Dodgers at Rockies, 5:40PM PT, TV: SPNLA
Clayton Kershaw takes the mound in hopes of continuing his ERA’s downward trend while getting his fourth win. He’s 3-3 with a 3.86 ERA. Kershaw is 7-3 lifetime at Coors Field in 16 starts with a 4.78 ERA and he’s given up 12 home runs there, more than in any park except Dodger Stadium. His opponent is Kyle Kendrick, who started the year off horridly but who has been improving in his last four starts. He’s 2-6 with a 6.38 ERA, which looks awful but is markedly better than the 8.73 it was on May 3. He’s gone at least seven innings in three of those last four games.
Lineup:
Tonight's #Dodgers lineup:
Pederson CF
Turner 3B
Gonzalez 1B
Kendrick 2B
Ethier RF
Hernandez LF
Rollins SS
Ellis C
Kershaw P
#whiff
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 1, 2015
It’s there now, people!
So, the Dodgers amend “you can never have too much pitching” with
“or outfielders.”
It’s official. SVS to DL, etc, etc.
http://m.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article/128094892/scott-van-slyke-to-dl-chris-heisey-ian-thomas-join-dodgers
Hanley’s not impressing folks in Boston: http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/red_sox_mlb/boston_red_sox/2015/06/these_sox_not_built_to_win_now
How is Panda working out?
Phlablo’s not a whole lot better. The Gnats appear to have dumped him at precisely the right time. The question now may be “Will he live out his contract?”
Link is nearly an hour late.
Surf’s up, no doubt.
Link: No new post until the last post reaches at least 50 comments! Then they will have shown me they can handle the responsibility of a new one.
So, a number of comments equivalent to the game number?
The funny thing is, I just thought of that now and was coming here to post that very thing. You are living in my future or I in your past.
I think we should cut Link’s pay.
Subtracting from zero is sketchy enough. Just don’t go dividing things by zero and mess up the whole space time fabric of the universe.
Hey! It published at 0800 my time!
Amusing to watch last night’s Gnatlights when the Busted Poseur lost an AB because a guy dressed in a B*nds Pittsburgh jersey interfered with Pirate RFer (who might not have caught the ball). Guy got a standing ovation before being escorted out (presumably).
NPUT at 8:30am PT.
And here I am at 8:30 CT needing to wait 2 more hours for that update!
VERY nice, especially for and with Kershaw.
I tuned in just after Joc’s blast and heard that the hitting slump was overcome — for this game at least. . . . May it be forevermore!
Nicasio to start game two of the doubleheader tomorrow. 10th pitcher to sart a game for the Dodgers so far this season. I guess it will be a bullpen game – so I hope Greinke continues to be strong in the first game.
Other way round, according to MLB. See new post at 8:30am PT.
Would Zach even come to the ballpark for the first game?
Ha ha Bob. And yes I see now that I did get it reversed.
I perhaps sounded more rhetorical than I meant
and thank you Pirates
We win!
Woo-Hoo! (Pinch-hitting for RBI)
Thanks! Just got in. WOW-hoo!
Colorado is not St. Louis.
A.J. beats the throw at second!
AJ with the hit. Helps the box score look more unified with every starter now having a hit.
What an effort! Even A.J. gets a hit!
Huff not fooling anybody.
The FO?
This might have been a good time to get Hatcher some work.
Though he is a bit freaked already about all the balls in play ending up as hits, so maybe not the best place for him to pitch right now.
Yeah, but with a big lead he might have done OK – or at least as well as Huff.
Thought Huff was supposed to start? (maybe best not)
He isn’t impressing me on Gameday.
Sometimes, everything works. These nights are fun.
Save some runs for tomorrow!
just tuned in to good news 🙂
At least, also, A.J. hasn’t done any serious damage tonight.
Klayton’s babip for his last two starts has dropped about .100 to .286, which is around the average.
Okay, Clayton, set them down in order.
Yea Joc Pederson (hitting edition)!!!
Joc! With runners on!
Yea Kershaw (hitting edition). 3 for 3 with a RBI!
Dratted Coors Field. Tied up at 2 after an Arenado HR with Tulo aboard.
It was not a cheap one.
No, but it was an altitude-aided one.
A no-doubter, in any event.
Andre and Jimmy with blasts!
More than enough to guarantee a victory in Denver, no doubt.
I have my writers group tonight, but I still harbor high hopes for Kershaw in this game. Go Blue!
It feels like eons since Kershaw last took the mound.
Looking for a lot of K’s tonight?: Klayton Kershaw versus Kyle Kendrick.
LAT’d: Maybe Ty Cobb wasn’t quite such a bad guy as we all thought we knew: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05…
Also LAT’d: Okay, now I wonder what Cobb’s kids thought of their father. Somehow I didn’t know he had five of them.
You LAT’d yourself!
Well, I wanted to respond to WBBsAs, so I answered him there. Then he posted the comment again in this thread, so I responded again. It’s amusing, ain’t it?
I don’t know that anybody’s ever said he was likeable.