Orioles at Dodgers, 12:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA, MASN
Kevin Gausman (1-6, 3.97 ERA) goes out for the Birds and Bud Norris (4-7, 3.89 ERA) makes his second start for the Dodgers.
Ethier might be back for the first game in August, Roberts says. Kershaw and Anderson are all on a fast track to recovery now.
Lineup:
Utley 2B
Seager SS
Turner 3B
González 1B
Thompson CF
Kendrick LF
Van Slyke RF
Ellis C
Norris P— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 6, 2016
NPUT
Bochy solved the Gnats bullpen issue: Cueto threw a 118 pitch complete game… We’re back 6. 🙁
Cueto’s their best pitcher, by a long shot.
Not looking good for the beleaguered Rockies. 5-1, bottom of the 8th.
We went 1-for-14 with RISP. They went 2-for-11. Their second such hit won the game.
Britton nearly threw that ball down the right field line. First baseman had to stretch high to get it.
Almost threw it away.
Hatcher had an RBI single recently.
That was for the Bundy strike.
Another opportunity for Trayce.
And now Showalter can use Britton, his best reliever.
And Vinnie can extol his virtues once more.
It had to happen. The question was by which team.
Frankly, though disappointed, I feel somewhat of a sense of relief.
Not too many six-hit games in history. Willie Davis, Paul LoDuca while Dodgers, old friends Skip Schumacher and Nomar with other teams. Most recently done by Jean Segura with the Brewers in 2013.
Utley not hurting his HOF chances by playing this year that’s for sure.
Not at all.
Based on BR’s JAWS methodology, he ranks 13th among second baseman. Ranked 14 and 15 are Alomar and Biggio. Two ranked higher than him are not in the HoF, Grich and Whitaker.
Whitaker should be.
6-7. First time ever for Utley.
Wowsers, nicely done, guys!
Phew!! Out at the plate.
Puig hit the cutoff!
Nice Puig and Chase!
A couple of hours ago Link pointed out how great Liberatore has been this year. Let me add a couple of sentences. He has been scored upon once in 37 appearances this season. He has pitched 18 consecutive scoreless innings covering his last 23 appearances.
Who’s up in the pen.
Oops, forgot that Coleman had already come in.
How did Machado reach third on that play?
Seager didn’t cover.
Thanks. Unfortunate, but we escaped the situation unlike vs. the Mets in our final game last season.
I have seen that mistake before.
Sadly yes.
Couple of occasions today — tied in a late game, runner on first, no one out — in which I am surprised that Roberts didn’t try to sacrifice.
Guessing he wasn’t persuaded to do that based on the players involved.
I’m starting to feel fatalistic about this one.
Me, too.
Ok Dodgers. New plan. As many solo homeruns as are needed to win.
Hopefully just one.
First get the Os out in the top of the inning.That’ll cut down the number of solo shots required.
AGon the only Dodger starter not to K – when it would have made sense to.
oh, man.
Foo!
Great! No place to put AGon.
Utley! 2nd 5-hit game, first in 9 years!
Foo. This is a frustrating game.
I blame Chase for getting on base all the time.
Lead off walk has to be good doesn’t it?
Especially with a nice slow guy like Grandal.
In theory, yes. In practice, no.
O’s broadcast showing a series of selfies of players with Vin. They all made the trek up to the booth to show their respect.
Palmer was saying that he met Vin in the hallway between innings and Vin asked if one could say that a game had been marred by strikeouts. Palmer, being a pitcher, was not sympathetic to that view.
I wonder if Palmer’s still trim enough to model for Jockey like he used to.
I am apprehensive about Avilán in this situation.
Is Howell still alive? Not that he inspires much confidence at this point.
Pitched a scoreless inning on Saturday.
Could go a couple of innings if need then.
Needn’t have been, at least for the 10th.
He was excellent.
Just what our pen doesn’t need. Extra innings to pitch.
Strike zone a lot bigger for this ump today than it was yesterday for the other guy.
Don’t like the first 3 hitters for the O’s if it goes to the 10th. Scary stuff for Avilan.
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This game has been K’sville, accounting for more than half the outs so far.
Did you hear Vin? Turner’s got a 2-run HR and has STILL left 7 guys on base in this game.
And all seven in his last three ABs.
Yep. As Vin also said, “he’s angry.”
Twenty-seven of the 51 outs today have been strikeouts: 14 Dodgers, 13 Orioles.
Like minds!
And counting!
Nice to see Roberts using Jansen in this situation, something he is more likely to do than Mattingly did.
The home team cannot get a “save” (baseball’s worst statistic) in this game.
You say that now. Remember the GWRBI? I think they discontinued keeping it.
Dang!
Bottom of the 8th coming up which means we now have twice as many chances to score as they do.
I like your thinking.
Please get Trumbo out. Please please please.
Orioles relievers are ridiculously strong.
If you can believe it, that’s what everyone is saying about our pen.
And there $6 million setup guy, O’Day, is injured.
Arrrgh!
Gameday showed the ball inside, but too close to let the ump decide.
It was an amazing pitch.
I don’t believe it. Bundy strikes out the side after all that.
This is where you really miss Ethier.
Blowing balls past our bats.
Trayce needs to show Scoop, and the rest of us, something here.
Yuck!
I truly wish that he had shown something. Maybe next time.
Mind you, almost everybody’s been overmatched v. Bundy.
Justin didn’t do much.
Of course, everyone knows you wish him well.
Lot of sniping on the site today.
Bundy showing why he was a number one pick.
Hitting streak still alive in addition to the scoring opportunity.
Trumbo helped a little bit there with the extra bases.
He usually does.
It’s Trumbo, Jake.
Somebody should stop and take notice of how good Liberatore has been this season. 0.63 ERA over 28+ innings.
Palmer is. Even suggested he might have earned an All Star slot, if he weren’t a setup guy.
Palmer’s always been a smart guy.
There were at least two leadoff guys on we let die there in this game, possibly more.
SVS, AJ and Puig all trying much too hard. In fairness, Bundy – I thought all of them were in jail in Oregon – was throwing really hard. SVS in particular was really pulling off the ball, and AJ went for one way out of the strike zone. Puig just got overpowered.
Three till now and one scored. Now Chase again with lead off hit.
Kendrick with another double!
Trumbo starts with a “t” and that spells trouble.
And he hasn’t provided his usual defense.
Trumbo is killin’ us.
There’s a break!
Adrian, help!
Okay Corey, add to your hit streak here.
Ten-pitch inning for Norris. That helps. Now let’s score a bevy of runs so he can get the win.
League is catching up with Thompson. He is still hitting some homers but not much else.
He’s hit balls yesterday and today that, but for Machado, would have been a single and a double.
And six Ks in his last 14 ABs.
Young players have ups and downs. His D’s looking much better lately.
I will endeavor to be more patient.
The entire team has six Ks in their last eight ABs.
OPS of .802 over last 25 pa, so he is contributing.
I’d say we need to get their pitcher out of there, but their bullpen, last night at least, was unhittable.
I am guessing it will take seven runs to win today.
That is starting to look like a good estimate.
At least.
Inning started badly, but ended up not that bad.
I was trying to find a way to combine the words better and worse. Because it really could have been both.
Marriage vows seem to be able to accomplish that.
Way to go Bud!
Lotsa hard-hit balls off Gausman.
Including Bud’s line drive.
Good at bat by A.J.
Seager is amazing of course, but still makes some rookie mistakes in the field.
well, the sun is brutal.
Dodgers are going to need their hitting shoes on today. The pitching is not going to do it today I fear.
Doubled on a popup to Turner? Huh?
Seager, not wearing sunglasses, called it and then lost it.
Oops. Instantly turned into a run, too.
Seager lost it in the sunshine and had to duck and cover.
Boom. 2-0 Dodgers. Love that Turner, Puig and Gonzo are all hitting better of late.
Just be cautious, Bud. The Orioles are also capable of Boom. 😉
Nice start by Bud.
He’s looking like a fine acquisition, at minimal cost in prospects.