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Gameday Thread, #142: 9/7 vs. Dodgers

Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers, Sep 7, 2008 4:10 PM EDT


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Max Scherzer
RHP, 0-2, 2.65

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Clayton Kershaw
LHP, 3-5, 4.50

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Whoops. I was convinced that this game was starting at 5, and had sort of scheduled my day around that assumption.  Well, we're in the top of the fifth right now, leading 3-2, and we've already chased off Kershaw.  Scherzer is looking pretty solid so far.

Apologies for botching this so badly, guys.  Let's get back into first place!

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Two out single for CoJack

Be nice to pad the lead if CY can get a hit here.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 5:47 PM EDT reply actions  

Instead, a strike out

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

10th K for Scherzer

Unlikely that Max’ll match his debut for a while- though I wouldn’t put it past him in the future- but he’s locked it down since he gave up those runs in the first.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 5:54 PM EDT reply actions  

11!

He’s struck out the side for both the fifth and sixth inning. Looking good.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

Lead-off double from Reynolds!

Nearly a home run!

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:00 PM EDT reply actions  

Reynolds steals third base!

I’d like to thank whoever it was that taught our corner infielders some speed in the off-season.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:05 PM EDT reply actions  

Urgh

And Snyder misses the bunt on the suicide squeeze, baserunner lost.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:06 PM EDT reply actions  

Why call for the bunt

From a guy who’s got a double and a homer already today?

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

And why oh why

did it look like Reynolds was being congratulated when he went into the dugout?

by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

I don't know

Maybe on the steal at third? Or maybe it was more of a rueful congratulations- Reynolds did his job out there, it was Snyder failing to make contact that got the out.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

Scherzer walks Ethier to start off the bottom of the sixth

His first walk of the day.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:11 PM EDT reply actions  

Definitely

11 Ks in 5 innings isn’t a bad game at all from the rookie.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

Single for Manny

Runners at the corner, no outs. Come on, Max, get some outs here.

Great, and Qualls warming up. Why didn’t we tattoo the diagram onto Melvin’s forearm?

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:13 PM EDT reply actions  

And Qualls coming in to pitch

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

Tie game

Stupid James Loney.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:18 PM EDT reply actions  

Yeah, he's stupid

and he looks like of Looney too.

by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

Kershaw didn't even hit today?

That’s a short outing.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:21 PM EDT reply actions  

He had to have

He pitched 4 innings. ESPN says he had zero AB’s, but that must be wrong.

by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ah, never mind

He had a sacrifice, so he doesn’t get an AB.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

Only one run allowed by Qualls

Let’s get that lead back!

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:24 PM EDT reply actions  

3 people here

That must be a record low.

by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 6:30 PM EDT reply actions  

For the past few years, yeah

I was pretty surprised when I got home and realized no one had started up a thread already.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm here!

Sort of.

Kind of like the Diamondbacks in this series.

Today’s not looking so bad though.

by Azreous on Sep 7, 2008 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

Lead-off walk to Burke

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:31 PM EDT reply actions  

Burke to second on a bad throw from Kuo!

Come on, guys, let’s take advantage of this!

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:34 PM EDT reply actions  

Burke stranded

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:36 PM EDT reply actions  

Sheesh

I guess they don’t want to win. Chances to break open this game today to no avail.

by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

Rauch in to pitch

And gives up a lead-off double.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:39 PM EDT reply actions  

Seriously?

That was just ugly.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:41 PM EDT reply actions  

Too true

Especially with that play Upton just made.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

5-3 Dodgers

Defensive mistakes aplenty this inning.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:53 PM EDT reply actions  

If anything...

This is somewhat more disappointing than the last two days, because we still have hope.

by Azreous on Sep 7, 2008 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

I don't have hope

How could anyone based on what you’ve seen this inning?

by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

At this point in the other two games, we were down 7-0. I’ve got more hope we can come back here.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

I don't have much.

But two runs is doable. Maybe we got all the defensive lapses out of our system.

by Azreous on Sep 7, 2008 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

True

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

Loney grounds out to end the inning

Time running short, guys…

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:59 PM EDT reply actions  

Tomorrow's game

Hopefully good Petit will reappear and maybe Lincecum is running out of steam. He’s over 190 innings pitched this season after pitching 140 plus last season.

by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 7:02 PM EDT reply actions  

Plus

If we can batter him around, it’ll hurt his Cy Young numbers.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

I kinda wonder.

