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Baseball Musings
October 13, 2008
Deep on Durbin

"Hanging" Chad Durbin puts one in Casey Blake's wheelhouse as the other Dodgers pickup homers leading off the bottom of the sixth to give Los Angeles a 4-3 lead. Durbin only allowed five home runs during the regular season, and that's the first he's allowed in the playoffs.

Juan Pierre picks up his second hit of the night as he doubles into the left-center gap.

Update: Kemp pinch hits and walks. He's not having a great post season, but that's the third walk he's drawn against the Phillies, raising his LCS OBA over .400.

Update: Wow. Scott Eyre relieves, and Torre decides to sacrifice with Furcal. Given Furcal's OBA, I'd let him hit. He bunts to a drawn in Howard, who decides his only play is at first. He then side-arms the throw, which sails away from Utley covering first. A run scores and the Dodgers have men at second and third, but with none out instead of one. Los Angeles leads 5-3 with Ethier at the plate.

Update: Ethier lines out to first. That brings up Manny Ramirez to draw his second intentional walk of the night.

Update: Chase Utley saves the day. He dives for a Russell Martin line drive, then scoots on all fours to second base to double up Furcal. It could have been a lot worse, but the Dodgers score twice in the inning to take a 5-3 lead at the end of six.

Update: Sorry, Utley stayed low and scooted, but he did it on two legs.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:29 PM | League Championship Series | TrackBack (0)
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