The Los Angeles Dodgers got shutout last night for the second time this season. This time to the Colorado Rockies 3-0 in the first game of a short two game series. It was the Dodgers first road game of the year.
Clayton Kershaw took his first loss of the season. He gave up 3 runs in 6 innings pitched including 2 long homeruns. Jhoulys Chacin, a former Asheville Tourist and current Dodger killer, pitched 7 innings of shutout baseball.
Where is the offense? After 6 games, the leading hitter on the Dodgers is centerfielder Matt Kemp with a .313 average. This early in the season someone should have an astronomically high average and they still only have one homerun. Casey Blake coming off the Disabled List in a day or two will not make that big of a difference.
Rookie Manager Don Mattingly needs to figure out how to manufacture a few runs until some bats warm up. Joe Torre never could figure out how but maybe "Donnie Baseball" can. Hit-and-Runs, stolen bases, taking the extra base, anything is bound to be better than averaging 2.6 runs per game.
The Dodgers do not have much speed in the lineup. The only base stealing threats the Dodgers have are Rafael Furcal and Matt Kemp although Tony Gwynn Jr. did go 6-6 in the Cactus League. They need to figure out something.
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