Rockies at Dodgers, 7:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA
Colorado sends lefty Jorge De La Rosa and his 6-5, 4.12 ERA to the mound to face the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw, who is 6-2 with a 2.93 ERA.
Can the Dodgers finally be getting onto some kind of a roll? They’ve won 8 of their last 12 and 4 of 5 on this homestand.
This should affect the lineup: “Kemp is hitting .419 with three homers and 10 RBIs against De La Rosa. Adrian Gonzalez is right behind him against the Rockies left-hander at .361, also with three homers and 10 RBIs.” Maybe facing this guy will help Adrian break out of his slump.
Shortly after the game last night Hanley Ramirez tweeted the following:
Finger OK, thank God. Thanks for the worry and support. Love you, fans. #AttitudeisEverything #Dodgers #LetsKeepWinning #iSeeYou #WeRolling
— Hanley Ramirez (@HanleyRamirez) June 18, 2014
Lineup when available.
#Dodgers lineup vs. Rockies:
Gordon 2B
Ramirez SS
Puig RF
Gonzalez 1B
Kemp LF
Van Slyke CF
Ellis C
Rojas 3B
Kershaw P
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 18, 2014
NPUT
Picked this up somewhere in all the no-no coverage. You usually hear the cliche about deuces wild, twos, etc. from announcers. But the number 4 seems to fit this masterpiece better…
In June, Kershaw has made four starts, he has four wins, has allowed four runs and has 40 strikeouts with just one walk.The Dodgers have lopped off 5Β½ games in 10 days, and now trail the Giants by four games in the National League West.
Also, saw this somewhere, an instant classic to be added to the incomparable Vin Scully lore:
Following the game, as he shared an elevator with Ellen Kershaw, he piped up: “So, Ellen, what’s new?”
The Scully line is from a tweet collected in this post at Dodger Insider.
Matty is hitting OPS 1.259 over the past 13 games, with a K rate of 15% (this includes the two-day platinum sombrero in Cincy) with 8 in 53 PA.
Gnatfans getting gnervous: http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2014/6/19/5824938/clayton-kershaw-dodgers-momentum
Don’t you gnow it?
ESPN LA has a bucketload of stories about Kershaw, Ramirez and the no-hitter.
Now that’s what I call interesting… π
I’ve never seen a better pitched game.
Should we revisit Rule No. 9? sbn.to/1lCyA07
Changing rules in mid-season would jinx it. π
I will interpret that as a starting point for off-season negotiations.
Grins. As Daniel Snyder would say, “Tradition! Tradition!”
Announcers have always been exempt from Rule 9.
Zack is going to be champing at the bit now. Me next! Me next!
Love it!
And I’d love to see 3 or more Cy Young candidates be Dodgers.
And let’s not forget Ryu! He came close.
Holy smoke, I didn’t realize that was going on. We would have stayed on the game channel!
Hey… where did you go other than Chavez Ravine?
…
“Big Bang Theory?”……. “Skin e max?”….. “Wheel of Fortune?” π
Where we always go. You gotta remember the games start at 4:10PM my time, so
5:00 local news
5:30 CBS national news
6:00 NBC national news
6:30 PBS Newshour
7:30 the ball game wrapup or last inning or two if it’s still going on
Where do you live?
Honolulu suburbs.
Nice.
Expensive. π
After the first two innings it seemed that he was so on that I got that feeling, though certainly not the first time I have gotten it with him on the mound. As an Eastcoaster, after the fourth, when I might have normally called it quits with that lead (hasn’t happened too many times this season), I decided to stay up until….well it was around 2 am.
We were all too paranoid to post.
And following the rules! π
Fifteen strike outs! That is nuts. And oh, this makes me happy for Kersh.
First no no I ever saw was in my first game at Dodger Stadium (Sandy’s perfecto)
That is remarkable. I have been to hundreds and hundreds of games at more than two dozen ML stadiums starting in 1955 at Ebbets Field, and I have never seen one. Did see Curt Schilling go 8 2/3 innings of no-hit ball at Oakland a few years ago.
Ha! Got to pick your spots. In the 62-65 period when he got his 4 non-nos he started 135 games.
I was listening on the radio in Tacoma.
I was listening on the radio in the stands.
I noticed how AJ carefully tossed his mask aside before joining in the celebration.
Yeah, I noticed that too.
