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Aaron Harang Passes Podres, Walks Beat Padresby Eric Stephen on Apr 13, 2012 10:25 PM PDT in Dodgers Game Recaps It's not every night you get to see a 50-year old record fall. The threatening skies in and around Dodger Stadium cleared up just enough to let the Dodgers and Padres play a baseball game on Friday night. Aaron Harang brought the lightning, and Matt Kemp provided the thunder in the Dodgers' 9-8 win over the Padres, won on a walk-off walk to Andre Ethier in the bottom of the ninth. Harang started the game by allowing a single to Cameron Maybin, then the next nine batters all suffered the same fate. Strikeout. As in nine of them. In a row. Harang set a new Dodgers record, surpassing the eight straight strikeouts by Johnny Podres on July 2, 1962. Harang came within one strikeout of tying the major league record of 10 straight punchouts, set by Tom Seaver for the Mets on April 22, 1970, also against the Padres. It was one of those great baseball moments that really came out of nowhere. Harang's streak ended when Will Venable did not strikeout, but rather powered a ball into the left field pavilion for an opposite field home run. Harang would give up three runs in the fourth inning, but luckily the Dodgers scratched together four runs in the bottom of the third inning despite just one hit to the outfield. The Dodgers' bottom of the third was highlighted by A.J. Ellis scoring from second on an infield single by Mark Ellis, and the latter Ellis getting two RBI on the play. After the Padres cut the lead to one with their three-run fourth inning, the Dodgers answered back with four more runs of their own in the bottom of the fourth. Back-to-back doubles by Justin Sellers and A.J. Ellis opened the inning with a run, and a Tony Gwynn Jr. single brought home another. But the inning was punctuated by a booming opposite field home run by Kemp, his third of the season. As Jon Weisman of Dodger Thoughts pointed out on Twitter, it might not be too early to start the triple crown watch for Matt Kemp, who is hitting an absurd .419/.441/.806 with three home runs, 11 RBI, and 10 runs scored in just eight games. It should also be noted that Kemp trails teammate Ethier by two runs batted in, as Ethier knocked in three more tonight with a two-run single and the winning walk. Harang pitched into the seventh inning and finished with 13 strikeouts, tying his career high. However, shaky relief from Todd Coffey and Scott Elbert allowed the Padres to plate three runs in the top of the seventh to pull within two at 8-6. But Josh Lindblom restored order by recording three outs in the eighth inning, providing another reminder that he shouldn't be the reliever to go when Ted Lilly is activated on Saturday. With Javy Guerra sidelined after saves on three straight days, Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth, and he was on the verge of closing it out with two outs, but Chase Headley crushed a two-run home run well into the right field pavilion to tie the game at 8-8. In the end, the sparse crowd that was here braving the cold were in for a treat, and Dodger Stadium got loud even though the attendance was closer to half the announced figure of 31,601. Now the Dodgers are 7-1. All Sales Final - Judge Kevin Gross Approves Sale of Dodgersby CraigMinami on Apr 13, 2012 8:10 PM PDT in News "Let me explain ... no, there is too much. Let me sum up." -- Inigo Montoya from "The Princess Bride" In what was seen a foregone conclusion, this evening, Judge Kevin Gross approved the sale of the Dodgers to the Guggenheim group and thus set in motion the coming of the 4th owner in LA Dodger history. This sale process has gone remarkably smooth since Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Dodgers (McCourt) reached a settlement agreement that set the terms of the sale. In fact the Judge had thought aside from a few rulings on some minor points, today would be a celebration of sorts. As reported by Bill Shaikin in the LA Times: The contentious debate seemed to surprise Judge Gross, who, as arguments grew tense, quipped, “I had no idea. I thought this was going to be a celebration-type occasion.” The main issue appeared to be MLB trying to see more documents and to also try and gain back some things they had given away as part of their settlement agreement with McCourt. Let there be no doubt, MLB made this bed (some say back when they allowed McCourt to buy the team) when they set forth the terms of this sale. By all accounts McCourt has followed the agreement so the odds on MLB changing the terms now seem rather far-fetched. Are there still things I would like to know, sure two are the structure of the financing and how the joint venture that will own the land surrounding Dodger Stadium (parking lots) operates (and what McCourt gets from that deal). But there are no guarantees we will ever really know those things. One thing I do know, in a little more than 2 weeks, Frank McCourt will no longer own the Dodgers and the next magical era of Dodger baseball will begin.
The rain has put a damper on a day Judge Kevin Gross approved the Dodgers sale in Delaware Bankruptcy Court, but the Dodger Stadium grounds crew and team have said that they plan to get Friday night's game against the Padres in. Aaron Harang gets the start tonight, and the plan is for Ted Lilly to come off the disabled list to start on Saturday. If there is a rainout tonight before Harang pitches, he would remain in turn and pitch tomorrow, but manager Don Mattingly thought that was highly unlikely. "I don't think we're going to need a plan B. It sounds like we're okay," Mattingly said. As for Lilly, he said he is fully recovered from the neck stiffness that caused him to miss two spring starts, and more than anything is anxious to get back on the field. He said teammates would joke with him by asking, "Hey, when are you going to play again?" "It's hard enough when you're not on the DL and have to wait four days before you can play again," said Lilly. Lilly allowed two home runs and seven runs in six innings in a rehab start on Sunday with Class A Rancho Cucamonga, and said he wasn't really happy with his outing but that there was a silver lining. "I wasn't good enough to win. I was happy in the fact that I went out there and threw the ball without any pain," Lilly said. "Even in a rehab start in Single A, I want everything to go well for health reasons. But I also don't think it's too greedy to get results, pitch effectively, and help the team win there." Manager Don Mattingly wasn't concerned with the results, but just that his pitcher was healthy and ready to pitch Saturday, which he now is. "To me those numbers are like spring training numbers. When the guy tells us two of [the home runs] he thought were fly balls could have been outs," Mattingly said. "I've seen many guys, pretty good pitchers go down and get beat up in Triple A or A ball, or you send them down to spring training and they get killed, then the season starts and they're fine."
"If James was crushing it he would have probably been in there tonight," said Mattingly, who noted Loney would start against the two right-handed pitchers scheduled to pitch Saturday and Sunday, in Joe Wieland and Edinson Volquez. "I'm just trying to get him going. I don't look at a strict platoon," Mattingly said. "Once he gets going, I'm not worried about it. I just have to get him going."
"More than anything, it's just a day off for Dee," Mattingly said. "Those flyballs tells me he got out of his game a little bit yesterday. He's going to need a day here and there. "He has a lot of responsibility. He's playing short and is trying to steal bags. Giving him a mental day off once in a while to watch the game is not going to hurt a bit."
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