Tweets Of The Night: Dodgers’ B-Squad Loses To Padres 2-0
The Dodgers had to travel to San Diego after clinching the NL West in Arizona and face a struggling Padres team. Now it’s up to them to make their postseason run easier by earning home field advantage.
On the mound tonight is Edinson Volquez and he’ll return to San Diego to try and get a win against his former team. After being traded from Cincinnati, Volquez’ time with San Diego didn’t go very well, but tonight he was trying to earn a win at their expense. Volquez was in search of his 10th win of the season and tried to replicate his performance from his last outing in order to make his case for a postseason roster spot.
The Padres had Robbie Erlin on the mound at Petco and he was trying to get his third win of the season. Erlin had only appeared in nine games prior to this start and he had an ERA of 5.18 coming into the game.
The Dodgers’ lineup was lacked star power, but not one that Dodgers Nation should get used to. Adrian Gonzalez, Mark Ellis, Hanley Ramirez, Juan Uribe, A.J. Ellis, Yasiel Puig, and Matt Kemp had the night off, while Andre Ethier and Carl Crawford continue to get healthy.
Let’s get to the tweets of the night:
#Dodgers fall to the Friars, 2-0.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 21, 2013
The Dodgers are 4 more losses away from being the first NL West Champions to have a record under .500 in the division
— Ryan Walton (@RyanWaltonMLB) September 21, 2013
Matt Kemp will pinch hit. #Dodgers
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 21, 2013
Kemp is on deck
— LasordasLair (@LasordasLair) September 21, 2013
Adrian Gonzalez with a pinch-hit base hit, runners on first (Nick Punto, the pinch runner) and third. #Dodgers
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 21, 2013
Not a homer, but We’ll gladly take it. Thank you Gonzo. Here comes Puig
— LasordasLair (@LasordasLair) September 21, 2013
Skip Schumaker leads off with a booming double — his second of the evening. #Dodgers
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 21, 2013
Houston Street tasked with going through the heart of the Dodgers order: Schumaker, Van Slyke, Federowicz
— Mark Saxon (@markasaxon) September 21, 2013
#Dodgers and Padres are heading to the 9th inning in San Diego. The Boys in Blue trail 2-0.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 21, 2013
Edinson Volquez in his 4 starts for the Dodgers is winless with a 4.50 ERA 22 strikeouts to 5 walks (4 tonight) and 20 hits in 22 innings
— Ryan Walton (@RyanWaltonMLB) September 21, 2013
Double Switch: Carlos Marmol in for Edinson Volquez. Michael Young to second base with Skip Schumaker moving to center field.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 21, 2013
— Ryan Walton (@RyanWaltonMLB) September 21, 2013
Go Volquez!
— LasordasLair (@LasordasLair) September 21, 2013
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz……zzzzzzzzzzzz
— LasordasLair (@LasordasLair) September 21, 2013
Jedd Gyorko’s solo home run gives the Padres a 2-0 lead through 5 innings. #Dodgers
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 21, 2013
Nice Skip!
— LasordasLair (@LasordasLair) September 21, 2013
#Dodgers trail 1-0 through 3 innings in San Diego.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 21, 2013
At the end of 2 in San Diego Padres 1 Isotopes 0
— Ryan Walton (@RyanWaltonMLB) September 21, 2013
Butera Alert
— LasordasLair (@LasordasLair) September 21, 2013
At the end of an inning, #Padres lead 1-0. #Dodgers
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 21, 2013
Well it’s clear now, Volquez walked none last time. The straighter his hat is, the better he pitches. Who knew it was the hat?
— LasordasLair (@LasordasLair) September 21, 2013
Since getting recalled on Sept. 1 Dee Gordon hasn’t played much, but he’s 5-for-8 with a walk at the plate and 4-for-4 on SB attempts
— Eric Stephen (@truebluela) September 21, 2013
Dee Gordon leads off with a single up the middle. #ITFDB
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 21, 2013
