Injuries are a part of baseball and pitchers, who throw the
ball between 90 and 100 mph, seem to be more prone to those injuries.
It was a sore shoulder that put Hyun-Jin Ryu on the
sidelines today and Carlos Frias on the mound. Frias didn’t last long.
Frias gave up eight runs on 10 hits and didn’t make it out
of the first inning as Colorado, mired in last place, beat up on the
first-place Dodgers 16-2. In Arizona, the Giants scored twice in the top of the
ninth to post a 4-2 win and pull to within two games of the lead in the NL
West.
Kevin Correia came on in relief for Los Angeles but was
ineffective as well, giving up six runs on five hits as the Rockies did to the
Dodgers what Los Angeles did to San Francisco last Saturday night – put up 15
plus runs and pound out more than 20 hits.
Frias’ shelling underscores how sorely the Dodgers miss Ryu,
Josh Beckett, Chad Billingsley and even Stephen Fife and Paul Maholm, all on
the DL.
As the Dodgers head down the home stretch in a pennant race
with the Giants they have Kershaw and Greinke at the top of the rotation but
then drop off to Haren and Roberto Hernandez, who have been spotty at best.
Haren had a good run in August but did not have a good outing in yesterday’s
10-4 loss.
Hernandez didn’t get through the fourth inning in his last
start and does not evoke any confidence. Ryu had a cortisone injection in his
sore shoulder on Monday and will test the shoulder this weekend. His return to
the mound could be crucial if Los Angeles can hold off the Giants and get into
the playoffs.
The Dodgers travel to Chicago for a four-game series with
the Cubs tomorrow through Sunday then come back to Chavez Ravine to finish the
season with three against the Giants and three against these same Rockies, who
took two out of three this week with lopsided wins against Haren and Frias.
The Cubs are in last place in the NL Central and are 3-7 in
their last 10 games.
San Francisco heads to San Diego for a four-game set with
the Padres starting Friday, visit the Dodgers for three next Monday, then host
San Diego for four games to end the regular season.
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