Dodgers at Brewers, 5:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA, FSWI
Julio Urias (0-2, 4.33 ERA) gets one more start (when are they going to sit him down, really?) and will face Chase Anderson (4-7, 5.13 ERA). The Dodgers are still trying to limit Urias’s number of pitches, but that puts a burden on their bullpen, which had to go four innings on Monday. Anderson missed his last start; his previous outing was against the Dodgers in LA when he gave up 7 runs in 2 1/3 innings.
Here’s a good profile of Trayce Thompson in Sports Illustrated. Here also is a plug for Corey Seager to start at shortstop in the All Star Game. Have you voted for him your allotted 35 times?
Hopefully this news about Kershaw’s back is minor.
If you haven’t noticed, Seager is now the team leader in the three Triple Crown batting categories with a .298 average, 16 HRS and 38 RBI. For good measure his OBP is .356.
Lineup when available.
Tonight's lineup:
Utley 2B
Kendrick LF
Seager SS
González 1B
Thompson RF
Grandal C
Pederson CF
Taylor 3B
Urías P— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 28, 2016
NPUT
In the end, a rather silly article on the Dodgers and injury analysis…http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=29679
Gnice to see the Gnatpen in full meltdown mode.
Fun snapshot of the overall MLB standings nearing the half way point of the season: Each division has 1 and only 1 representative in both the top and bottom 6 teams. In fact, at the bottom of the standings, the divisions have 2 and only 2 reps through the last 11 spots in the standings (except the AL east).
That certainly doesn’t represent parity off all teams but may represent some divisional parity at this moment in time (as I said, it is a snapshot – meaning it could easily change by later today.)
This Giant team has made a deal with the devil, I swear. Down 13-9 in the bottom of the ninth and two back-to-back home runs later it’s 13-11 with no outs.
But that’s all they got.
They made a deal with themselves? In reality, to all appearances, they’re less invincible than some of us had thought.
Woo-HOO!!!
Since his first two outings, Julio has managed an ERA of 2.49 in 25 innings.
https://twitter.com/McCulloughTimes/status/748001217746472960
Bill Plunkett: https://twitter.com/billplunkettocr/status/748007202993152000
Apparently x-rays on Joc came back negative and he “only” has a bruise. Hope it is true.
How did someone score from second on a sac fly to Pederson? I see that he then came out. Was he injured on the play?
He crashed into CF wall, but held on to it. Apparent shoulder injury.
Ouch, double ouch….Thanks.
Yep. Wasn’t moving his right arm. May be shoulder injury.
Dodgers win their 15th game of June – 7 of them by 1 run. Dodgers will finish this month either 15-13, 16-12 or possibly 17-11.
with 25 left on base and we still win
It was eleven, which is still a lot.
I misread it on the boxscore on MLB.com
Urias gets his first win!
Finally, but he has pitched well for several starts in a row. I wonder if the Dodgers will still send him back to the minors.
He wasn’t exactly at his sharpest.
The efficient Kenley.
We win!
2 down swinging
Feeling nervous.
me too, which Kenley will we see
? He had a bad outing 8 appearances ago and has only been scored upon in 3 appearances all season.
fair enough, I was nervous but quietly confident. Possibly more nervous about our place in the standings
And I was not nervous so much about Jansen’s pitching but bad luck. The 8th inning had me spooked.
Yep and two of the outs required super human efforts.
Exactly.
Out at the plate!
That’s one way to end the inning.
Now all those lost opportunities tonight come into play.
Joc with the sacrifice.
Oh Joc. Ouch.
i was wondering how you scored from second on a sac fly, then I saw the video (ouch is right)
Ugh
I’m late to the site. Does anyone know why Greinke came out of his game tonight after pitching only two innings?
He hit a sac fly, the next guy struck out and there was an injury delay. He didn’t come back out for the 3rd. That’s all Gameday says so far.
From CBS Sports: “He came out to warm up for the start of the third inning, then ran into the dugout tunnel before coming back out with the training staff and threw one warmup pitch before exiting. It was a bizarre exit to say the least, and it sounds like his back may have tightened up, as he was seen touching his back before leaving”.
DBacks Twitter:
Liberatore is quietly having quite a season. 25 innings, .073 ERA.
I do not want to sound greedy, but another lost opportunity.
8 LOB. And a tired bullpen trying to hold off the Brewers, who don’t have Gorman Thomas nor Yount nor Molitor but are still powerful.
Wallbangers they are not.
But Joc is apparently.
Feels like for ever since I’ve posted. I’m away in Toronto for a work trip – and they have been very long days.
The baseball season is a grind. I feel a bit worn down by it – and I’m just a fan! Anyway, nice to see the Dodgers won yesterday and leading tonight.
Is Grandal ever going to get his stroke back, I wonder?
Six out of Urias.
Believe it or not they’re hitting .316 in 71 PA with the bases loaded.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/split.cgi?t=b&team=LAD&year=2016
Wow, another chance to really blow this game wide open goes for naught. Sometimes the opposing team lets the Dodgers load the bases because they can never seem to profit from it.
It would have been nice to get more than one run out of two different bases-loaded situations in that inning.
Grandal is driving in runs in the most annoying way possible.
I prefer Ellis or Lucroy.
5 BB in four innings. 65 pitches overall. He’s not long for the game again.
Drat. Urias produces at the plate but Utley then flies out.
A tad more offense would be nice on our part, even if we were channeling our inner 1965 Championship team.
Ask and you shall receive, my son.
Urias doing his best Fernando imitation with the bat!
Nice AB by Joc.
Oh look! Extra-base hits!
“Oh, those bases on balls.”
Would like to have seen more runs there, but two’s better than none.
What you saw was the 1965 Dodgers.
Regrettably without Drysdale and Osteen.
But with Kershaw and Stewart
Brock ain’t Dave, at least not yet.
I’ve got that feeling. I think Brock will do well soon and long.
Kershaw=Koufax
Situational hitting by Grandal.
Come on, Yasmani.
Odd lineup. Thompson batting 5th and slumping whereas Pederson has been hitting the ball hard but right at somebody. and then there is Grandal.
Desire to combat LOOGY I imagine.
Wouldn’t a lrlrlr lineup encourage loogys
Keeps them from becoming LTOGY
Clayton said to be on his way to LA for back exam!
His next start would be at home on Friday in any event, so why not let him go get checked out? Hopefully this is just precautionary and not a serious problem.
He is supposed to throw today and Friday appears to have been ruled out.
and then only one other start scheduled before ASG.
Give the Dodgers’ lack of being forthright with injuries, I am wary of this situation.
Think most of baseball is like that, beginning with the players. 15 day DL with the ASG game would imply missing only two starts.
At 42-36 we are slightly behind last year’s 43-35. Those darn giants.
“Pesky Gnats.”
Over on ESPN, Jim Bowden (of all people) says that in Seager, Maeda and Thompson, the Dodgers have three of the top ten rookies in the Majors so far.