San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Dodgers Live Streaming
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
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10:10 pm EDT Wed May 19, 2010
Andre Ethier was building some convincing credentials to be named the NL player of the month, but that campaign was derailed when the outfielder landed on the disabled list. Even without Ethier, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ run as baseball’s hottest team is showing no signs of slowing down.The Dodgers, who won their major league season-high ninth in a row hours after placing Ethier on the DL, look to extend their streak and possibly pull into a first-place NL West tie with the visiting San Diego Padres on Wednesday night. Los Angeles won nine of 12 to begin May largely thanks to Ethier, who hit .490 with five homers and 19 RBIs and had his team on a five-game winning streak heading into last weekend. However, the right fielder fractured the top knuckle on his right pinkie finger in a San Diego batting cage, and on Tuesday the Dodgers decided to place him on the DL.
Los Angeles finished off a sweep of the Padres without Ethier and beat Houston 6-2 on Monday to push its winning streak to eight. Tuesday was Ethier bobblehead night at Dodger Stadium, but Casey Blake was the star with three hits in a 7-3 victory over the Astros. The Dodgers, who trail San Diego by a game in the West with San Francisco one-half game back of the Padres, now have a chance to win 10 straight for the first time since an 11-game run July 28-Aug. 8, 2006. It had been nearly as long since Ramon Ortiz had made a start prior to facing the Padres on Friday. Ortiz hadn’t started in the majors since May 26, 2007, spending 2008 in Japan and last season with San Francisco’s Triple-A affiliate. Manager Joe Torre gave him a shot in the rotation after 14 relief appearances, and Ortiz gave up three runs, six hits and three walks over four innings of Los Angeles’ 4-3 win.
