All It Takes Is One Run

After all of these seasons, I think the rest of the National League has final figured out how to beat Clayton Kershaw. This season all the other teams have to do is score one run. Score the one run, get Kershaw out of the game after about seven innings, and then lay the Dodgers bullpen to waste.

Evidently for the Dodgers to score more than one run when Kershaw pitches, Kershaw is going to have to pull a Steven Matz of the Mets and drive in all of his team's runs himself. The only problem with that theory is that there would actually have to be Dodger runners on base for Kershaw to be able to drive them in.

Clayton Kershaw has a 5-6 record with a 3.08 record and has pitched much better than his record indicates. Bartolo Colon of the New York Mets has nine wins but a 4.55 ERA, and Chris Heston (eight wins) and Tim Lincecum (seven wins)of the Giants both have ERA's hovering around 4.00. If only Clayton could get some run support.

Losing A Pitcher's Duel

That was a tough loss last night. In retrospect, I should have gone with my Voodoo Doll. Joe Blanton versus Tim Lincecum is not exactly the matchup in game two that maximizes the Dodgers chance to win. I am hoping Joe Blanton picks tonight to pitch the game of his brief Dodger career. The Dodgers also activated Rubby De La Rosa tonight from the 60-day Disabled List and vanquished Javy Geurra down to the minors. I am sure Guerra will be recalled September 1st when the Dodgers can expand their roster to 40. Activating Rubby is a rather strange move considering it is so close to September 1st. I wonder if it is too early to have Rubby take Joe Blanton's place in the starting rotation?