Los Angeles Dodgers and Florida Marlins live streaming baseball major league season radio commentary espn 360 gamecast 26 april, 2011. Game Review: The Los Angeles Dodgers have tried to play through the distraction of the team's tumultuous ownership situation. It could be hard to ignore Monday's series-opening defeat.
The Dodgers look to bounce back from a ninth-inning meltdown Tuesday night when they continue their series against the Florida Marlins, who have matched their best 21-game start in franchise history.
7:10 PM ET, April 26, 2011
Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Florida
Five days after Major League Baseball took over day-to-day operations of the Dodgers from owner Frank McCourt, who reportedly arranged a $30 million loan from broadcasting partner Fox to make payroll, commissioner Bud Selig hired former Texas Rangers president J. Thomas Schieffer on Monday to run the franchise.
Lineups
NO. Los Angeles Florida
1. A. Miles, 3B C. Coghlan, CF
2. J. Carroll, SS O. Infante, 2B
3. A. Ethier, RF H. Ramirez, SS
4. M. Kemp, CF G. Sanchez, 1B
5. J. Sands, LF M. Stanton, RF
6. J. Loney, 1B J. Buck, C
7. R. Barajas, C W. Helms, 3B
8. I. De Jesus, 2B E. Bonifacio, LF
9. C. Kershaw, P C. Volstad, P
In their first game since that announcement, the Dodgers (12-12) fell 5-4 on Monday with closer Jonathan Broxton giving up two unearned runs in the ninth for his first blown save of the season.
"Two-out walks will kill you every time," said Broxton, who walked Emilio Bonifacio after retiring the first two batters he faced.
Broxton, though, was not the only one to blame. Shortstop Jamey Carroll let a grounder slip under his glove with two outs in the ninth and rookie left fielder Jerry Sands misjudged Omar Infante's line drive that helped the Marlins (14-7) win for the ninth time in 11 games.
Florida has nine come-from-behind victories.
"Nine? Wow," said manager Edwin Rodriguez, whose team is 5-1 in one-run games. "Back in spring training, we were talking about winning close games, and they've been taking that to the next level. It's good to see."
So is production from Hanley Ramirez, who snapped an 0-for-17 slump Monday with a two-out pinch-hit single in the ninth before scoring the game-winning run.
"It gives me a lot of confidence," said Ramirez, batting .194 with no homers. "I feel so much better right now."
Ramirez, though, is hitless in six at-bats against Clayton Kershaw (2-2, 3.00 ERA), who gets the ball Tuesday. The left-hander was one strike shy of a complete-game win in his last start, but lost the lead in the ninth inning of Thursday's 5-3, 12-inning victory over Atlanta. Kershaw allowed three runs and five hits over 8 2/3 innings.
Kershaw, 1-0 with a 2.08 ERA in two starts against Florida, could get plenty of run support Tuesday. Los Angeles is batting .306 and averaging 7.0 runs while recording double-digit hits in six consecutive games. The Dodgers' last seven-game run with 10 or more hits was July 7-17, 2007.
Another hit by Andre Ethier would set a major league record for an April hitting streak at 23 games. Ethier, who is batting .415 (27 for 65) in his last 19 games against Florida, has two hits in 10 at-bats against Tuesday's starter Chris Volstad (1-1, 6.60).
Despite giving up five runs in 5 1/3 innings Thursday, the 6-foot-8 right-hander beat Pittsburgh 9-5.
Volstad is 2/3 with a 4.91 ERA in five starts against Los Angeles.
Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp, 5 for 14 with a home run off Volstad, leads the majors in hits (36) and batting average (.396) after going 1 for 4 on Monday.
Marlins center fielder Chris Coghlan hit two homers and went 3 for 4 in the series opener to improve his batting average to .395 over the last 11 contests. Coghlan struck out in his only at-bat against Kershaw.
The Dodgers look to bounce back from a ninth-inning meltdown Tuesday night when they continue their series against the Florida Marlins, who have matched their best 21-game start in franchise history.
7:10 PM ET, April 26, 2011
Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Florida
Five days after Major League Baseball took over day-to-day operations of the Dodgers from owner Frank McCourt, who reportedly arranged a $30 million loan from broadcasting partner Fox to make payroll, commissioner Bud Selig hired former Texas Rangers president J. Thomas Schieffer on Monday to run the franchise.
Pitching Matchup
| Los Angeles | Florida | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | Clayton Kershaw 2-2, 3.00 ERA Last appearance: 4/21 vs ATL 8.2 IP, 3 ER Dec = ND |  | Chris Volstad 1-1, 5.89 ERA Last appearance: 4/21 vs PIT 5.1 IP, 5 ER Dec = Win |
NO. Los Angeles Florida
1. A. Miles, 3B C. Coghlan, CF
2. J. Carroll, SS O. Infante, 2B
3. A. Ethier, RF H. Ramirez, SS
4. M. Kemp, CF G. Sanchez, 1B
5. J. Sands, LF M. Stanton, RF
6. J. Loney, 1B J. Buck, C
7. R. Barajas, C W. Helms, 3B
8. I. De Jesus, 2B E. Bonifacio, LF
9. C. Kershaw, P C. Volstad, P
In their first game since that announcement, the Dodgers (12-12) fell 5-4 on Monday with closer Jonathan Broxton giving up two unearned runs in the ninth for his first blown save of the season.
"Two-out walks will kill you every time," said Broxton, who walked Emilio Bonifacio after retiring the first two batters he faced.
Broxton, though, was not the only one to blame. Shortstop Jamey Carroll let a grounder slip under his glove with two outs in the ninth and rookie left fielder Jerry Sands misjudged Omar Infante's line drive that helped the Marlins (14-7) win for the ninth time in 11 games.
Florida has nine come-from-behind victories.
"Nine? Wow," said manager Edwin Rodriguez, whose team is 5-1 in one-run games. "Back in spring training, we were talking about winning close games, and they've been taking that to the next level. It's good to see."
So is production from Hanley Ramirez, who snapped an 0-for-17 slump Monday with a two-out pinch-hit single in the ninth before scoring the game-winning run.
"It gives me a lot of confidence," said Ramirez, batting .194 with no homers. "I feel so much better right now."
Ramirez, though, is hitless in six at-bats against Clayton Kershaw (2-2, 3.00 ERA), who gets the ball Tuesday. The left-hander was one strike shy of a complete-game win in his last start, but lost the lead in the ninth inning of Thursday's 5-3, 12-inning victory over Atlanta. Kershaw allowed three runs and five hits over 8 2/3 innings.
Kershaw, 1-0 with a 2.08 ERA in two starts against Florida, could get plenty of run support Tuesday. Los Angeles is batting .306 and averaging 7.0 runs while recording double-digit hits in six consecutive games. The Dodgers' last seven-game run with 10 or more hits was July 7-17, 2007.
Another hit by Andre Ethier would set a major league record for an April hitting streak at 23 games. Ethier, who is batting .415 (27 for 65) in his last 19 games against Florida, has two hits in 10 at-bats against Tuesday's starter Chris Volstad (1-1, 6.60).
Despite giving up five runs in 5 1/3 innings Thursday, the 6-foot-8 right-hander beat Pittsburgh 9-5.
Volstad is 2/3 with a 4.91 ERA in five starts against Los Angeles.
Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp, 5 for 14 with a home run off Volstad, leads the majors in hits (36) and batting average (.396) after going 1 for 4 on Monday.
Marlins center fielder Chris Coghlan hit two homers and went 3 for 4 in the series opener to improve his batting average to .395 over the last 11 contests. Coghlan struck out in his only at-bat against Kershaw.
