"I'd rather be lucky than good." Lefty Gomez, New York Yankees
The Baseball Gods smiled on the Dodgers yesterday afternoon. Andre Ethier was at bat in the top of the seventh inning with the bases loaded and two outs. Ethier hit a ground ball to San Diego Padres pitcher Nick Vincent who promptly fired the ball over the first baseman's head and down the right field line. That cleared the bases and eventually helped the Dodgers to a 5-1 win.
The Dodgers took three out of four from the Padres and maintained their 7 1/2 game lead over the San Francisco Giants in the National League West. It is too early to start talking magic numbers but the Dodgers only have 26 games left.
Starter Brett Anderson pitched a solid game to improve his record to 9-8 but left in the sixth inning due to a cramp. This is the first relatively healthy season Anderson has had in about five seasons. In any playoff scenario, I believe Alex Wood would get the nod as the third starter over Anderson.
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