After taking two out of three at Wrigley thanks to some mostly good pitching and power from surprising sources (Geoff Blum!), the Pads had the day off Thursday. Now they’re back in SoCal for a three-game series with the Dodgers at Chavez Ravine. Here’s the tale of the tape:
W L RS RA
LA 6 2 55 39
SD 5 4 53 41
The pitching matchups:
Fri, 7:40 p.m. PT: Woody Williams vs Elmer Dessens
Sat, 7:10 p.m. PT: Tim Redding vs Scott Erickson
Sun, 1:10 p.m. PT: Adam Eaton vs Jeff Weaver
All games are on Channel 4.
Who’s hot (last 7 days):
AB BA OBP SLG
Geoff Blum 12 .333 .429 .833
Xavier Nady 26 .385 .407 .654
Mark Loretta 25 .360 .515 .440
Brian Giles 23 .217 .424 .478
IP H HR BB SO ERA
Adam Eaton 6.0 4 0 0 3 0.00
bullpen 24.2 16 0 13 15 1.09
Jake Peavy 13.2 10 1 3 17 1.32
Who’s not (last 7 days):
AB BA OBP SLG
Khalil Greene 21 .238 .320 .333
Phil Nevin 29 .138 .194 .241
Sean Burroughs 20 .150 .227 .150
IP H HR BB SO ERA
Brian Lawrence 9.2 16 1 3 6 8.38
Also (and this is really early returns), check out Nevin’s lefty/righty splits:
AB BA OBP SLG
vs LHP 16 .375 .444 .813
vs RHP 22 .045 .087 .045
it looks like Derek Lowe will get the nod in game 1. Dodgers had two days off recently, allowing them to push their skip their #5 AND push their #4 back one day.
You are correct, sir. The U-T this morning has Lowe listed for LA. Too bad, I was looking forward to Dessens.