If we did batter him around pretty good, would Sabathia become the front runner?

by Azreous on Sep 7, 2008 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

I still think Webb's in there

if he can it turned around. No way Sabathia should get it after pitching bad for Cleveland in the AL for half the season and then moving to the NL.

by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

Not the last word of course

But I do follow the Cy Young Predictor on ESPN and they still have Webb in first.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/features/cy

by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

Significantly tighter race than a few weeks ago, though.

He used to be the runaway winner.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Sep 8, 2008 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

Chris Young with a double

Now if we can get him in…

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:03 PM EDT reply actions  

Doubles way up

and home runs way down this season. 32 last year and only 19 so far this season.

by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

Reynolds takes a walk

Two on for Upton.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:06 PM EDT reply actions  

Broxton in to pitch

On the bright side, Loney is out of the game now.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:09 PM EDT reply actions  

And Broxton strikes out Upton

Two outs, Montero in for Snyder.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:12 PM EDT reply actions  

Full count on Montero...

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

K

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

Hey!

At least we don’t have to see the @#$%^ Dodgers anymore this year after today!

by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 7:17 PM EDT reply actions  

True.

We know damn sure whoever loses this race ain’t winning the wild card, so that’s one bonus.

by Azreous on Sep 7, 2008 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

Out of the eighth

Last chance here, guys.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:27 PM EDT reply actions  

Augie grounds out to third to start off

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:31 PM EDT reply actions  

And Drew Ks

Tracy is our last chance. Just get on base…

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:33 PM EDT reply actions  

Full count...

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

Double for Tracy!

Dunn to the plate as the tying run…

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:36 PM EDT reply actions  

Dunn walks

Salazar in to pinch run for Dunn.

Come on, CoJack!

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:38 PM EDT reply actions  

Argh

Game.

"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."

by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:40 PM EDT reply actions  

Oh, bad luck.

Garciaparra, of all people, with the great defensive grab stealing the tying RBIs from CoJack….

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Sep 8, 2008 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

Rauch gets the loss to go to 4-6.

by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 7:45 PM EDT reply actions  

The D-Backs

are quickly going from something worth following every day to something I check in on when the matchup is good (like today’s Scherzer-Kershaw matchup). But with finishes like today’s, I’m sure they can get even less attention. Glad I missed this one.

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Sep 7, 2008 8:06 PM EDT reply actions  

What a day

I see it was quiet in here. Clearly we’re all so depressed about this team right now that none of the authors popped in before the 5th (I don’t blame you for the time lapse, kishi, it was odd to have a ‘regular’ Sunday start for once) and nobody even started a regular Fan Post for it. How sad have we gotten? I don’t know if it’s sadder that we don’t care, or if it’s sadder that the team keeps meeting our expectations – LOW! Wow…. what a horrible weekend. What a horrible couple of weeks. :(

This team was just begging the Dodgers to take the west… and they did. I just hope we can take it back.

by snakecharmer on Sep 7, 2008 8:13 PM EDT reply actions  

I was at my buddy's house

watching both the Cardinals play the 49ers and the Dbacks/Dodgers game.

Hasn’t been this quiet in here since early 2007.

3 errors there in the 7th pretty much sum up the season it seems.

I’d like to say, hey, at least I went .500 today, but all my friends know I am MUCH more passionate about baseball and the DBacks, so today was a day to forget.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Sep 7, 2008 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

why was it so windy today?

Politicians in the area?

;-p

We should have scored more than we did. Good grief, the niners had 5 turnovers.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Sep 7, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

5 turnovers!?!

The part of me that lives in Arizona says “Woohoo!”
The part of me that grew up watching the 49ers says “Ack! Thptptptpt!”

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Sep 7, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

I couldn't

access the site, for some reason.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Sep 8, 2008 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

Hmmm

I used to think the best thing about baseball was that there was always tomorrow to pick yourself up, but now with loss after crucial loss it’s becomming one of the most annoying aspects of the game

Still, at least the World of Warcraft looks rosey…. (I take comforts where I can ;) )

So...time for another drink then?

by Wimb on Sep 7, 2008 8:15 PM EDT reply actions  

I think

I’m heading there myself.

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Sep 7, 2008 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

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