Philadelphia Phillies at Los Angeles Dodgers (Apr. 21st - 24th)

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Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA​

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PHUCK THE PHILLIES​

 

Especially Lee, who doesn't seem to get winded even if he gives up a ton of runs.

 

SVS is gonna make Cliff Lee his bitch.

 

All of our OF's have had bad horrendous numbers historically vs. Lee.

CC 1-7
Ethier 0-8
Kemp 1-15
Puig 1-7
SVS 0-5

I'd still agree with IBB and go with Puig, Kemp, and SVS.

Luckily, both AGon and Hanley have owned him:

AGon 11-22
Hanley 8-16, 3 HRs, 3 doubles

And Uribe has had decent success with the most ABs. .286 over 49 ABs, with 2 doubles, a triple, and 2 HRs.

 

Tuesday. I think giveaway days are usually Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

 

ditto

 

Dodgers try to solve Lee; Phils lefty looks for help
LA stars have had little success vs. ace, who continues to lack support
By Ken Gurnick | MLB.com

Good luck to Don Mattingly filling out a lineup Monday night against Phillies left-handed starter Cliff Lee.

The Dodgers manager often defaults to matchups when he explains how he settled on which outfielder to leave out of his lineup each game. If that's the case against Lee, maybe he'll start some pitchers in the outfield.

Of his four big-name outfielders, Carl Crawford's .212 (7-for-33) lifetime mark against Lee is the best of the bunch. Yasiel Puig is 1-for-7 vs. the lefty; Andre Ethier is 0-for-11 with five strikeouts; Matt Kemp, who generally wears out lefties, is 1-for-18 with 11 whiffs.

How's Scott Van Slyke? He's 0-for-5 with three strikeouts against Lee.

Mattingly said his outfield selections Sunday (Crawford, Ethier and Puig) were chosen in part with Monday in mind. Lately, he's been leaning toward all righties against left-handed pitching, so that would be Van Slyke, Kemp and Puig.

How the Phillies will fare against Dodgers starter Paul Maholm is the issue from the Philly perspective. Lee has gotten little love from his offense lately.

Lee allowed one run, one walk and struck out 13 in nine innings Wednesday in a 1-0 loss to the Braves at Citizens Bank Park. Lee should be used to that by now. His 3.87 run support average since 2011 is the seventh lowest in baseball.

It was the ninth time since he rejoined the Phillies in 2011 that he has struck out 12 or more batters in a game. He is 2-5 with a 2.16 ERA in those starts, as the Phils have suffered four shutout losses and scored just 23 runs. He also is the first pitcher in 100 years to lose twice despite allowing one run and striking out 13 or more batters in a complete game.

The last pitcher to do it? Lee, in his last start against the Braves on Sept. 27, 2013.

"All I can worry about is making pitches and throwing strikes," Lee said. "I can't worry about the guys behind me making plays. I assume they're going to, and I assume we're going to hit and score runs."

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