NL LCS GAME THREE – CLIFF LEE DAZZLES DODGERS

GAME THREE – CLIFF LEE DAZZLES DODGERS

by Max Blue

http://maxblue3.tripod.com

                        On a cool October night at the Bank,

                        Champs have Cliff Lee and their lumber to thank

                        For putting Dodgers under

                        With fastballs and thunder,

                        LA is walking the plank to the tank.

Sunday, October 18, 2009. Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia – 11, Los Angeles Dodgers – 0.

WP – Lee (1-0), LP – Kuroda (0-1)

HR – Werth (1) [36], 1^st, 1 on; Victorino (1) [10].8^th, 2 on.

Phillies played the way champions are supposed to play: score lots of runs and shut out the opposition. They jumped all over Hiroki Kuroda, the only Dodger pitcher to beat them in the 2008, LCS. Ryan Howard’s two-run triple began the run parade in the first inning, followed shortly thereafter by Jason Werth’s missile off the ivy climbing the brick wall beyond the centerfield fence. Cliif Lee took it from there: eight innings, three singles, no walks, no runs, 10 strikeouts, tieing him with Steve Carlton and Curt Schilling for most Ks in a post-season game. Howard’s first inning RBIs set a major league record of RBIs in seven consecutive post-season games in the same year.

Lookin’ good, Champs.