News of the day: the Dodgers have placed Josh Beckett on the 15-day DL. By doing it now he may only miss one start. Pedro Baez has been called up from the Isotopes to fill Beckett’s roster spot.
Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports says Troy Tulowitzki of the Rockies may ask for a trade to a contender, but not until after this season is done. Rosenthal thinks there’s no way Colorado’s GM would trade him within the division, so even though the Dodgers would love to replace the older and often-banged up Hanley Ramirez, it seems unlikely to him.
Dodgers at Tigers, 4:08PM PT, TV: SPNLA, MLBN
Hyun-Jin Ryu (9-4, 3.08 ERA) will pitch for the Dodgers. The Tigers send out Justin Verlander, who’s having a very un-Verlander-like season: 7-7 with a 4.71 ERA. Given this: “Verlander is 22-2 with a 2.56 ERA in his career against National League teams,” one hopes his poor luck this year continues for today.
#Dodgers lineup at Detroit:
Gordon 2B
Puig RF
Ramirez DH
Gonzalez 1B
Kemp LF
Ethier CF
Uribe 3B
Ellis C
Rojas SS
Ryu P
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 8, 2014
Was a bit relieved after clicking this at dodgers.com…
“Yasiel Puig’s fantastic outfield assist gets overturned, gives Mutombo finger wave”
To find out WHICH finger Puig waved. Really didn’t think he’d wave the one I was concerned about. But then Puig is nothing if not a source of surprises.
He probably did feel like waving the concerning finger at those who overturned the call after such a great play.
No wonder Mattingly got ejected, the called strike almost bounced before it crossed the plate
Despite this debacle we can take heart in the fact that the Gnats are still useless
*worthless
Thanks, I was searching for the correct word to use at the end of the sentance
We have turned into a pretty slick fielding team.
Verlander at 81 pitches after 5. They don’t appear to have a lights out pen (Pot calling…).
Checked in while working – 5-0. Smiles to self. Checked in again now: 11-5? Wonders what the heck happened.
Steiner said they ran into a tree. That’s as good as any other explanation.
I often wish Steiner would run into a tree.
Sometimes you get the bear, and sometimes the bear gets you.
Since the first inning, the Tigers are 14-for-17 with three walks.
Turning into a game for Pedro.
Is he with the team yet?
Don’t know, but I would guess that they arranged for him to be there before announcing.
Butera should be warming up soon in the bullpen.
First inning this looked like a laugher.
Kinda still does.
While we have a 22-23 home record, the Tigers are only 23-22 themselves.
Including the first inning tonight, we have now had four five-run innings on this road trip. It looks like we will need at least one more in this game.
Unfortunately, the record is 2-2 . . . the onus is off the offense.
Saw a bunch of singles v Ryu. Are they flares and such or is he getting hit solidly?
Both. Line drives, a couple of flares in front of Kemp and Ethier, one off the wall that Puig picked and nearly threw out Tori Hunter at 2nd.
Who’s up in the bullpen?
Puig’s worst inning since the home opener vs. the Giants.
Ryu, you mean?
Yes. I am shellshocked. I just corrected it. Thanks.
Rojas was out of position at second base when he received Puig’s throw and then failed to apply the tag properly. He should have put the glove down in front of the lead leg and let Hunter slide into his glove. Lack of fundamentals.
If he did that, it could have changed the whole complexion of the game (no one on and 1 out rather than………well, you know what happened)
an out would be good
Hanley limping badly as he crossed the plate to score
No Dodger pitcher in the lineup tonight because of the DH. However, in July, Dodger pitchers are 7-for-15 for a batting average of .467 and are slugging .733. Ryu is 2-for-2, Beckett is 3-for-5, Kershaw is 2-for-4, Haren is 0-for-1 and Greinke is 0-for-3. Beckett has three doubles and Ryu has one.
Lets just keep it at 1.
Wow, nice start!
Dodgers vs Tigers = Germany vs Brazil. Discuss.
Brilliant!
The Tigers are not Brazil, it would appear.
Soccer is boring. Baseball is not.
What has happened to Verlander? Has dating Kate Upton affected his work? 😉
Good to see Rojas is OK to play
Hard to disagree that Hanley is older than Tulo (by a year) and often injured, but the same label can be placed on Tulo. Since becoming a starter Hanley has averaged 136 games a season. Tulo only 120 and hasn’t played in more than 140 games since 2011. Both have play about the same number of games this season.
Mixed thoughts, but Tulo is a far better fielder
I would rather have Tulo as my SS as well.
True, but I wouldn’t trade the farm for him
Let’s keep the hits coming . . . and give the Dodgers a trio of 10-game winners!