It's 2006 again for our subject in today's POTD.
Jeff Weaver picked up the victory in relief against his former club as the Dodgers beat the Cardinals 5-3 in Game 1 last night. Congrats to anyone who stayed up for that nearly four month, er, hour long game! He relieved Randy Wolf with two out in the fourth inning and retired Ryan Ludwick on a ground out with the bases loaded. That came after Ludwick's line drive down the left field line landed just foul by a few inches. Weaver came up with the biggest out of the game that allowed the Dodgers to hang on to a 3-2 lead. He pitched a shutout fifth inning by allowing just a hit and struck out a batter in the process before turning it over to the rest of the deep Dodgers pen. Weaver hopes to continue haunting the team he helped win the World Series in '06.
I had seen this movie before during a trip to Cincinnati in the last weekend of August. Weaver relieved struggling knuckleball Charlie Haeger as the Dodgers blew an early 4-0 lead. During his 3 1/3 innings of relief, he escaped not one, but two bases loaded situations against the Reds and earned the win as the Dodgers eventually ran away with a 11-4 triumph at Great American Ballpark.
The Dodgers, Yankees and Phillies were your Game 1 winners last night. The Phillies and Rockies play again this afternoon at Citizens Bank Ballpark as lefty Cole Hamels goes against the Rockies Aaron Cook at 2:37 p.m. ET. The Dodgers and Cards go at it again at 6:07 ET at Dodgers Stadium with lefty Clayton Kershaw up against Adam Wainwright. The Red Sox and Angels finally get underway in Anaheim tonight with lefty Jon Lester facing John Lackey in a battle of the johns. We'll see which "john" gets flushed first or who gets crapped on, perhaps? There's your toilet humour for the day!
Enjoy!
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