Nibbled to Death by Ducks...

Series Recap—Dodgers vs Cincinnati

5/11: Dodgers 2, Reds 0
5/12: Dodgers 7, Reds 3
5/13: Dodgers 10, Reds 5

I once coached a women's softball team that was the worst team in its league. We came by this result honestly. We couldn't hit, and we were slow. Even when one of the players did get a hit, it was almost invariably a single, and runners never took an extra base. We scored very few runs because each run required at least four hits or walks in the inning.

I remembered that season was I watched the Dodgers, er, pound out eighteen hits today, almost all of them singles. It was much the same yesterday, and the day before that. thirty-six hits in the series, only six for extra bases. There were also fifteen walks. Fortunately, the pitching held up. Wolf was outstanding (11 Ks), and Penny regrouped after a bad inning to put together an effective start. Hendrickson, though, had his second rough outing in a row. All the things he'd been doing well seem to have vanished. He's not striking people out, and he's throwing a lot of fly balls, some of which are leaving the park. Maybe he needs to have another chat with the psychologist.

Still, a sweep is a sweep, no matter how unimpressive. The Dodgers are three games up on the rest of the division.