The first two series for the Dodgers started out well. They won 2 out of 3 against the hated Giants to start the season. As good as starting the season at home was, the Dodgers went on the road for their next series. They were off to San Diego to face the Padres.
Joe Torre called on Kuroda, the Japanese rookie, for his first start of the season. The Dodgers won the first game 7-1 behind Kuroda’s quality start (one earned run, 3 hits, no walks and four strike outs). The second game pitted Penny against Peavy, in what ended up being a great pitching dual, but a 4-1 loss for the Dodgers. Penny gave up all four runs in the first inning. The Dodgers haven’t won a game started by Peavy since 2003 and he made sure they didn’t win again, giving up only two hits in a complete game effort. Derek Lowe pitched the closing game and won 3-2 thanks to a Chin-lung Hu’s game winning single in the 9th inning.
The next series was against the Diamondbacks and it didn’t go well. The Dodgers were swept in the 3 game series. The first two games weren’t even close. The Dodgers lost the first game 9-3 and second game 10-5. The Dodgers put up a fight in the third game, but ultimately lost 4-3. The Dodgers look great against mediocre clubs like the Giants and good against better clubs like the Padres, but they are completely over matched against truly good teams like the Diamondbacks.
The Dodgers kick off the next series at home against the Padres and Peavy, once again. Hopefully they can score more than 1 run on Peavy this time.
I’m actually hoping the Dodgers make it to the World Series then I might actually get to see the Red Sox win their second straight championship. Let’s go Dodgers! Think Blue and all that stuff.
Peavy photo from Wikipedia
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