Philadelphia (32-21) at LA Dodgers (38-19)

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Phillies take aim at Kuroda

Todd Zolecki / MLB.com
It has been more than seven months since the Phillies faced Dodgers right-hander Hiroki Kuroda at Dodger Stadium.
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Phillies probable pitcher

Joe Blanton

  • #56 RHP
  • (4-3) 5.86 ERA 53 SO
Blanton is coming off his third straight strong performance -- all wins. He allowed three runs on six hits in seven innings against the Padres in his last start and snapped San Diego's 10-game home winning streak. Two of the three runs came on solo home runs. Blanton has been particularly effective on the road, where he is 3-1 this season and 6-1 in his past 12 starts. Phillies manger Charlie Manuel said that Blanton came to Spring Training in excellent shape and has improved as the season has gone along. Blanton even said: "I feel more comfortable with men on base, and I've got a good slot release now." The Phillies are 16-7 in Blanton's 23 start with Philadelphia.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 55-49 4.35 889.2 253 533 .272
Season 4-3 5.86 58.1 20 53 .288
June 1-0 3.86 7.0 1 5 .240

Series at a Glance

Standings - 06/06/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Philadelphia Phillies (NL East) 32 21 .604 - 12-14 20-7
Los Angeles Dodgers (NL West) 38 19 .667 - 21-7 17-12
Stats - 06/06/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
PHI .266 293 75 281 44 350 4.74 475.0 483 180 378
LAD .281 300 37 284 47 382 3.62 510.0 441 236 434
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Kuroda coming up clutch in big games

Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com
As evidenced by his 1.46 ERA in two playoff starts last season, Dodgers right-hander Hiroki Kuroda embraces pitching in big games.
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Dodgers probable pitcher

Hiroki Kuroda

  • #18 RHP
  • (1-1) 2.53 ERA 8 SO
Kuroda did a nice job during his first start in nearly two months. He pitched five solid innings, allowing two runs after he walked back-to-back batters in his only fit of wildness. He struck out six and showed his normal velocity. As long as Kuroda comes out of it in one piece, the Dodgers should be feeling good about his comeback start going into this one against the Phillies, whom he beat last year in the playoffs.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 10-11 3.66 194.0 46 124 .251
Season 1-1 2.53 10.2 4 8 .200
June 0-1 3.60 5.0 3 6 .188

Phillies hitters vs Hiroki Kuroda

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Berry, Quintin - - - - - - - -
Dobbs, Greg - - - - .000 3 0 0
Francisco, Ben - - - - - - - -
Howard, Ryan - - - - .000 8 0 1
Ibanez, Raul - - - - .000 2 0 0
Mayberry, John - - - - - - - -
Rollins, Jimmy - - - - .000 6 0 0
Ruiz, Carlos - - - - .250 4 0 0
Utley, Chase - - - - .286 7 0 1
Victorino, Shane - - - - .000 5 0 0
Werth, Jayson - - - - .286 7 0 0

Dodgers hitters vs Joe Blanton

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Blake, Casey - - - - .048 21 0 0
De Jesus, Ivan - - - - - - - -
DeWitt, Blake - - - - - - - -
Ellis, A.J. - - - - - - - -
Ethier, Andre - - - - .455 11 2 2
Furcal, Rafael - - - - .000 4 0 0
Hu, Chin-lung - - - - - - - -
Kemp, Matt - - - - .182 11 0 0
Loney, James - - - - .625 8 0 2
Martin, Russell - - - - .286 7 0 0
May, Lucas - - - - - - - -
Paul, Xavier - - - - - - - -
Pierre, Juan - - - - .000 3 0 0
Ramirez, Manny - - - - .560 25 1 8
Repko, Jason - - - - - - - -
Robinson, Trayvon - - - - - - - -

Deja vu in Dodger Blue: 'Dre wins it (32-22) (39-19)

Dodgers 3, Phillies 2 (12)

Lead slips from Lidge

Todd Zolecki / MLB.com
Brad Lidge allowed a tying homer to pinch-hitter Rafael Furcal in the ninth inning, blowing his sixth save of the season and second in as many days. Matt Stairs' two-run pinch-hit single in the seventh would have made a winner of Joe Blanton, who allowed just one run over six innings.

