Leave it to the Dodgers to come up with this one.
Despite not getting one damn hit the whole game, the Dodgers found a way to beat the Anaheim Angels on Saturday night, 1-0. It was as bizarre as it sounds.
Both Chad Billingsley and Jered Weaver were straight up dealing, with the only difference being that Weaver didn't even allow a hit. Bills finished with 7 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K. Weaver K'd 6 in 6 innings, as both men showed why they are 2 of the best young hurlers in the game.
The game was scoreless until the 5th, when things got crazy. Matt Kemp led off with a little squibber near the mound. Weaver had to make a clean play, but couldn't pick it up in time, and Kemp was safe. After originally scoring the play a hit, it was reversed to an error.
With Blake DeWitt up next, Kemp took off for 2nd and made it as the ball sailed into center field. He then went to 3rd with nobody out. DeWitt then lifted a sac-fly RBI to right, and the only run of the game came around to score. Keep in mind that no actual hits were recorded. Weird.
Weaver was rolling through the Dodgers, but the problem was that his team was losing. In the 7th, the Dodgers should have put the inning away on a double play, but Angel Berroa (who still sucks now more than ever) threw the ball into the dugout. Weaver was due up next, but Mike Scioscia pinch-hit Chone Figgins for him with 2 down, who then grounded out to short. It was a questionable decision at the time, but you can't blame Scioscia for trying to get the run in.
Jose Arredondo then entered in the bottom of the 7th and pitched 2 hitless innings. The problem for the Angels was that Jonathan Broxton and Takashi Saito were great for the 2nd night in a row, and the game ended with a strikeout of Reggie Willits.
0 hits, 1 run, 1 win. Wow.
The call on Kemp's grounder could have gone either way, but it was the right call. The guys on Baseball Tonight were talking about it at length last night, and one good point was brought up: imagine if Weaver ended up pitching the whole game and was up 5-0, yet the only hit allowed with the one by Kemp. There would be an outrage right now, and he's right. In the end, the official scorekeeper made the right call.
It's still pretty embarrassing that the Dodgers became the 5th team in BASEBALL HISTORY to win without getting a hit, but at 4 games under .500 and still struggling to find their stride, they'll take it. Pretty sad, but true.
The Dodgers will look to do the unthinkable today... by recording at least 1 hit. Oh, and by sweeping the Angels when Derek Lowe gets the ball. He'll be opposed by John Lackey, who's been awesome yet again this season. It'll be a tough win, but a huge step in the right direction if they can get it. We shall see...
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