AJ’s wife Cindy, in the 9th:
I am reminded of the first no-hitter I ever saw. It was on TV. The Game of the Week, 1956, Broadcasters were probably Dizzy Dean and Buddy Blattner. Erskine over the Giants. I was 8. My parents had a little black-and-white TV. We were living in East L.A.
*Oisk
Gnats nervous much?
15 strikeouts is pretty impressive as well
Games score of 102 is close to Wood’s record of 105 (one hitter with 20 Ks)
Plus a game with RBIs from Puig, A-gon AND Kemp.
AND a winning homestand!
I wonder how Hanley feels . . . and if his finger affected the throw.
I loved how Clay went right over to him as if to say “No big deal.” I hope Hanley isn’t too hard on himself.
Nice. Clay has Class.
Kershaw immediately motioned to Ramirez to shake it off.
“And he came up to me and said that’s part of the game,” said
Ramirez. “He said, ‘Great play, you made a great effort. Don’t worry
about it.’ That’s the kind of person he is. He’s got a great heart and
he knows we give everything we have every day on the field. He knew
right away I was mad, and he told me, so that definitely made me feel
better.”
They are on a pace to get no-no from everyone in the starting rotation.
Ryu already lost a perfecto after 7, and Zack’s certainly capable of a no-no.
But who would replace Haren in the rotation and have a shot? ;-])
So amazing!!!! Wow. Two in one year?
Kid KKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!
Oh I see, 15, I thought you were just being enthusiastic
At first I was, just trying to get the thought out . . . and I gave Kersh an extra K, but corrected.
Almost seemed effortless by the Kid.
You know AJ wanted that . . . get the K, Kersh!
One more, Kersh!!!!!!
We’re with you, Kid!
Don’t drag it out Dee π
This is the best way to make the game bullpen-proof.
Who would’ve thought there would be a story eclipsing the Dodgers getting 8 runs in a game!
Not saying anything….. Not saying anything……. π
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GO KERSH!
Noticed that AJ isn’t following the traditional mums up.
and that Clayton is approaching Honey and Mac to chat.
This is the Dodger team that we hoped for: pitching, hitting, defense and speed. Let’s keep this run going and continue to strike while the iron is hot. As I live on the Monterey Peninsula, the Giants are the “home” team here. Their announcers, whom I like, are a bit stupefied by what has befallen them.
let them forever be stupefied
It’s hard to believe we are still in the 4th
I think Clayton should be OK with a 7 run lead
I was trying to avoid thinking the same, to avoid jinxing it . . . but I agree!
this is now officially fun!
Right on, Rojas!
Break this open — right here, right now, Rojas!
Starting this rally was Puig’s 2-out, 3-2 walk. From what I saw on Gameday, that was at least the 3rd successful result for LA on a 3-2 count . . . for me, showing patience. (As I write this, Vinny says no one else goes to 3-2 than the CO pitcher. But still, the Dodgers have to accept the gift given them.)
Two runs scored with two outs . . . earlier in the year, it was the opposition doing that!
5 was even better
Absolutely . . . but giving Kersh a total of 4 at the time made me ecstatic.
Getting A-gon into the mix is crucial . . . nice hit.
Dee again!
was it a challenge, because play by play just changed from infield single to catcher, to grounded out to catcher?
Yep.
thanks
Dee is bringing so much to this team this year
Kemp is starting to bring it as well!
de la Rosa brings to the game a lot of pitches (and a lot of time between pitches).
Good to see that Ramirez didn’t have to miss any games because when I saw the video, I feared the worst
He’d probably be better off sitting a game.
possibly, but it’s good the injury wasn’t serious
Notable over the past 12 games has been a 0.4 RA/G improvement by the pitching to were we are now at 3.84 for the season (3.0 over the period). Offense over the period is 4.41 and season at 4.25 R/G. So a differential of 1.4 that can bring a lot of wins if maintained.
Re your question, Link: I sure hope so . . . especially since SF lost again! My “waffle” for this year is to be no worse than 3 GB at the ASG (seemed unreachable 10 days ago!).
Re Hanley’s hashtags: love your attitude!
Giants lost again. We are now 4 1/2 back. Note to self: See what happens when you let go of expectations?
Once again, RBI, you’re the catalyst . . . thanks!
Ha! Not sure about that, but I really didn’t want to change my user name again…
That worked LAST year . . . hopefully dropping the expectations is what will have done it this year. (And MAYBE Donnie’s chewing them out will prove to have had an effect!)
You misspelled “Gnats,” though.