Dodgers at Rays, 4:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA
Alex Wood (1-2, 4.82 ERA) goes against Drew Smyly (1-3, 2.60 ERA). The two lefties are both coming off good starts their last times out.
Manager Roberts says we should expect to see Justin Turner at DH and someone other than Pederson in CF. He thinks Smyly’s rising fast ball might be tough on the young lefthanded hitter.
Lineup when available.
Hernandez LF
Puig RF
Gonzalez 1B
Turner DH
Kendrick 2B
Thompson CF
Grandal C
Seager SS
Culberson 3B
(Wood P)— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) May 4, 2016
NPUT
Scherzer getting knocked around by the Cubbies today.
Just when think the back end of the Gnats’ rotation can’t get any worse…
Please, Bochy, continue to run Peavy and Gnatt Cain out there every fifth day.
Stat has its limitation, but QS for LA 54%; SF 47%; ARI 33%.
I am guessing that when we get some of our injured pitchers back, Wood may be out of a starting position.
Probably, though he really shows potential.
It takes a full travel day to get from Tampa to Toronto? You don’t even go into a different time zone!
Canada’s another dimension, though.
At least we are getting some runs from the bats
Not really – only eight hits, and a bunch of walks.
While they pile up over the course of a season the difference between the better hitting teams and the worse is one more hit per game with the range basically between 8 and 9 in the NL.
It was not an impressive performance. Still very poor with runners in scoring position.
Sure, but they scored 10 runs in 2 games, the same amount that they scored in the previous six.
Oh well.
No eyes. Who’s injured?
Grandal, but just something to ice later.
Thanks.
That was a weird inning. BP meltdowns left and right.
Let’s do it CC!
There is no joy in Mudville, Mighty Crawford has struck out.
He had to swing. The ump was calling that high strike all night.
Sac fly’s better than a K, anyway.
C’mon, Joc, one swing ties the game! (But don’t think that way. Just hit the ball hard somewhere.)
Tying run at the plate!
Wood: 1 HR all season. Tonight, 3. He’s so inconsistent!
Ha!
As they say, if you are a good pitcher it is better to be consistent. if you are not a good pitcher, it’s better to be inconsistent.
In contrast, Baez has given up 3 dingers this season and one tonight (so far).
Smyly bounced. Didn’t realize that he had accumulated so many pitches.
Wood, by contrast, has been pretty efficient – except for the dingers.
Puig appears to have come back to life.
Smyly is awful good.
Woody not looking too shabby either.
Except for the dinger, excellent command so far.
When will Link change the name of this blog to “Vin Scully Way?”
When I have a reliable network connection. Arrrrgh!
Just awoke from a nap to see that Peevy got clubbed again, and the Dodgers can retake first place this evening.
Guessing that Chase gets a start with Quique in LF and Kendrick at third (saves Howie from running on astro turf in the outfield and takes advantage of his greater experience as infielder on said surface. As Link noted a few threads ago, missing SVS.
Nope , it’s Culberson at 3rd and Howie at 2nd.
The absence of Ethier and SVS has affected the offensive depth.