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Series at a Glance

 

Ethier strikes again

David Ely / MLB.com
For the second consecutive game, Andre Ethier delivered a walk-off win for the Dodgers, who now have 12 victories this season in their final at-bat. Ethier's 12th-inning homer was made possible by Rafael Furcal's pinch-hit long ball off Phillies closer Brad Lidge in the ninth.
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Dodgers 3, Phillies 2

Philadelphia AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Victorino, CF 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 .293
Werth, RF 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 .262
Utley, 2B 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 .302
Howard, 1B 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 .260
Ibanez, LF 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 .330
Feliz, 3B 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .304
Bruntlett, SS 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .152
  Lidge, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Eyre, S, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Durbin, C, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Ruiz, C 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .297
  a-Dobbs, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .191
  Coste, C 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .229
Blanton, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067
  b-Stairs, PH 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .324
  Condrey, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Romero, J, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Madson, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  c-Rollins, PH-SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217
Totals 39 2 6 2 4 8 13  

a-Popped out for Ruiz in the 7th. b-Singled for Blanton in the 7th. c-Lined out for Madson in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Utley (11, Troncoso).
TB: Werth; Utley 2; Ibanez; Feliz 2; Stairs.
RBI: Stairs 2 (10).
2-out RBI: Stairs 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Victorino 2; Howard; Feliz.
S: Blanton; Bruntlett.
GIDP: Howard.
Team RISP: 1-for-7.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
Pickoffs: Romero, J (Castro, J at 2nd base).
 
LA Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Pierre, LF 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 .359
Hudson, O, 2B 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 .314
Ethier, RF 5 2 3 2 1 2 0 .271
Martin, C 4 0 0 0 1 2 3 .251
Loney, 1B 5 0 3 0 0 0 3 .293
Kemp, CF 5 0 0 0 0 3 7 .305
Loretta, 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .258
Castro, J, SS 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .347
  b-Furcal, PH-SS 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .241
Kuroda, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
  Belisario, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Hoffmann, PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .190
  Troncoso, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  c-Blake, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .287
  Broxton, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Wade, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Totals 45 3 12 3 2 10 17  

a-Singled for Belisario in the 7th. b-Homered for Castro, J in the 9th. c-Struck out for Troncoso in the 9th.

BATTING
HR: Ethier 2 (9, 4th inning off Blanton, 0 on, 1 out; 12th inning off Durbin, C, 0 on, 2 out), Furcal (2, 9th inning off Lidge, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Pierre; Hudson, O; Ethier 9; Loney 3; Castro, J 2; Furcal 4; Hoffmann.
RBI: Ethier 2 (35), Furcal (12).
2-out RBI: Ethier.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Kemp 3; Pierre; Hudson, O.
S: Kuroda.
Team RISP: 0-for-7.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Loney (4, 2nd base off Blanton/Ruiz).
PO: Castro, J (2nd base by Romero, J).

FIELDING
E: Martin (2, throw).
DP: (Hudson, O-Loretta-Loney).
 
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Blanton 6.0 5 1 1 1 5 1 5.46
Condrey (H, 6) 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.17
Romero, J (H, 2) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Madson (H, 13) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.30
Lidge (BS, 6) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 7.27
Eyre, S 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2.70
Durbin, C (L, 1-2) 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 4.25
 
LA Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Kuroda 6.0 2 0 0 3 5 0 1.62
Belisario (BS, 4) 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 2.65
Troncoso 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.69
Broxton 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.24
Wade (W, 1-3) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.64

WP: Kuroda 2.
IBB: Ibanez (by Troncoso).
Pitches-strikes: Blanton 107-68, Condrey 8-7, Romero, J 12-7, Madson 25-16, Lidge 16-11, Eyre, S 18-12, Durbin, C 36-25, Kuroda 94-56, Belisario 18-14, Troncoso 31-19, Broxton 14-10, Wade 23-18.
Groundouts-flyouts: Blanton 9-4, Condrey 1-0, Romero, J 0-1, Madson 0-2, Lidge 2-0, Eyre, S 0-1, Durbin, C 2-2, Kuroda 8-5, Belisario 2-1, Troncoso 2-4, Broxton 0-1, Wade 2-3.
Batters faced: Blanton 24, Condrey 3, Romero, J 2, Madson 4, Lidge 4, Eyre, S 4, Durbin, C 7, Kuroda 22, Belisario 6, Troncoso 8, Broxton 3, Wade 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Romero, J 2-0, Durbin, C 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Mike Winters. 1B: Tony Randazzo. 2B: Chris Guccione. 3B: Todd Tichenor.
Weather: 70 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 6 mph, Out to CF.
T: 4:03.
Att: 41,412.
June 6, 2009

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner