Dodgers at Mets, 4:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA
Righty Zach Lee, Los Angeles’ first-round pick in the 2010 Draft out of McKinney High School in Texas, will start for the Dodgers in his major league debut. He’s 7-3 with a 2.36 ERA in 12 starts this season for Triple-A Oklahoma City. Matt Harvey (8-7, 3.19 ERA) will start for the Mets. He’s walked at least four batters in each of his past three starts, two of them losses.
Scott Van Slyke made a heckuva play in the ninth inning of last night’s game:
Scott Van that-was-sick! http://t.co/H6QxE2ENeI #Dodgers pic.twitter.com/qdalGFIBq2
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 25, 2015
Lineup when available.
Tonight's #Dodgers lineup vs. Mets:
Pederson CF
Kendrick 2B
Turner 1B
Ethier RF
Grandal C
Crawford LF
Callaspo 3B
Rollins SS
Lee P #whiff
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 25, 2015
Whoops. Updated lineup:
Updated #Dodgers lineup for tonight:
Pederson CF
Kendrick 2B
Turner 3B
Gonzalez 1B
Ethier RF
Grandal C
Crawford LF
Rollins SS
Lee P
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 25, 2015
NPUT
Cueto gone, to KC. (not yet confirmed by club)
If there was a game to mostly miss, this was it. The Mets scored a week worth of runs. They needed to get it out the there system before facing Zach (Greinke).
Amazing how many times a team that gets blown out comes back to win its next game, at least ones I follow. Seems to hold true in all sports, not just baseball. [He says, hopefully.]
It should help to have Greinke going, though I’d have some concern about his rest after nurturing a new-born in between flying cross-country twice. But not much seems to faze him.
One bright spot. Joc seems to have shaken his slump.
Another was Rollins’ third straight game with a HR, continuing his history of torching the Mets when with Philly. Think it’s to the point that Met fans boo him when he’s announced.
It certainly was ug-Lee.
ex-Zach Lee.
No WooHoos tonight, I’m afraid. Oh well, new papa Greinke tomorrow.
This game has been painful.
Actually, it was more tedious than painful.
This game has become utterly unwatchable.
It’s a good thing I got my enrollment card for Medicare this week. I’m gonna need therapy by the end of the season if this keeps up.
Checks back in, checks back out 🙂
The weakest-hitting team in the league has 14 hits so far this evening.
Tsao isn’t showing us much tonight either.
80 pitches, four innings. That’s a lotta work.
Even though they didn’t hit him hard in the first, there have been plenty of hard-hit balls since. I wouldn’t write him off entirely, but I can’t say I’m impressed.
4 2/3 innings isn’t much of a yardstick.
I agree, but he didn’t show the kind of stuff that says, “He’ll be lots better next time out.”
If the kid’s career in the bigs ended right now for some awful reason he’d have a lifetime ERA of 113.50.
Make that 13.50
Gameday had it wrong, then. Well, if you die with a career ERA of 13.50 they may still let you into heaven. 113.50? I’m not so sure.
You get in on the basis of generosity
Think Lee needs to get this guy to stay in the game (is anyone up in the pen?)
Joc impersonating Puig.
Well, the slide was better than Puig’s.
Zach is hardly overpowering anybody. He’ll be very lucky to go five.
Be nice to see him K someone other than the pitcher.
Joc-Grandal, nice combo.
Unfortunately, Zach seems to be the cure for the Mets’ anemic offense. Even if some not-so-good luck was involved, from what I gather.
Maybe he’ll settle in.
With a little luck, that could have been a scoreless inning.
His glove didn’t help. Almost got in the way of that last one as well.
He should have made that play.
Couldn’t go worse than this (but no dingers).
The Mutts haven’t hit a single ball hard this inning.
Yeah, that’s what I meant.
Ump squeezy with the rook.
The most important pitch a pitcher can throw is strike one. Settle down, dude.
Murph thinking the same thing.
Dodger-to-be Cole Hamels has just no-hitted the Cubbies.
So much for a couple bad outings lately.
So, Philly now thinks he’s worth at least 2 additional prospects. Some team might agree.
Rubén Amaro might think that, but no other GM will agree with him.
https://twitter.com/THEREAL_DV/status/625052604352040960
Puig is not going anywhere I see, I’m pleased with that
(somehow I can’t copy and paste links at the moment)
Agon is the mystery. Ethier not so much, and in particular with Agon sitting,as another lefthanded bat in the line up against the righty Harvey. (Puig OPS .719 against righties, Dre .861). Turner, BTW, is smashing righties at 1.064 versus .627 against lefties.
I’ve heard scant info about a minor injury.
https://twitter.com/truebluela/status/625025398095507456
Guy hits home run, gets following day off. Okay.
AGon off two straight days.