Rockies at Dodgers, 7:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA
Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw has given up nine hits in 12 1/3 innings and a .320 batting average in two starts this season. Kershaw is 13-5 with a 3.17 ERA in 26 starts against the Rockies.
This would seem to be the place for a song:
The Rockies send Kyle Kendrick out to face Kershaw. Kendrick has had two wildly different outings this year. In the first he went seven innings, scattered seven hits, walked none, struck out six and gave up no runs to get the win. In his second start he went six innings, walked five, gave up eight hits and eight runs to take the loss.
In personnel news, the Dodgers optioned RHP Carlos Frias to Oklahoma City. They also claimed RHP Daniel Corcino from Cincinnati and designated LHP Ryan Dennick for assignment.
Lineup when available.
Tonight's #Dodgers lineup:
Rollins SS
Crawford LF
Gonzalez 1B
Kendrick 2B
Grandal C
Ethier RF
Uribe 3B
Pederson CF
Kershaw P
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 17, 2015
NPUT
Daniel Brim on the bullpen: “The Dodger bullpen has not allowed a home run this year. As a whole, the bullpen has struck out over a third of the batters they have faced, and have a K%-BB% of 27.7%. This is without Kenley Jansen.”
Also from ESPN: Puig has a tight left hamstring, “and the team is increasingly concerned he could end up on the 15-day disabled list for the first time in his career.”
Almost completely enjoyable game. Some great situational hitting and a whole bunch of strike outs. The fielding and the HR’s were the only thing that were a bit off putting;
Just recently checked in — a bit dismayed to hear Kersh gave up soo many . . . but like the take many of you gave of extenuating circumstances.
Besides the W and Kersh more dominant, nice to see LA seems to have given up that habit of needing to climb out of an early pit.
Rockies playing hard all the way. Definite glimpses of brilliance from Kersh. He’s getting there.
Great game! Does this mean we’re tied for first?
7-3 just like the score in the game and just like the Rockies.
It would be really fun to strike out McKenry here!
Ask and receive!
See you all later, I really have to dash now!
Go blow your horn!
16 K’s for the game!
Woo HOO!!!
Me like this new lefty.
Speaking of new Dodgers, what’s with all the minor transactions recently? Seems like there is a new player signed almost every day/
alright 2 outs, I’ll wait until the end!
Ethier is doing great! I’m so glad for him.
have to head off soon to music practice, so I’ll leave the last 3 outs in your capable hands
Thanks for stopping in John. Always good to hear from you.
John! We hardly knew ya!
What instrument?
Saxophone, practice for church tomorrow
6’3″ 240 pounds. He is a big guy!
Debut for Liberatore. Fun night for him – I hope!
4 run lead is a nice way to ease in
Agreed. Looking nervous wild to start here.
He’s a little jacked up so far.
Libera-who?
Newly called up.
So who is the player of the game for the Dodgers if they win tonight? Gonzalez, Kendrick or Kershaw?
AGon.
If not for the HR to Blackmon, I give it to Kershaw. Still mad that Blackmon didn’t strike out that at AB. Let it go Dave, let it go…
3 way tie! (I am liking the fact this year that we are not just relying on 2 or 3 players to get things done)
15 K’s from Dodger pitching tonight.
The Dbags’ Collmenter has allowed three hits to the Gnats. He has three hits himself, including a double and an RBI.
I hear they’re up 7-0?
maybe they won’t win any games at home this season 🙂
You and I are late to the party tonight!
trip to the tip and picking up my son from horse riding camp, just got in
Make it 8-0 and the bases are loaded with no one out in the 9th.
Mercy rule coming up
Lol!
Now 8-0. Make that 9-0.
Hi all. Wow, great game. Rockies are playing so well right now. But so are we.
Kershaw’s era dropped from 5.84 to 4.42. That is definitely trending in the right direction.
Paco to be let off his leash?
This has got to be Kershaw’s last batter.
One way or the other.
And he got him the good way! 12th K for Kershaw.
Is Hundley at 2nd or not? GameDay says yes, radio says no.
On first
Thanks.
Oh GameDay finally fixed it.
The whole fielding/catching/throwing thing has not been too sharp tonight for either team.
At this point I would be happy to see him get through the 6th inning without giving a run.
5 feet short.
Just got under it. He was going for it, for sure.
Not a fan of Blackmon tonight though.
Fun moment here for Joc. Bases loaded with 2 outs. Can he get another walk? Ha!
Can’t pitch around Joc this time.
Wonder if Kershaw will be able to pitch through not only the 6th inning but the 7th as well. Love to see the pen only have to pitch 2 innings tonight.
They did have yesterday off.
Yeah, I guess really I want Kershaw to go 7 because, well, I want him to go 7. Make me feel better about his performance I suppose.
