of keeping balls in the park as his slugging percentage dropped 100 points from his 2007 number. That makes the slam a bit of an improbable event.

Update: Greg Maddux pitches a scoreless ninth, and the Dodgers win 7-2. That's quite an upset given Dempster's success at Wrigley Field this season.

Lowe continues his excellent pitching, walking one and striking out six over six innings. He only threw 94 pitches, so it's possible he could come back on three days rest in game 4.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:30 PM | League Division Series | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Hooray for regression to the mean...

Posted by: SleepyCA at October 1, 2008 10:28 PM

if anybody believes that the Dodgers can't pull it off, better start re-evaluating, better overall pitching, re-loaded line-up from the last meetings, and confidence. Manny-wood is going to take us past the Cubs just like he took us to the post-season, he is on a mission....

Posted by: Brandon at October 1, 2008 11:18 PM

Dodgers/Boston WS will bring back some old aquaintances.

Posted by: Bandit at October 2, 2008 08:15 AM
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