Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Francisco Giants mlb live streaming online freedocast baseball video feed highquality radio commentery espn 360 gamecast april 13, 2011. Game Review: After winning a World Series title five months ago, the San Francisco Giants have a more modest immediate goal -- getting back to .500.
San Francisco (5-6) might be suffering a bit of hangover following last season's title, the franchise's first since 1954. Many of the Giants' struggles have come at the hands of Los Angeles (6-5), which won four of the first five meetings between the longtime bitter rivals.
However, the Giants are looking to build off Tuesday's 5-4 win. Buster Posey went 3 for 4 with two RBIs while Aaron Rowand tripled to lead off the seventh inning and then scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch.
10:15 PM ET, April 13, 2011
AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
Pitching Matchup
Los Angeles San Francisco
Ted Lilly
0-1, 6.00 ERA
Last appearance:
4/08 at SD
4.1 IP, 2 ER
Dec = ND
Jonathan Sanchez
0-1, 2.53 ERA
Last appearance:
4/08 vs STL
5.0 IP, 1 ER
Dec = ND
Injury Report
Los Angeles
* Casey Blake 3B - Apr 13: Day-To-Day
* Rafael Furcal SS - Apr 12: 15-Day DL
* Jon Garland SP - Apr 12: 15-Day DL
* Hector Gimenez C - Apr 10: 15-Day DL
San Francisco
* Andres Torres CF - Apr 12: Day-to-Day
* Cody Ross CF - Apr 12: 15-Day DL
Rowand, filling in for injured center fielder and leadoff man Andres Torres (strained left Achilles' tendon), is hitting .346 this season.
"We have a lot of baseball left, but at the same time we're playing our division and these are big games," manager Bruce Bochy said before the game. "The last thing we want to see happen is to fall too far behind here. That doesn't mean were' in a panic mode. Still, we're (5-6), it's not real bad."
A promising sign for the Giants came when Brian Wilson retired the side in order on just 14 pitches in the ninth inning. Wilson, who struggled with a strained oblique in spring training and went on the disabled list, recorded his first save after giving up five runs in his first two appearances.
"We've got Wilson back," third baseman Pablo Sandoval said. "That was the Wilson we know."
Wilson has converted saves in each of his last six appearances against Los Angeles.
The Dodgers were unable to extend their early success against their NL West rival, falling short after tying the game on Marcus Thames' solo homer in the top of the seventh. Chad Billingsley gave up four runs in five innings -- the fourth time in six games the rotation failed to record a quality start.
Los Angeles can still claim the series victory when it hands the ball Ted Lilly (0-1, 6.00 ERA), who is off to a rough start in 2011 after signing a $33 million, three-year contract in October.
The left-hander didn't make it out of the fifth inning against San Francisco on April 2, then went 4 1/3 innings against San Diego on Friday with his start interrupted by a rain delay of 1 hour, 34 minutes. Lilly came back out after the interruption, but was pulled after giving up two runs in the fifth.
Lilly is 3-3 with a 5.79 ERA in eight starts against the Giants, but 0-2 with a 7.20 ERA in his last three against them.
Jonathan Sanchez (0-1, 2.53) will counter for San Francisco. He gave up one run and four hits in five innings of a 5-4, 12-inning win over St. Louis on Friday, and has struck out 15 in 10 2/3 innings.
The left-hander lost to the Dodgers on April 1, giving up four runs -- two earned -- and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings of a 4-3 defeat. He had won his previous two starts against them.
Andre Ethier is batting .381 with four hits in this series, but only .148 against Sanchez.
DodgersThe Giants will try to even their record for the first time this season when they close a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night.
(6-5, 3-4 away)
Giants
(5-6, 3-2 home)
San Francisco (5-6) might be suffering a bit of hangover following last season's title, the franchise's first since 1954. Many of the Giants' struggles have come at the hands of Los Angeles (6-5), which won four of the first five meetings between the longtime bitter rivals.
However, the Giants are looking to build off Tuesday's 5-4 win. Buster Posey went 3 for 4 with two RBIs while Aaron Rowand tripled to lead off the seventh inning and then scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch.
10:15 PM ET, April 13, 2011
AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
Los Angeles San Francisco
Ted Lilly
0-1, 6.00 ERA
Last appearance:
4/08 at SD
4.1 IP, 2 ER
Dec = ND
Jonathan Sanchez
0-1, 2.53 ERA
Last appearance:
4/08 vs STL
5.0 IP, 1 ER
Dec = ND
Injury Report
Los Angeles
* Casey Blake 3B - Apr 13: Day-To-Day
* Rafael Furcal SS - Apr 12: 15-Day DL
* Jon Garland SP - Apr 12: 15-Day DL
* Hector Gimenez C - Apr 10: 15-Day DL
San Francisco
* Andres Torres CF - Apr 12: Day-to-Day
* Cody Ross CF - Apr 12: 15-Day DL
Rowand, filling in for injured center fielder and leadoff man Andres Torres (strained left Achilles' tendon), is hitting .346 this season.
"We have a lot of baseball left, but at the same time we're playing our division and these are big games," manager Bruce Bochy said before the game. "The last thing we want to see happen is to fall too far behind here. That doesn't mean were' in a panic mode. Still, we're (5-6), it's not real bad."
A promising sign for the Giants came when Brian Wilson retired the side in order on just 14 pitches in the ninth inning. Wilson, who struggled with a strained oblique in spring training and went on the disabled list, recorded his first save after giving up five runs in his first two appearances.
"We've got Wilson back," third baseman Pablo Sandoval said. "That was the Wilson we know."
Wilson has converted saves in each of his last six appearances against Los Angeles.
The Dodgers were unable to extend their early success against their NL West rival, falling short after tying the game on Marcus Thames' solo homer in the top of the seventh. Chad Billingsley gave up four runs in five innings -- the fourth time in six games the rotation failed to record a quality start.
Los Angeles can still claim the series victory when it hands the ball Ted Lilly (0-1, 6.00 ERA), who is off to a rough start in 2011 after signing a $33 million, three-year contract in October.
The left-hander didn't make it out of the fifth inning against San Francisco on April 2, then went 4 1/3 innings against San Diego on Friday with his start interrupted by a rain delay of 1 hour, 34 minutes. Lilly came back out after the interruption, but was pulled after giving up two runs in the fifth.
Lilly is 3-3 with a 5.79 ERA in eight starts against the Giants, but 0-2 with a 7.20 ERA in his last three against them.
Jonathan Sanchez (0-1, 2.53) will counter for San Francisco. He gave up one run and four hits in five innings of a 5-4, 12-inning win over St. Louis on Friday, and has struck out 15 in 10 2/3 innings.
The left-hander lost to the Dodgers on April 1, giving up four runs -- two earned -- and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings of a 4-3 defeat. He had won his previous two starts against them.
Andre Ethier is batting .381 with four hits in this series, but only .148 against Sanchez.
