Dodgers at Yankees, 4:05PM PT, TV: SPNLA, YES
RHP Jose De Leon (1-0, 4.50 ERA) makes his second big league start for the Dodgers, and RHP Brian Mitchell (1-0, 0.00 ERA) goes for the Yankees. De Leon is rated the #2 prospect in the Dodgers’ organization, while Mitchell is highly regarded by the Yankees. De Leon went six innings against the Padres on September 4, giving up four runs, three earned. Mitchell spent five months recovering from a left big toe which needed surgery for a broken bone, so his first start of the year was September 7 against the Blue Jays. He went five scoreless innings in that game.
Turner or Ethier may DH for the Dodgers in this game.
Here’s a good story by Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register talking to Joc Pederson about his improvement in hitting and reduction in strikeouts this season.
Lineup when available.
Tonight's Dodger lineup:
Utley 2B
Seager SS
Turner 3B
González DH
Grandal C
Reddick RF
Kendrick 1B
Pederson CF
Toles LF
(De León P)— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 12, 2016
NPUT
Padres’ pitcher was barfing between innings, though it was the first scoreless start of his career. The Gnats make me sick, too, but not that badly.
Good for the Dodgers and good for the Padres!
SD helped LA . .. 4-0 score, Dodgers 4 GA
Gnats lose!
Meanwhile, 1 out bottom of 9th, Pads up 4-0 . . .
Woo-HOO!!!!
Extra !! to make up for being late/not having any the last time the Dodgers won?
Yes. No !!! last time because of pulling Hill – a subdued win. Tonight was a grand win, worthy of extra exclamations of joy.
Always special beating NYY. Our WS nemesis.
Pads leading those giants 4-0 in the 6th.
Good night from New Hampshire
Good night. And good night from Manitoba.
Is it getting cold? How are the fall colors? I’ve spent a total of about two hours in NH, but in October.
A few signs that fall is near. Cooler evenings and some leaves beginning to turn. Late September has been better than October of late.
Steiner reverted to his YES network days and said the Yankees won in a cakewalk. He did catch himself in the next sentence.
Send him back where he belongs!
Hendricks loses his no-hitter on an HR in the 9th. Cubs still lead Cards, 4-1.
St. Louis is like SF, especially the latter in the an even-numbered year — you don’t wanna mess with them in the playoffs.
WOO-RBI
Close, but …..
OK RBI, we need you now!
I was driving through the night, woo-hooing in the car.
We win!
Game!
MLB.com not worried about calling this already for the Dodgers: “Coming off a sweep in Arizona, the Giants open a homestand behind Jeff Samardzija needing a win to keep pace in the NL West.”
Josh trying really hard to get Kenley into the game.
Now trying to channel Jansen instead.
Didn’t bother with the phone battery; that can wait till tomorrow. Got bananas, papayas and cottage cheese, though.
And time for the end of the game.
Are you pregnant?
He did not buy pickles.
Might have had them already
I do have pickles. I am not pregnant.
All of a sudden Link thinks he is a doctor.
A person on a Navy ship gave birth today and she and the rest of the crew did not know she was pregnant.
Midi-chlorines?
I don’t think the Navy is going to offer that as a possible explanation
The Navy doesn’t recognize Episodes I-III
Yeah Link, what’s with the self diagnosing?
Gee, I buy fruit for lunch for my mother and I’m suddenly a doctor?
At the risk of jinxing for real, it’s nice to know SF players know they must win to keep pace.
Hope the Padres rise to the occasion of spoilers.
Meanwhile, the Cubs continue to scare me.
Just don’t get between them and their mothers and you will be fine
Ha! Good point.
It’s never the dad they warn you about.
I think they’re going to win it all. If the Dodgers don’t, I hope they do.
Yes. I think I might agree on all counts.
I don’t know that much about the AL, tho. I was surprised to hear the Indians have a 7 game lead??!!!
Yeah. I have a soft spot for Cleveland and their teams, so I might cheer for them over the Cubs in the World Series. Especially if the Cubs have just gotten by the Dodgers to get there.
Gonzo is a one hit (per game) wonder.
Add Gonzalez to the hit parade!
JT!
TV crew is talking about the rotation. I wonder if (healthy) Kershaw, (no blister) Hill is better than Kershaw, Greinke? Or if Kershaw, Hill, Maeda is on par with Kershaw, Grienke, Ryu?
Might not be better but might be more successful.
I guess, in the end, that’s all that really matters.
The bats will have a say in the outcome. Maeda had a QS yesterday, bats did diddly.
Hill said to be the second best pitcher in baseball over the past year.
True but Greinke was really good last year as well.
Certainly comparable, but Maeda over Anderson, so better this year.
I hope Puig stays but, if not, he’s increasing his trade value.
The best of both worlds.
Puig-o-matic!
I hope Puig’s attitude has improved as much as his hitting has. that would be a great story of redemption (after threat).
It sure would be nice if he changed enough that the team decides to keep him.
It was said that his attitude was an element in his failure to adjust and improve when he was with the club.
Makes sense. It would be great to have a team player with his potential live up to that potential.
Puig channeling Bill Skowron (1963).
Puig sighting.
Puig slamming!
Apparently he is in left tomorrow.
East Coast games mean no Vin — but they’re conducive to getting more sleep.
Games without Steiner mean less aggravation.
Miami and Atlanta have each scored a touchdown so far in six innings.
Mo just said Pedro apparently misunderstood the concept of “slow the game down” (mentally). He was literally slowing it — and everyone else — down.
