Dodger of the Day- August 13, 2012
Today’s choice for “Dodger of the Day” is easier than coming up with reasons to mock the garish sculpture in the left-centerfield area in the otherwise spectacular looking new ballpark in Miami. The obvious choice is lefty Chris Capuano, whose magnificent effort on Sunday helped the Dodgers win the rubber game of a three game set in Miami.
Capuano threw eight innings of shutout ball, fanning 10 and not allowing a hit until Jose Reyes’ single in the seventh. Capuano’s 10 strikeouts marked the second time this year he’s had double-digit punchouts (he fanned 12 White Sox in a Dodgers’ 2-1 win at home against Chicago on June 17th). The win made Capuano 11-8 on the year, marking the fourth time in his career that he’s had at least 11 wins. Capuano’s career high in wins came back in 2005 when he won 18 games for Milwaukee. He totalled 11 wins in both 2006 (for Milwaukee) and 2011 (for the New York Mets).
The win was only Capuano’s seventh in 22 decisions in the month of August in his career. Capuano’s mothly win/loss totals are as follows:
April 15-8
May 10-14
June 16-9
July 12-14
August 7-15
Sept/Oct 8-12
Yesterday’s game marked only the second time in the veteran lefty’s career where he’s thrown at least eight innings of shutout ball while allowing two or fewer hits and striking out at least 10 opponents. Last August 26th while pitching for the Mets, Capuano threw a complete game two hit shutout while fanning 13 in a 6-0 New York win over Atlanta.
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