Know Your Foe #39: Rockies Pay A Visit To Dodgerland

post from Purple Row on 17 August 2010 02:03:43 PM. © Purple Row

4 days ago: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Jonathan Broxton wipes his face after walking Philadelphia Phillies' Mike Sweeney in the ninth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia won 10-9. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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Los Angeles Dodgers (60-59, 10.5 GB, 4th NL West, L2)

Last Series vs. Rockies: 2-1 series victory over Rockies

The Rockies won the middle game of the series 11-3, tagging Hiroki Kuroda for seven runs in four-plus innings. In the final game of the series, Clayton Kershaw opposed Jhoulys Chacin and led the Dodgers to victory. Kershaw struck out nine Rockies.

Last Two Series Results: 1-2 road series loss at Philly; 1-3 series loss at Atlanta

Jonathan Broxton lost the closer's job after he allowed four runs in the bottom of the ninth in last Thursday's game against the Phillies. The Dodgers had been up 9-6 when Broxton entered the game. Thank you Joe Torre. Hiroki Kuroda was on the wrong end of run support in the first game against the Braves as he allowed a run in seven innings. The Dodgers were shut out. Last night, Hong-Chih Kuo left the ninth inning with three runners on and Octavio Dotel entering the game. Dotel allowed all three runners to score. The Dodgers lost 3-4.

Tuesday-Thursday: 3-game series at Dodger Stadium

Expected Pitching Match-ups

Tuesday, 17 August 2010 @ 8:10 p.m. MT

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2010 - Jhoulys Chacin5-81912000082.1704237838894.041.31

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2010 - Clayton Kershaw10-724240000150.112358539641573.171.24

Wednesday, 18 August 2010 @ 8:10 p.m. MT

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2010 - Jason Hammel8-721210000130.1135666411341064.421.30

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2010 - Hiroki Kuroda8-1123230000140.1138665512371113.531.25

Thursday, 19 August 2010 @ 8:10 p.m. MT

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2010 - Jorge De La Rosa4-31111000061.1583934733634.991.48

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2010 - Ted Lilly3-033000019.0104432151.89.63

Expected Lineup

PlayerPosAVGOBPSLGOPSISOBABIPwOBAScott PodsednikLF0.3140.3770.3710.7480.0570.3730.338Ryan Theriot2B0.3090.3610.3270.6880.0180.3620.313Andre EthierRF0.3000.3630.5120.8740.2120.3190.373James Loney1B0.2880.3410.4180.7590.1300.3240.330Casey Blake3B0.2470.3240.4020.7260.1550.3000.317Matt KempCF0.2610.3160.4510.7670.1900.3130.325Jamey CarrollSS0.2840.3800.3270.7070.0430.3380.328Brad AusmusC0.1760.2630.2060.4690.0290.2500.213

Bench

PlayerPosAVGOBPSLGOPSISOBABIPwOBAJay GibbonsOF0.3850.3850.6151.0000.2310.4000.433Ronnie Belliard2B/3B0.2210.3070.3380.6450.1170.2610.286Reed JohnsonOF0.2910.3140.3880.7020.0970.3750.303A.J. EllisC0.1770.2460.2100.4560.0320.2120.214Juan CastroSS0.0000.2500.0000.2500.0000.0000.175

Closers

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2010 - Hong-Chih Kuo3-2400004142.12277114521.49.85

But Jonathan Broxton had been the closer until last Thursday.

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2010 - Jonathan Broxton4-44800021547.1442018218603.421.31

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