MLB - Dodgers vs. Giants

10:15 PM EST

  • Tune in Tuesday at 10:15 PM EST as the Los Angeles Dodgers take on the San Francisco Giants. Matthias Koster from Mop Up Duty will be liveblogging for your enjoyment.
    by Scott Carefoot at 4/28/2009 8:46:29 PM
  • Hello everyone. We're just a shade under a half hour until the first pitch
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 1:49:22 AM
  • As always I have to moderate comments. I'm pretty liberal with what I allow. Stay on game topic and its all good. Just not too many "this team sucks" comments, ok?

    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 1:49:40 AM
  • Dodgers enter 13 - 7. The Giants are surprising many early with a 9 - 9 record. I'll be back to sprinkle some random stats leading up to the first pitch. For future liveblogs follow The Score Twitter Account
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 1:51:09 AM
  • It goes without saying that this is one of the Majors greatest rivalries, dating all the way back to the early New York days
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:01:38 AM
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    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:08:28 AM
  • Starting tonight for the Giants is Johnaton Sanchez. A hard throwing lefty, Sanchez has averaged over 1 K per inning during his MLB career.
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:10:09 AM
  • He enters tonights game 1-1 with a 3.65 ERA and 12 K in 12.1 IP
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:10:34 AM
  • The knock on Sanchez throughout his MLB career has been his lack of consistency and his high walk rate. This season he's also walked 9 batters in his 12.1 IP
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:11:16 AM
  • Career Sanchez is 0 - 1 with a 5.30 ERA vs the Dodgers
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:13:48 AM
  • And we're on
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:14:55 AM
  • Sanchez opens the game with a called strike fastball
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:15:07 AM
  • Furcal grounds out to the pitcher Sanchez. One down
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:15:25 AM
  • Dodgers Lineup: Furcal
    Hudson
    Ramirez
    Martin
    Ethier
    Kemp
    Loney
    Blake
    Billingsley
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:15:34 AM
  • Giants Lineup:
    Lewis
    Winn
    Sandoval
    Molina
    Rowand
    Ishikawa
    Uribe
    Burriss
    Sanchez
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:15:46 AM
  • Former Jay Orlando Hudson at the dish. Hitting .346 this young season
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:16:13 AM
  • 1 - 2 - 3, O-Dog down on three quick strikes, two swinging (including the last)
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:16:53 AM
  • Manny Ramirez now up. 14 RBI
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:17:01 AM
  • Manny works a walk on five pitches
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:18:44 AM
  • Sanchez bringing it tonight, average fastball 93 MPH
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:19:00 AM
  • Martin up. Mr. Canada, at least behind the plate
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:19:14 AM
  • Liberal strike so to this point so far
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:19:37 AM
  • Martin swings and misses for strike two. About 5 swing and misses this inning already
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:19:59 AM
  • Big slider (as we know from our scouting report) on two strikes sets down Martin on strikes. Inning over, 2 K for Sanchez right out of the gate
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:20:52 AM
  • Pitching for the Dodgers will be Chad Billingley. Billingsley’s last game was the most impressive starting pitching performance that I’ve seen all season (including Doc). For the year ‘Bills’ is 4 - 0 with a 2.05 ERA
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:21:42 AM
  • Billingsley is a power pitcher, featuring a 4-seam fastball and a cutting fastball, a slider and a power curve. Last time out 'Bills' slider was consistently around 89 MPH and unhittable.
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:22:58 AM
  • Probably the early favorite for the NL Cy Young
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:23:10 AM
  • 'Fast' Freddy Lewis is now up
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:23:22 AM
  • Last nine starts Bills is 8 - 0 with an ERA under 2.5
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:23:53 AM
  • Lewis pops one up to shallow CF. The CF, SS and 2B all go out to field it. Kemp wins out and runs in for the catch. One down
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:24:22 AM
  • Sanchez throws 73% fastballs, 14% sliders and 10% changeups. When behind in the count he ups his fastball percentage to 81. When he has two strikes on a hitter he likes to go to his slider, which goes up to 24%. Sanchez only throws his change to right handed batters
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:24:26 AM
  • Randy Winn up. A bust in-terms of Contract to production ratio
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:24:45 AM
  • Winn is making $9.6 million. He's hitting .216 with little power
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:25:19 AM
  • First non-fastball of the night is a slider in the dirt. 2 - 1 to Winn, 6 of 7 pitches fastballs to start the game
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:26:02 AM
  • Full count to Winn via a fastball at 93
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:26:35 AM
  • Walked him. Sandoval up
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:26:47 AM
  • The Giants have a couple players that play multiple positions. Sandoval has played 3B & C this season. Uribe has played 3B, SS & 2B.
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:26:54 AM
  • Big play. Sandoval hits a gapper out to left center. Kemp throws it in, Furcal cuts it off and throws out the racing Randy Winn at the plate for the second out of the inning. Great D by the Dodgers
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:29:14 AM
  • Sandoval advanced to third on the throw to the plate.
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:29:34 AM
  • And on the next pitch Molina flys out. Inning over and the Giants miss a golden opportunity to take an early lead
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:29:58 AM
  • The Dodgers feature a different look lineup vs left-handers. Typically Ethier hits forth and Loney hits fifth, Martin sixth and Kemp 7th. Against lefties both Martin & Kemp receive considerable bumps up the order
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:31:31 AM
  • Ethier will lead off. Sanchez threw 13 fastballs and only one offspeed pitch (slider with two strikes) in the first inning
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:32:21 AM
  • Drunken softball league? Fred Lewis drops an easy flyball to LF. Ethier hustles into second. Poor, poor play by Lewis. Runner on second, none out. Error on the play
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:33:38 AM
  • Matt Kemp up
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:33:51 AM
  • Kemp flys out to RF after an 0-2 count. Good baseball, advancing Ethier via the flyout. Runner on third with one out. James Loney up, infield in for the Giants
    by mopupduty at 4/29/2009 2:34:49 AM