Philadelphia (0-0) at LA Dodgers (0-0)

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Pedro to rely on adrenaline in Game 2

Mark Bowman / MLB.com
While Martinez might not be the same dominant pitcher that won three Cy Young Awards, he still draws plenty of respect from opponents and should do so Game 2 of the National League Championship Series on Friday.
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Phillies probable pitcher

Pedro Martinez

  • #45 RHP
  • (0-0) -.-- ERA 0 SO
Martinez will be making his first postseason appearance since beating the Cardinals in Game 3 of the 2004 World Series. The 37-year-old right-hander, who joined the Phillies in August, has pitched just seven innings since Sept. 13. But after watching the veteran hurler complete a simulated game on Tuesday, Phillies manager Charlie Manuel once again reiterated that he's comfortable putting him out there as a starter. Martinez has gone 3-5 with a 4.02 ERA in nine career starts against the Dodgers. This is his first appearance against them since 2006. In 13 career playoff appearances, the three-time Cy Young Award winner has gone 6-2 with a 3.40 ERA.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 219-100 2.93 2827.1 760 3154 .214
Season 5-1 3.63 44.2 8 37 .273

Series at a Glance

Standings - 10/16/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Philadelphia Phillies (NL East) 93 69 .574 - 45-36 48-33
Los Angeles Dodgers (NL West) 95 67 .586 - 50-31 45-36
Stats - 10/16/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
PHI .258 820 224 788 119 1155 4.16 1455.2 1479 489 1153
LAD .270 780 145 739 116 1068 3.41 1473.1 1265 584 1272
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Game 2 pits Padilla against old team

David Ely / MLB.com
It's been a long arduous journey for Vicente Padilla to get to where he is now. But in a funny twist of fate, the biggest start of his career -- in Friday's Game 2 of the NLCS -- will somewhat take him back to the beginning.
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Dodgers probable pitcher

Vicente Padilla

  • #44 RHP
  • (0-0) -.-- ERA 0 SO
Vicente Padilla, a former Phillie, has resurrected his career in a big way after being released by the Rangers. He's unbeaten as a Dodger with four regular-season wins and the first-round clincher in St. Louis, when he threw seven scoreless innings and looked perfectly capable of finishing it up. Padilla had a dicey reputation with the Rangers as headhunter, but has been a model citizen with the Dodgers, impressive enough against the Cardinals to get moved up in the rotation. His teammates watch a sinking fastball that stays around 94 mph and can't believe he was released. He's faced the Phillies only once, allowing seven runs in a six-inning start in 2008. He's had plenty of experience at Citizens Bank Park, going 10-11 with a 4.98 ERA in his last two years with the Phillies after going 15-15 with a 2.97 ERA at Veterans Stadium.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 98-85 4.33 1417.2 507 977 .268
Season 12-6 4.46 147.1 54 97 .277
October 1-0 1.80 5.0 0 10 .211

Phillies hitters vs Vicente Padilla
Regular Season stats only

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Berry, Quintin - - - - - - - -
Dobbs, Greg - - - - .333 3 0 0
Francisco, Ben .333 3 1 2 .333 3 1 2
Howard, Ryan - - - - .500 2 1 2
Ibanez, Raul - - - - .321 28 2 4
Mayberry, John - - - - - - - -
Rollins, Jimmy - - - - .250 4 0 1
Ruiz, Carlos - - - - - - - -
Utley, Chase - - - - .333 3 1 1
Victorino, Shane - - - - .000 3 0 0
Werth, Jayson - - - - .500 2 0 2

Dodgers hitters vs Pedro Martinez
Regular Season stats only

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Blake, Casey - - - - - - - -
De Jesus, Ivan - - - - - - - -
DeWitt, Blake - - - - - - - -
Ellis, A.J. - - - - - - - -
Ethier, Andre - - - - - - - -
Furcal, Rafael - - - - .238 21 0 0
Hu, Chin-lung - - - - - - - -
Kemp, Matt - - - - .667 3 1 2
Loney, James - - - - - - - -
Martin, Russell - - - - .667 3 0 1
May, Lucas - - - - - - - -
Paul, Xavier - - - - - - - -
Pierre, Juan - - - - .364 11 0 0
Ramirez, Manny - - - - 1.000 1 0 0
Repko, Jason - - - - - - - -
Robinson, Trayvon - - - - - - - -

