July 23-26: Back to pounding the Rox. But wait…. How long will the pain continue?
Game 1: You’re not only killing me, Dodgers, you’re torturing me (and all of us). 3rd in a row we waste a good starting pitching effort — by not getting that extra run we needed, and by Roberts bad choice of relievers (all our worst). Dodgers blow leads of 4-1 and 5-3. What was Roberts saving our best pitchers for (Treinen and Kelly)? We can’t win with the bullpen used tonight. (But good for home run derby.) Dodgers are now an embarrassment in extras at 1-10 (bullpen issues). Now lost 4/5.
Injury to Belli? He finally gets some good hits but then pulls a hami (not used to running the bases I guess).
Game 2- Ridiculous 1-0. At home vs. Rox and we go 1 run on 5 hits? Minor league lineup with Raley, Nuese and McKinney (and pray for rain). I would play Smith, Beaty and McKinstry (much better hitters).
We won obviously because our pitching held the Rox to 0 runs on 2 hits. We held our collective breath when Roberts really rolled the dice again to rely on Jansen for the save. I would not have done that. I would have extended Gonsolin, Kelly and Treinen to cover the 9 innings. Is Gonzalez OK? We were all lucky that we got the “Angry Kenley” tonight — he hit 96 consistently with command, and ended the game on a great double-up slider combo.
Game 3- Dodgers squeak out a come from behind 3-2 win to take the series. Thank you CT3 (2 HR), Willy Smitty (GW HR) and Joe Kelly (save). 4 solo jacks in the game (3 by Dodgers). AJ continued to hit well, so should bat in the 4 or 5 hole (not 6-7). Dodgers offense still slowed by the minor leaguers Roberts plays (Raley, Nuese, McKinney), who collectively are hitting .050. In this double Gray game, Josiah started shaky but settled down after giving up runs in each of his 1st 2 innings. Dodgers bullpen was good today (Nelson, Graterol, Kelly)