Dodgers vs. Phillies Game 3 live in-game updates
BOTTOM OF THE SECOND INNING (Phillies 6, Dodgers 0)
Has Kuroda finally settled down? The quick answer? No. Carlos Ruiz, Phillies catcher and No. 8 hitter, drives a ball deep into the left-center gap for a double. After eight hitters, the Phillies have already hit for the cycle. There's action up in the Dodgers bullpen. Lee sacrifices succesfully, Ruiz moving to third. Kuroda's first three pitches to Rollins are balls. Pitch No. 4 . . . finally, a strike. Rollins drills a fastball down the first base line, just beyond the diving reach of Loney. Result: RBI double, Dodgers trail, 5-0. With one out in the second inning, Torre goes to his bullpen, turning Game 3 of the National League Championship Series to Scott Elbert. Elbert's first three pitches to Victorino are balls. Then, finally, a strike. Then, of course, another ball and Victorino walks. Chad Billingsley warming up in the bullpen. Elbert, looking very nervous, uncorks a wild pitch, Rollins moving to third and Victorino to second. Elbert walks Utley too . . . to load the bases for Howard. Howard hits a slow roller to Loney, who makes the tag. Runners move up, Rollins scoring on the play. Torre goes to the mound to bring on his third pitcher of the game, Billingsley. Billingsley gets two strikes on Werth. Repeat: A Dodger pitcher gets ahead on the count. Billingsley strikes out Werth to finally end the inning. Phillies lead, 6-0, after two innings. Phillies are on pace to win Game 3, 24-0.
TOP OF THE SECOND INNING (Phillies 4, Dodgers 0)
Manny Ramirez grounds a single to center. Matt Kemp, moved down in the lineup by Manager Joe Torre for this game, hits a broken bat flare to second baseman Utley. Loney grounds into a 3-6-3 double play.
BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING (Phillies 4, Dodgers 0)
Jimmy Rollins leads off with a routine fly to right. Shane Victorino singles to right and steals second. Chase Utley singles to right, Victorino thinks about testing Ethier's throwing arm with a sprint toward home, but is held at third by third base coach Sam Perlozzo. Two men on base with Ryan Howard up. This is not shaping up as a triumphant return to the mound for Kuroda. Howard triples into the right field corner, Victorino and Utley scoring. Ethier is getting a workout chasing down Phillies base hits. Jayson Werth spares Ethier more exertion by hitting one deep over the center field wall. Two-run home run. That's four consecutive hits for the Phillies and a 4-0 Philadelphia lead. Kuroda finally settles down enough to strike out Raul Ibanez and get Pedro Feliz to ground to third. But Kuroda has put the Dodgers into a deep and early hole.
TOP OF THE FIRST INNING (Dodgers 0, Phillies 0)
It's cold in Philadelphia, 46 degrees at game time, about 50 degrees colder than the temperature at Dodger Stadium for Game 2. That has caused players to test various types of cold-weather gear, including ski masks that cover everything but the eyes and caps with ear flaps. TBS field reporter Craig Sager shows them all, noting that the equipment can impair communication. That must have been what happened Friday night when Angels Chone Figgins and Erick Aybar looked at each other and let a pop fly fall. Good news at game time: no rain. Cliff Lee, an American League Cy Young Award winner last year, is the Phillies' No. 3 starter for this series. He opens by getting Rafael Furcal to fly out to left. Ronnie Belliard also flies to left, Raul Ibanez making a sliding catch. Andre Ethier strikes out.
PRE-GAME
With the series tied, 1-1, Hiroki Kuroda takes the mound for the Dodgers to face Cliff Lee. Kuroda, who hasn't pitched since Sept. 28, doesn't figure to be able to give the Dodgers more than six innings.
But if it domes down to a battle of the bullpens, you would have to favor the Dodgers, as the Phillies' bullpen has been erratic all season.
Game 3 is scheduled for 5 p.m. Pacific and you can follow Mike Penner's live in-game updates right here.
You can follow Diane Pucin's live commentary on how TBS is handling the telecast of Game 3 here.
Source: Los Angeles Times
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