A couple of big events took place at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night. The first was that the Dodgers crushed the Brewers by a score of 17-4. The 17 runs were the highest home total for them in 30 years.
The second was that Prince Fielder got beaned with two outs in the ninth, and he's not too happy.
A blowout win for the Dodgers quickly turned into a circus as Guillermo Mota was ejected for drilling Fielder in retaliation for Manny Ramirez getting plunked in the eighth. Fielder looked on in complete confusion as to why he got hit when he was down by 13 runs.
The story didn't stop there.
After the game, Fielder had to be restrained by his teammates and security from charging after Mota in the Dodgers' clubhouse. Who knows if he would have actually thrown down if he got inside, but the fact that he was there shows how angry he was.
As for the game itself, the Dodgers got four runs in the first off of Yovani Gallardo, who entered the game with a really good ERA of 3.13. Five innings and nine runs later, that would become a 3.59.
Rafael Furcal and Andre Ethier lead off with singles. After Manny flied out to right, Casey Blake doubled home both runs for the 2-0 lead. An RBI single by Matt Kemp and RBI double by Russell Martin made it 4-0.
This game was actually close at one point, as the Brewers battled back for three runs in the fifth off of Hiroki Kuroda. J.J. Hardy grounded out with two men on to end the inning, or it could have been much worse.
Manny hit a no-doubter into left for a solo homer in the bottom of the fifth to make it 5-3. From there, the Dodgers absolutely poured it on and never looked back.
An eye-opening seven runs were scored in the sixth, as Gallardo's neck must have gotten sore from watching the ball smacked all over the place. The big blows were a two-run double by Manny and two-run single by Kemp. At 12-3 after six, it was all but over.
The eighth is when Kemp blasted a two-run homer to center, Ethier hit a two-run single, and even Mota added an RBI single. Yes, it was one of those nights where everything went right.
Maybe the Brewers were fortunate to have the whole bean-ball war go down, as the focus quickly went from the beat down they took to Fielder getting drilled. Probably better for them that people aren't talking about how badly they were walloped. One thing's for certain - I probably wouldn't beat Fielder tonight!
Jason Schmidt will look to build on his great performance in Atlanta by getting the ball tonight. It seems like each start he is battling for his starting spot, so it's another important game for him.
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