IGD: Padres @ Dodgers (4 May 06)
Thu, May 4, 2006
by Geoff Young
first pitch: 7:10 p.m., PT
television: Channel 4SD
matchup: Clay Hensley (1-2, 5.48 ERA) vs Brett Tomko (3-1, 4.20 ERA)
previews: Padres.com | SI.com | ESPN
Almost seven years ago, Brett Tomko was involved in one of my absolute favorite Padres moments. In the third inning of a game at Qualcomm Stadium, with Tomko on the mound for the Reds, Eric Owens executed a straight steal of home. The photo in the linked article (no, not the one of R*ben R*vera) doesn’t begin to do it justice.
I know he wasn’t all that a great player, but I miss Owens.
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May 4, 2006 at 7:46 pm
Yikes, that was scary. I hope Hensley is okay.
May 4, 2006 at 7:47 pm
Dang it! This never should have happened. Those maple bats need to be outlawed. Hensley just got hit in the head with a bat barrel! We’ve all been looking at those things shatter into shards and fly all over the infield for years now. It shouldn’t take someone getting hit with one to get rid of them.
How’s that for an irrational, knee jerk response? But seriously, those things ARE dangerous.
May 4, 2006 at 8:01 pm
I guess he’s okay; he just took Kenny Lofton to the warning track in center.
May 4, 2006 at 8:02 pm
Thru 2 innings …
Pitches-strikes - C Hensley 29-16; B Tomko 34-24.
Ground balls-fly balls - C Hensley 3-1; B Tomko 4-0.
Batters faced - C Hensley 8; B Tomko 7.
May 4, 2006 at 8:05 pm
I’m going to say…Hensley is a stud….
May 4, 2006 at 8:18 pm
im starting to hear my own voice over and over again…
May 4, 2006 at 8:28 pm
Whassup with Dodger catchers in the game … Yahoo box score shows both Navarro and Alomar in & out of the game???
May 4, 2006 at 8:29 pm
Navarro got hit with a foul ball so they pinch hit for him…Alomar came into the game to take his spot.
May 4, 2006 at 8:30 pm
It’s okay, Mark, you’re among friends.
LM: Navarro got dinged on a foul ball off the bat of Castilla, had to be removed from the game. Alomar is in there now.
May 4, 2006 at 8:34 pm
How is Hensley still pitching after getting clocked by the broken bat??
May 4, 2006 at 8:38 pm
Well.
May 4, 2006 at 8:40 pm
After Top of 5th …
Pitches-strikes - C Hensley 56-31; B Tomko 86-55.
Ground balls-fly balls - C Hensley 6-3; B Tomko 5-2.
Batters faced - C Hensley 15; B Tomko 19.
… Tomko with 8 K’s in 5 IP???
May 4, 2006 at 8:42 pm
Sledge with 3 singles so far tonight for Portland … http://tinyurl.com/kyxwl … Leone with a double + SB …
May 4, 2006 at 8:44 pm
Wells only pitched 3 innings for Mobile tonight … http://tinyurl.com/fwts2 … ???
Kottaras with 2 PBs …
May 4, 2006 at 8:46 pm
Headley with #2 up at The Diamond tonight … http://tinyurl.com/zo5p2
May 4, 2006 at 8:48 pm
Venable with HR #1 @ Ft. Wayne … http://tinyurl.com/zbgaj … now hitting .362 there!
May 4, 2006 at 8:56 pm
Hensly is putting together one of the more impressive pitching performances ever…
May 4, 2006 at 9:01 pm
Astounding stats:
- Greene hitting .207 … Piazza hitting .211
- Giles slugging .363 … Castilla slugging .326 … OK, maybe that last one’s not astounding … but you get the idea …
C’mon Clay … WAY TO GO!!!
May 4, 2006 at 9:03 pm
From my perspective, here’s a thing o’ beauty …
Furcal walked. Furcal was caught stealing, catcher Piazza to second baseman Barfield
… even if I do have Furcal in DS#2
May 4, 2006 at 9:08 pm
Nice piece of hitting by Barfield, taking Tomko down the right-field line on a 1-2 pitch.
Hensley lifted for Blum; fantastic, gutsy performance from Hensley.
May 4, 2006 at 9:11 pm
Hensley’s done after 77 pitches in 6 innings … well done!
Tomko @ 116+ in top of 7th …
May 4, 2006 at 9:12 pm
Wouldn’t it have been nice to send The Hammer or Sledge up to PH in that spot?
May 4, 2006 at 9:14 pm
Tomko gets Roberts to gound back to him on pitch #124 to end the threat in the 7th … sigh …
May 4, 2006 at 9:14 pm
Or anyone not named Geoff Blum?
May 4, 2006 at 9:17 pm
Blum was a good call to go in there.. he gets pull happy and Boch was probably thinking he can hit a fly ball or fast grounder that can score at least one. I can live with that call..
Letting tomko go this far will hurt him int he long run, then again I don’t know the dodger schedule but he should get 5days rest.
May 4, 2006 at 9:35 pm
Man, I love the Dodgers’ bullpen. Attaboy, Khalil!
May 4, 2006 at 9:35 pm
Greene looks like the guy that gave up the homer, not the guy that hit it. It’s ok to smile KG!
May 4, 2006 at 9:36 pm
Cowhide joyride.
May 4, 2006 at 9:37 pm
Khalil put a beeeeeeautiful swing on that hanging breaking ball. Nice to make the Dodgers pay for it.
May 4, 2006 at 9:38 pm
Maybe that might break Greene out of his slump.
Greene has missed many pitches recently.. he fouled off a few hangers before tonight and has missed other pitches he could pound the week before.
May 4, 2006 at 9:40 pm
missed I mean by a fat pitch that just hangs up there and greene either fouled off or hit a fly ball or grounder. Pitches that could potentially be homers.. he did it a few times int he Met series I remember that and he’s done it before too..
*I feel bad for Hensley, hell of a performance on a small pitch # and a ND.. lucky I don’t have him in the DS NL Only league.
May 4, 2006 at 10:13 pm
Wow, spectacular catch by Roberts.
May 4, 2006 at 10:15 pm
Hoffy with 15 pitches to close it out … sweet!
I *LOVE* May
May 4, 2006 at 10:16 pm
Hoffy is starting to pick up some speed on his fastball again. He’s starting to consistently hit 86mph again
May 5, 2006 at 7:43 am
May is a good month! Hensley’s got a little bulldog to him, doesn’t he?