A Hard Act To Follow

Hyun Jin-Ryu tried his best to follow Josh Beckett's no-hitter the day before but ran out of gas in the 8th inning of the Dodgers 4-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds last night. He retired the first 21 Reds to come to the plate before Todd Frazier doubled in the top of the 8th inning to break up the perfect game. That was also about the time the wheels fell off. The Reds sent 9 men to the plate in the 8th inning, scored 3 runs off of Ryu and Brian Wilson and Kenley Jansen came on to get the first four out save of his career, his 15th on the season. Jansen cannot seem to come in and just shut the door, he has to make it exciting. He escaped a two on, two out jam in the top of the ninth before retiring the final batter on a fly ball to Center. Carl Crawford carried the big bat by driving in two runs and Ryu helped his own cause by driving in a run but only because the Reds could not turn a double play. With only 5 hits in the game, the Dodgers will take runs any way they can get them.