To be continued....

Martin was in a 2-for-23 funk when Duaner Sanchez walked him with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth inning to give the Dodgers a 1-0 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday night. The Dodgers' two-time All-Star catcher is batting .198 in 21 games with just 12 RBIs.

"He's fighting it right now," manager Joe Torre said. "I just think that maybe he has too many things going on in his mind on the mechanical part of it. He's frustrated by his hitting, but the catching part has really taken up most of his time. I mean, he's already here when I get here -- sitting in the video room with the pitchers, doing a lot of things that didn't go on last year. And it's paying off for us as a team. I know that."

The defending NL West champions are 8-0 at home for the first time since 1947, when the Brooklyn Dodgers won their first eight games at Ebbets Field. The year before, they set a franchise record by winning their first nine games on Bedford Avenue.
다저스는 오늘 시즌 시작과 함께 홈 8-0으로 시작하면서 LA로 옮긴 후 가장 좋은 기록을 달성했습니다. 과거 브루클릭 시절까지 합치면 9-0이 가장 좋은 기록이지만, 머 이건 내일 깨질겁니다.

오늘 마지막 공에 대해 이런 저런 말이 많은데, 1루심의 퇴근본능이니 홈필드 어드벤티지니...이딴(?) 소리를 하는데, 제가 볼땐 다릅니다.
9회초에 브락스턴이 헨리 브랑코(Henry Blanco)를 상대할때도 헛스윙같은 순간이 있었지만, 그때도 1루심은 노스윙을 선언했었죠. 그것를 같이 생각해본다면 1루심은 일관된 판정을 내렸다고 생각됩니다.
파즈는 왜 이러는지 모르겠네요. 과거 07시즌 와일드카드 결정전에서도 주심의 오심으로 연장갔으면 그거라도 감사해야지, 할러데이가 홈에서 아웃되었어야 한다는 추접한 뒷담화란...

I would love to have the "not great velocity" that Kershaw had on this night.  MLB Gameday tracked 66 fastballs thrown by Kershaw, and he averaged 93.9 MPH on those fastballs.  42 of those fastballs, or 63.4%, were strikes.  On his non-fastballs, 19 of 33 were strikes, or 57.6%.  Somehow Kershaw was able to fight through and last a solid seven innings.
오늘 커쇼가 99개의 공으로 7이닝 무실점 투구를 하면서 지난 2번의 등판을 다소 리바운딩 하는 모습을 보여주었습니다. 99개 중 66개의 공이 페스트 볼이었으며 평균 구속은 93.9마일에 다달았습니다. 13K를 기록했던 SF전이 95.3마일이었던 것을 비교했을때 다소 줄었지만, 오늘은 GO-AO비율이 10-8에 이르면서 솔리드한 다저스의 내야를 믿고 투구한게 적절했다고 봅니다. 그래서 7이닝을 완료하고 100개를 넘지않는 효율적인 투구가 가능했었습니다.

The Reliever
Another Dodger looking for redemption was Will Ohman, the lefty specialist brought in to face Adrian Gonzalez for the fourth time in six games against the Padres this season.  Gonzalez got the best of Ohman in their first three encounters:

• April 7:  Hard lineout to the LF warning track
• April 9:  Solo home run to start a 3-run winning rally in the 8th inning
  
• Thursday:  RBI double to tie the game in the 7th (Gonzalez would later score to give San Diego a brief lead)

Tonight, Ohman entered to face his nemesis after Ronald Belisario walked and hit a batter.  This time, however, Ohman induced a swinging strikeout on an 83-MPH slider to retire Gonzalez.  Ohman finished the inning by retiring Chase Headley on a force play to Rafael Furcal.

An interesting side note of Ohman's appearance was that it might have been a situation intended for Hong Chih-Kuo.  However, while warming up in the bottom of the seventh inning, Kuo threw two balls onto the field from the bullpen.  The Dodgers wisely decided to sit Kuo down shortly after that bout of uber-wildness.

The eight innings of scoreless pitching provided by Kershaw and Ohman were only good enough to match Peavy, who was his usual brilliant self.  Peavy allowed three baserunners in eight innings while striking out eight Dodgers.

After Jonathan Broxton preserved the scoreless tie with a perfect ninth -- he has struck out 21 of the 44 batters he faced this season -- the Dodgers were relieved to see anybody but Peavy on the mound in the bottom of the inning.
오늘 경기를 보면 약간은 토레가 투수진 운영이 눈이 뜬게 아닐까 하는 생각이 들었습니다.
베리사리오가 주자를 내보내면서 주자가 없을때의 투구와 로케이션과 전혀 다른 모습을 보여주었고 그걸 바로 캐취하고 주저없이 좌타자를 상대할 오만을 투입했던 것이 오늘 게임에 또 다른 재미가 아닐까 합니다.

Kuo made 15 throws in the bullpen, only four of them catchable by the bullpen catcher. Most bounced out of reach, while two sailed over the bullpen gate and rolled into the infield.

"It's his elbow, and he finally admitted it," manager Joe Torre said after Friday night's 1-0 victory over the Padres. "We talked to him and we're going to put him on the DL and get this thing right."

The Dodgers will need to have a replacement in time for Saturday night's game. There was no announcement Friday night, but the likely candidate would be Scott Elbert, who was just optioned back to Double-A Chattanooga on Wednesday night after allowing two runs in 2 1/3 innings in San Francisco.
쿼홍치가 드디어(?) DL행에 몸을 실을거 같습니다. 진작 가서 제대로된 치료를 받지, 콘티가 과연 면허증이 있는가...하는 생각까지 해 봅니다.
일단 그를 대신할 명단은 알려지지 않았지만, 스캇 엘버트(Scott Elbert)가 될 가능성이 있다는군요. 이럴꺼면 또 한 번 쓸때없는 마이너 옵션을 낭비한게 아닌가 싶네요.

Tidbits
Clayton Kershaw has allowed just one run over 14 innings at home this year. ... The Dodgers won on Friday despite getting just three hits. ... Rafael Furcal's ninth-inning single on Friday meant he's reached base in all 22 games he's played this year. ... Jonathan Broxton is now 3-0 with a 0.75 ERA and in 12 innings has 21 strikeouts with only two hits allowed.
커쇼가 원정에서는 삽질했지만, 홈에서 14이닝동안 단 1실점만 하는 모습을 보여줬습니다.
퍼칼은 올시즌 그가 출전했던 22경기에서 모두 출루를 했다는군요. 워낙 슬로우스타터이기때문에 서서히 좋아지겠죠.