Series: Dodgers 1-0
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POTG: 2B Mark DeRosa (2B, HR, 2 RBI)
Runner Up: SS Ryan Theriot (2 H)
This was a total and complete return to pre-2008 Ryan Dempster. Naturally, the clock struck midnight on the first day of the playoffs.
Dempster BB/9 IP
2004: 5.4
2005: 4.7
2006: 4.1
2007: 4.1
2008: 3.4
tonight: 7
I don’t know why it happened, but this game brought out the worst in him. No one out of the pen looked good, but Marshall was okay enough and I’d rather Samardzija and Marquis be used in these games rather than people who matter.
You’re not going to win many games you give up seven runs. But you’re also not going to win many games you only score 2. I was afraid the Cubs would get shut down this game, so I’m not that worried they were one windblown hit away from getting shut out, but the pitching worries me.
Not too much. No point in it. My brain knows better, but my heart says there’s no one I rather put all the chips on then Z. So Z it’ll be.