Blue skies: Andre giant for Dodgers (1-1) (1-1)

Dodgers 2, Phillies 1

Settling for split

Todd Zolecki / MLB.com
Pedro Martinez, who hadn't pitched in 26 days, looked like the Pedro of old and Ryan Howard homered for his record-tying sixth RBI in six playoff games. But Chase Utley's throwing error let the tying run score, and the Phillies couldn't hold on.
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Series at a Glance

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Walk of fame

Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
Andre Ethier's patience at the plate resulted in a walk with the bags full in the eighth as the Boys in Blue clawed back to even in the NLCS with a huge win at Dodger Stadium. Juan Pierre came around to score on a throwing error to tie it for L.A.
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Dodgers 2, Phillies 1

Philadelphia AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Rollins, SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .111
Victorino, CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222
Utley, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125
Howard, 1B 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 .500
Werth, RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000
Ibanez, LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .286
Feliz, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Ruiz, C 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .600
Martinez, P, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
  a-Dobbs, PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Francisco, B, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
  Park, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Eyre, S, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Madson, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Happ, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Durbin, C, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 29 1 4 1 1 6 6  

a-Batted for Martinez, P in the 8th. b-Grounded into a double play for Dobbs in the 8th.

BATTING
HR: Howard (1, 4th inning off Padilla, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Utley; Howard 5; Ruiz.
RBI: Howard (3).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Victorino.
GIDP: Werth; Francisco, B.
Team RISP: 0-for-1.
Team LOB: 2.

BASERUNNING
SB: Ruiz (1, 2nd base off Padilla/Martin).

FIELDING
E: Utley (2, throw).
 
LA Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Furcal, SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .143
Kemp, CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 .333
Ethier, RF 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 .375
Ramirez, M, LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .111
  Broxton, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Loney, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429
Blake, 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .125
  1-Pierre, PR-LF 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Belliard, 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .375
  Hudson, O, 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Martin, C 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .500
Padilla, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Kuo, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Thome, PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
  2-Castro, J, PR-3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 26 2 5 1 2 4 10  

a-Singled for Kuo in the 8th.
1-Ran for Blake in the 8th. 2-Ran for Thome in the 8th.

BATTING
TB: Kemp; Blake; Belliard; Martin; Thome.
RBI: Ethier (2).
2-out RBI: Ethier.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Furcal; Kemp; Ramirez, M 2.
S: Padilla 2.
Team RISP: 0-for-6.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
CS: Kemp (1, 2nd base by Martinez, P/Ruiz).

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Furcal-Belliard-Loney 2).
 
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Martinez, P 7.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0.00
Park (BS, 1)(L, 0-1) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 0 13.50
Eyre, S 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Madson 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 13.50
Happ 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Durbin, C 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
 
LA Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Padilla 7.1 4 1 1 1 6 1 1.23
Kuo (W, 1-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Broxton (S, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Eyre, S pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
Happ pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

HBP: Martin (by Martinez, P).
Pitches-strikes: Martinez, P 87-57, Park 12-7, Eyre, S 2-1, Madson 9-4, Happ 7-3, Durbin, C 1-1, Padilla 95-69, Kuo 3-2, Broxton 12-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Martinez, P 5-12, Park 1-0, Eyre, S 0-0, Madson 0-0, Happ 0-0, Durbin, C 0-1, Padilla 7-9, Kuo 2-0, Broxton 2-1.
Batters faced: Martinez, P 23, Park 3, Eyre, S 1, Madson 2, Happ 1, Durbin, C 1, Padilla 26, Kuo 1, Broxton 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Eyre, S 1-0, Madson 2-0, Happ 3-1, Durbin, C 3-0, Kuo 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Bruce Dreckman. 1B: Sam Holbrook. 2B: Ted Barrett. 3B: Tom Hallion. LF: Gary Cederstrom. RF: Randy Marsh.
Weather: 93 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 5 mph, Out to CF.
T: 3:05.
Att: 56,000.
October 16, 2009

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