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| giantmetfan06 | Aug 9 2007, 03:56 PM |
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Reds Blowout Dodgers 2nd straight Do you remember when the LA Dodgers were in line to take the NL West with no problem? Well, times are changing. At home, the Cincinnati Reds have trampled over the Dodgers, who have out of nowhere forgotten the basics of baseball. Looks like somebody got their wish. And now, for the second straight game, the Reds have kept the Dodgers off the scoreboard. These slumps come around once in a generation, and it appears that the Dodgers are headed right in that path. Shades of '66.  Ken Griffey Jr. singled home a run in last night's game, while punching in a few defensive plays that kept the Dodgers from rallying back. The offensive slump is now reaching epic proportions, where they have yet to be shut out three games in a row since 1966 where they were blanked out from April 23-25. Then of course they managed to pull that off against the Orioles in the WS that was a disaster for Dodger fans; 3 games, 0 runs. Manager Grady Little commented on pre-game warm ups. "I saw two big men walk through that gate, and either one of them could have shut us out tonight," Little said. "We're in it bad right now." Who were those two men? Aaron Harang and 56 year-old pitching Coach Dick Pole. Harang gave up just 4 hits in 8 pitiful innings, extending Los Angeles' scoreless innings in a row to 28. "One big hit. That's all we need," said Matt Kemp, who thought he had broken the bad spell in the eighth inning, only to get robbed by second baseman Brandon Phillips. "When you're going bad, you do something good and the other team does something to bring you back down." Dodgers have been shut out in 4 of their last five games, losing 6 in a row as well. Loney opened the eighth with a double, but Phillips saved the shutout by making a diving catch of Kemp's sinking liner, then flipping to second to double up Loney and multiply the Dodgers' frustration. "I saw him catching the ball all the way," Harang said. "That was a huge play right there. That cut that inning down really fast." The Reds were concerned of Harang's health as he had to leave the July 28th game against the Cubs with lower back pains, adding another arm to the pen just in case. Unsure of his condition on the mound, they got their answer 11 pitches later. That's how many it took to cruise through the first inning, and then they knew right from that moment that they were in for a wild night, as his fastball topped out at 94 and his slider was phenomenal. Signs that his back was fine and the Dodgers were in trouble. Copyright 2007 by Giantmetfan07 of Sportsff.net, SportzInsomnia.net, MLBNation.net, and Sports_Coliseum.com (z14) EDITED by GMF06 |
 
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