Pitching Rules The Day

The Dodgers beat the Cincinnati Reds last night 4-1 behind the pitching of Hyun-Jin Ryu (9-3). He went 7 innings, gave up 2 hits, allowed one run (a second inning solo homer by Jay Bruce), and struck out 9 qhile walking only 1. Hanley Ramirez got the Dodgers scoring started in the bottom of the first inning with an RBI double and Skip Schumaker broke a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the 5th inning with a two-run homer (his second home run in less than a week). Adrian Gonzalez added an insurance run in the 7th with an RBI single (his 65th RBI). The Dodgers relievers came in and pitched two innings of hitless relief(Ronald Belisario-2/3, Paco Rodriguez-1/3, and Kenley Jansen- 1 inning). Jansen earned his 14th save. You have to love the versatility of the Dodgers team. Skip Schumaker batted leadoff in this game and the Dodgers have become a team of interchangeable parts. Over a 162 game season, that is what it takes to win a pennant.