Diamondbacks at Dodgers, 7:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA, FS-A
The D-Backs send lefty Robbie Ray (0-0, 3.00 ERA, 2 runs, 4 hits, 3 strikeouts and 4 walks in 6 innings) to the mound for his second start of the season. The Dodgers send the righthanded Ross Stripling out for his second start after his stunning first one, when he threw 7 1/3 innings of no-hit ball (and got no decision; thanks, bullpen!) against the Giants.
Lineup when available.
Hernandez LF
Puig RF
Gonzalez 1B
Kendrick 3B
Seager SS
Thompson CF
Ellis C
Barnes 2B
Stripling P— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 14, 2016
Don’t ask me why Barnes is at second. If Utley needs a rest, why not play Kendrick there? Instead, Howie’s at third and Turner gets a day off too. Puig and Gonzalez seem to be the only guys who play every day.
NPUT
Not much action here last night, I see. I managed to stay awake until the end, and enjoys the rewards, though it still took me a while to get to sleep.
Well done, Dodgers. Well done, commenters. I didn’t see us fall behind, so I didn’t know enough to get worried. Maybe I should keep that up.
We were doing well until RBI upped the ante in contributing to the ongoing critique of the Snakes unis.
that was a nice surprise, out and about today, I checked in briefly at the top of 7th when we were still 2 down
It was a great come-from-behind win. This time their bullpen collapsed.
Night all. Hope to chat again tomorrow evening.
Night.
So not much to look forward to tomorrow night. Just the Giants coming to town. With Bumgarner facing Kershaw. On Jackie Robinson night.
BadGums got lucky in last outing, but the Dodgers still beat the Gnats. After tonight, I expect to see LA in first place – permanently.
This always sounds dumb to say but – team win tonight. Starters, relievers, defense and timely hitting.
Yup! Liking this new Roberts spirit. And how great to have Yasiel back having fun. Clapping his hands as he runs.
Nice to see the pen perform, after everyone wanted to throw them under the bus.
We win! First place baby!
Woo-HOO!!!
Jansen doing that thing again where he needs a couple or three pitches to find his groove. But it seems like he has found it now!
Kendrick earning his pay the last few days.
How do we feel about the ombré ankles on these unis?
Dave and I are about to learn a new word (or at least I am). And we are both on Gameday, so no idea.
I’m with you Bob. Vocabulary time.
My husband totally predicted that! It’s from watching too much Project Runway. Ombré is when it gets gradually darker…
Why do I think of Westerns and tough guys? Is that a different word I am thinking of?
That would be Hombre, hombre.
Some confusion on the origins of the term, including the confusion with hombre. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ombr%C3%A9
TMI! TMI!
Ha! You were the one trying to educate us here.
I loved this thread. Fashionably speaking.
I could claim being Canadian – but I have watched too many Westerns to not know it was hombre with an h. So yeah – I was kidding. But ombre is definitely new to me.
The “h” is actually silent, so maybe it was silent films you were watching?
On to the 9th.
Oh yeah!!!!
Yimi is yummi.
Get Brito and Goldie comes up in the ninth with no one on.
And he goes and slaps a single.
The best laid plans….
Forget it Bob. They only respond to RBI!
You flatter me, sir…
Ha. 🙂
Great inning!
Good timing! You appear and the Dodgers take the lead.
I was watching sporadically, but yes. Once I sat down and really focused, hit, hit, hit…
Perhaps the Dodgers offense can act as the set up men. Keep getting hits with runners in scoring position helps the pen.
No Hatcher tonight. He’s on paternity leave.
Stripling is neither a winner nor a loser. He is nondescript to me.
Fantastic!
Need to keep rolling here and tie it up!
This is not hockey, we need to win!
Ha – true.
Nor is it soccer. In baseball, teams actually score.
Nice to have Turner come up here.
Ellis let Ray get off the hook on his at bat. Ray is getting wild and Ellis started jumping at pitches out of the strike zone. Otherwise we might have had 3 on and nobody out.
Howell pitching a bit better tonight anyway.
You are my eyes at this point. Streaming went down so following on Gameday.
Ray seems to be all over the place.
Uh oh. I’m just listening on Gameday audio myself.
Blind leading the blind then.
Indeed.
Did I already mention the Snakes’ defense? Ugh.
2-0 seems crazily out of reach.
And yet…
Arizona playing stronger defensively than I like.
I wonder if Roberts thinks Barnes will hit better not having to catch as well. Otherwise, it seems hard having two light hitting (sorta) catchers in the batting order.
Remains to be seen just what sort of hitter he might be. Did slug some in the minors.
Considering how well Stripling has pitched against the Giants and now so far against the Snakes – imagine how well he would have done against the Padres or the Braves!
Puig still swinging well.
I heard others say it on the home opener, but tonight is my first time experiencing the AZ road uniforms. Suffice it to say, I doubt these will be huge sellers.
Vin said last night that they have ten different unis!
10?! That must include mixing and matching pants and jerseys.
You may be right, as he also said that the press guide, or whatever he was looking at, only showed five different uniforms.
That would do it then.
Seager robbed on that play.
I’m too tired to watch this at the desk, so I’m going to bed with the iPad. Might not last through another 3 a.m. game.
Fair enough! You do you and we will cover for you when you go…
Now that Stripling has given up a hit, game is less interesting.
And now a second hit.
Nice to know that he is human, though.
Has Seager batted in the 5 spot this season before? I don’t recall…
I don’t recall either. A little surprised to see it v. a lefty.
He doesn’t seem uncomfortable at the plate against southpaws, though his numbers are pretty bad so for in very limited appearances against them this season. Last year he did almost as well when facing lefties as he did righties.
Stripling allows a hit. DFA!
Howie third to give Turner’s hand a rest. Against a southpaw, I think the normal guy to spell AGon at first is SVS and then Turner…
After Gnats lose, Dodgers can regain a first-place tie tonight.
Gnice to see both Gnatt Cain and his probable replacement in the rotation get gnocked around in Denver.