Can’t wait until Grandal also begins to get some hits.Well actually I can wait because so many others are hitting, but it will still be good when it happens.
Gonzo OPS still over 1.700 …..slacker.
Beautiful. Missing Puig in there but this combo of Gonzo and Kendrick is really clicking so far this season.
Good to get one of those Rockies run back. Hope they can pick up Gonzo from 2nd.
yawn – another 2 hit game, another 2 rbi game for Adrian.
Eight doubles, I think.
Gonzo is unconscious still.
Pure speculation, but I wonder whether the dental issue and root canal are still affecting him. It takes a while to recover from something like that.
Kershaw would probably say no, but I tend to agree with you. Both the physical discomfort and the psychological sensation of getting hit like that must take a bit of a toll.
Oral surgery takes something out of you – literally and figuratively.
Don’t often see a pitcher give up 2 HR’s and 3 runs – but only 1 earned run.
I wonder if anyone has tracked Kershaw’s ERA in at bats in the double digits. That kind of thing seems to happen often, but my memory of it is colored by the playoffs last year.
Ack!
Blackmom with the HR after 3 foul tips in a row. Frustrating!
This is not the Kershaw we’ve grown to know and love.
This is also not the Rockies we’ve grown to know and love – as lovable losers.
Although they have been to the World Series far more recently than the Dodgers have so perhaps I shouldn’t give them that label.
Kershaw back to getting strikeouts again this inning. Guess he didn’t like the infield error.
He dropped the high toss, so he had something to do with the error.
Wasn’t sure if he would get the error but I see they have given it to Gonzalez.
Gonzo was more to blame. He dropped it, bobbled it, then tossed it high.
Lots of action for an inning with only the one hit.
That wild pitch helps!
Generous scoring to call that a single.
Agreed.
Home cooking. 😉
Grandal is due. Hitting the ball hard recently.
Kershaw not at all sharp that inning. Gnats falling farther behind Dbags.
Thank you Andre Ethier (and Grandal)! Big time throw from the outfield.
Video not up yet, drat it.
Shaky inning, bailed out by a good throw.
And now suddenly Kershaw’s control is a bit wobbly.
Wonder if AJ would have had that one. Sounds like a very wild pitch.
Gnats gnow trail Dbags 3-0.
Vin with Beards in Baseball history talk.
Tulo with the HR off the 2 strike pitch.
What I was going to say before the HR was it’s always fun to hear about the House of David.
Kershaw seems to be in a bit more of a groove tonight (to say the least).
Gnats have again fallen behind the Dbags, who are threatening more.
Kershaw’s ERA at 5.02 and falling…
Kershaw still going to some deep counts and gets away with a high pitch swung on and missed by Hundley.
Looked like a hanger, would have been ball four.
Are you watching on MLBTV, or guessing on GameDay?
Just guessing via GameDay. And listening to Vin.
He just blew Dickerson away, looking more like himself.
Hundley? Or Dickerson? Or perhaps Stubbs?
All three.
Boom! Kendrick with the blast. This team has had their hitting shoes on all week and again tonight.
One more dinger and he matches Gordon’s total for last year.
Different types of hitters – but yeah, I’ll take some more homers from the 2nd base position.
Oh yeah! Gonzo again with the RBI!
Rollins in scoring position with only one out.
Game time! Kershaw time!
Spare a thought for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He underwent quadruple-bypass surgery yesterday. Prognosis is good.
I had a triple a couple years ago, and am now doing 35-mile bike rides through the Oakland Hills.
Man. That makes my two oral cancer surgeries pale in comparison.
I also had a melanoma the year before, but we detected it early and removed it.
OT – can’t stop watching the new Star Wars trailer. It gives me some shivers. I was 7.10 and 13 years old when the original 3 movies came out. I suddenly feel 10 again!
And then there is this guy (a priest) who clearly loves Star Wars as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUqec4Z3ttHNDhDB-qjCmAXQ&v=ayLZk4oNwuQ
Oh dear. I’m gonna have to have a six-movie watchfest over the weekend. Wait. I don’t have The Phantom Menace on DVD yet. It’s in transit. What’ll I do!?!
Wonder why they sent Frias down? You would think there would be a corresponding move to bring someone up.
It’s still early in the day. 😉
Can we hope for a trade?
Whadda you wanna trade for?
Crawford for ???… Look, with this front office, ANYTHING could happen. And that’s not a criticism. (Yet)
One of Crawford or Ethier is surplus, though they’re both still decent players. Ethier’s contract is probably less odious to another team, and he’s less injury-prone, but neither one will be easy to unload, let alone get something of value in return.
He barely had time to unpack his bags!
Is. Bringing up Liberatore, lefty reliever, from OKC. If he lasts more than a day (?) and actually pitches, will be his MLB debut.