Andy LaRoche returned to the Dodgers' lineup and rewarded Joe Torre's confidence with a solo homer to left in the 4th. It was a good sign for a guy still considered to be one of their top prospects.
But, in typical Dodger-like fashion, the rest of the team was absolutely helpless as Randy Wolf shut them down for a 4-1 loss to the San Diego Padres. The game only took a little over 2 hours to complete.
Chad Billingsley was the starter for the Dodgers, and he really didn't have his best stuff. He surrendered the first homer to Edgar Gonzalez of his career in the 1st. One inning later, Khalil Greene took him deep. The older Gonzalez, Adrian, got in on the act in the 3rd with an RBI single. It was 3-0 Padres after 3, which may as well be a 10 run lead against the Dodgers.
Bills will have better days, but for whatever reason, the Padres seemed to have his number last night. He only struck out 3, which is pretty low and shows that he wasn't fooling anyone. In fact, it's his lowest K output since April 8 in Arizona, where he only lasted 2.1 innings. I felt that last night was a game they really needed to have, but he just couldn't do it.
Of course, God forbid the offense actually back him up for a change. I've said it before and I'm sure I'll continue to say it throughout the year: they are simply incapable of putting up runs on a consistent basis. Watching the game, I just knew from the get-go that it would be a long night at the plate (well, a short night, considering how easily they went down). They are really hard to watch when they play like that.
5 hits, 1 walk, and 9 K's. Wow, just plain pathetic.
Hiroki Kuroda will take the mound today, and he was awesome in his last start against the Cubs, going the distance for the win. The bad news is that Jake Peavy returns from the DL today, so the Dodgers can only hope he's rusty. That's about the only chance they have of winning.
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