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San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Series Preview

    Danny Atkinson

    The San Francisco Giants will be taking on the Los Angeles Dodges in a three-game series this weekend. The Giants are currently 3.5 games behind in the wild card race, and to close some ground, they have to go on the road and outplay what has been the best team in the NL, a team much deeper and disciplined than them. 

    San Francisco is currently third in the NL West behind the Dodgers and wild-card leading Colorado Rockies with a record of 79-67. The Giants are a team that lives and dies by their starting pitching. San Francisco has one of the top pitching combos in MLB with aces Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain, who have combined for a record of 27-11 and an ERA of 2.50. With this formidable duo in addition to a revitalized Barry Zitto and recent addition Brad Penny (3-0, 1.64), the Giants have one of the top rotations in baseball. This advantage is heavily mitigated by San Francisco’s dreadful offense, which lacks discipline and depth. They’re last in baseball in OBP at .308 and are 26th in runs scored. No player has drawn more than 43 walks or hit more than 21 homers.  The Giants offensive weakness shines throughout their lineup.

    Los Angeles is in first place in the NL West with an 88-59 record, the best record in the NL and second best in MLB. Their secret is simple: They’re one of the deepest and most disciplined teams in baseball. The Dodgers have a strong offense that’s fourth in the league in OBP, and their starting outfield of Manny Ramirez, Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier may be the best in MLB. The Dodger’s top three of Clayton Kershaw, Randy Wolf, and Chad Billingsly have been very good, and closer John Broxton averages 13.56 strikeouts a game. LA has been the class of NL all year. 

    The ex-factor for the Giants in this series is former All-Star 2b Freddy Sanchez. Sanchez was acquired by San Francisco from the Pirates to give the team a little more pop, but in 20 games following the trade, he’s recorded a .322 slugging percentage. Sanchez’s already poor plate discipline has declined to the point that he’s only recorded two BB’s. Sanchez needs to get on base more for the Giants “big boppers” and contribute a little power for the offense to be threatening. If he has a good series, San Francisco has a chance.

    The ex-factor for the Dodgers in this series is Vincente Padilla, the late-season acquisition from the Texas Rangers who’s starting the opening game. Padilla was having a poor season for Texas before being put on waivers, but has turned it around with LA with a 3-0 record and 2.01 ERA. Padilla has been more effective since changing leagues, but his track record speaks for itself, and it stands to reason that he could lose it at any time. If Padilla can continue to throw well and deliver the opening game to the Dodgers, it will put an incredible amount of pressure on Penny and Lincecum in the following two games.   

     The Dodgers have the advantage this series. Neither Cain nor Zito goes for the Giants. LA has the better offense and is throwing three hot pitchers in Padilla, John Garland and Wolf. And the Dodgers are playing at home, where they’re 46-29 on the season. It is true that the Giants are desperate at this point and will be fired up for these games. But desperation can only take you so far. San Francisco is simply up against a deeper, more disciplined, and ultimately better opponent.  

 Game 1: LA 3, SF 2

Game 2: LA 7, SF 5

Game 3: SF 4, LA 1     

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