Tyler Austin was busy that last inning.
Okay, so the bats have gone MIA again . . . in NYC.
Hopefully what they’ve already done will hold up.
NEver expected the half-inning to be done this quickly when i heard Pedro was coming in.
Perhaps he got some coaching on that (he was driving the fans and the other players nuts!)
Good for them for telling and good for him for listening, if that’s the case.
It can’t be good for the defense to be standing around waiting.
Quick inning by Baez.
Jinx.
But the inning is over.
“Jinx!” — we had the same comment.
Not Rule 9 Violation jinx.
Oh! I understand now. 🙂
Do I owe you a coke now?
Jinx again!
I’ll just get you a 6 pack and call it a day. 🙂
Back in the day, a friend and colleague and I would bet on Dodger/Braves games. At one point he DID owe be a 6-pack.
I doubt he’d do it again.
Was it in the summer of 1982?
No — I didn’t start working with him until November, ’84.
Technically, I guess I’m supposed to say “Jinx – you owe me a Coke!” (or coke Zero or ice tea, as the case may be for me)
Baez is pitching another inning. Hopefully I didn’t rule 9 jinx it. After all our discussion!
I would rule no — no matter what happens. You were just commenting on what happened, not predicting what would continue.
Tho I hope that’s what happens!
But I purposely waited until the inning was over and thinking he was done pitching.
I say no, you didn’t jinx it.
Protocol followed.
Rest easy — and let’s get this last out!
Baez is throwing some heat according to Game Day.
I was hoping for one more inning from JDL.
If that last foul-that-could’ve-been-an-HR looked as scary as it sounded, I think his time was up.
Doc is known for his quick trigger! (especially with his rookies)
He’s not had great command, so I can’t complain too much.
I followed Link’s advice and tweeted Jon Weisman: “What’re the chances of Vin’s call of the entire final game of the season being carried on the radio?”
He replied: “Can’t answer that …”
I asked if he doesn’t know or can’t answer . . . I’ll let you know if he responds.
Well JDL is in line for another win.
That’s JDL’s second k on a very high fastball.
Whew!
Big at bat here with Sanchez up.
Judge gets back one of the runs he gave up.
Hope he fully redeems himself in the next series.
Through the first 4 innings the Dodgers have scored a different number of runs each inning. It would be remarkable if that continued.
Just so that it continues!
0, 1, 2, 3 have been taken. 4 and up remain.
Gotta be honest — I don’t care if they repeat any of those, other than the goose egg.
1,2,3 inning for JDL. Be great to see him go two more innings but he is at 68 pitches so he might not get there.
Did everyone suddenly go for supper or something?
I gotta go find a phone battery, but it’s only 2:50pm here.
Could be supper if you get up at 3 or 4am I suppose.
Yep and to a show.
Joe Davis knows his history. Vin, of course, has lived it.
JDL a bit wild. But still effective. But not what I would call effectively wild.
Nice play Joc!
Nice to see the Dodgers brought their bats. Nice to see the Yankees throw the ball around.
Nice — manufacturing a run!
So good to get that second run there.
Now let’s hope for a shutdown inning in the field.
NY not completely sharp tonight.
Seeing a NYY player wearing the number 55 has to be a good omen for the Dodgers.
And now he is gone. All too soon for my thinking.
54 and NY has very different connotations.
“…where are you?”
Keep on hitting!
Now that the no-no and shutout are history, hopefully Dave Roberts’ toughest decision will be who to rest while waiting for a Dodger laugher to be official.
Lots of pitches for both pitchers in the second inning. But it’s nice that the Dodgers have the 3 run lead.
What does Jon Miller call this place? The Big Ballpark in the Bronx? I wish I could have seen a game in the old one before the rehabs.
I’d like to know what Hank Greenwald – greatest Gnatcaster ever – called it after the Yanquis fired him.
The old one had rats.
Hey, it’s NYC. There are stories about rats as big as cats in that town.
It probably had gators in the toilets, too.
Turner’s soft toss to second meant they don’t get the back end of the double play.
First walk by JDL.
It had to happen, eventually.
Pessimist.
Kersh’s new record is probably safe.
NYY – they can hit too I guess.
Hopefully they will only hit one.
Kind of like the LA lead in the standings — cut short quickly.
Has there been any talk of carrying Vin on the radio the entire final game of the season?
A simulcast would be the right thing to do, and it would eliminate Steiner.
Might address that to Mr Weisman; he’s connected.
Good inning.
eh?
Not that you needed help completing your sentences.
Well, to be fair – “Good inning” isn’t really a complete sentence.
Not without the eh
Some grammarians would disagree.
Really? Does it count because it is a statement?
It’s a complete thought, which some would argue is sufficient. It’s not an incomprehensible fragment, at least in context.
Love it! (Oh no, here we go again.)
Was it a complete inning?
Who’s the Canadian here?
Look what we started.
Too bad RBI wasn’t here to chime in.
Nice to see the MIA bats were found.
Also nice to hear soo many Dodger fans in Yankee Stadium.
I see what you did there.
According to “Evita,” “Claim mistakes were planned,” but I have to be honest . . . that wasn’t intentional. . . . Wish it was!
Three runs in, opponent’s pitch count increasing. Good start.
The Fourth is with you.
Utley with a nice long hit there. Or error by Judge but whatever. 2 runs score.
Based on early returns, CNN now predicts a Dodger win.
Sweet!
Nice to see Seager make the play on that grounder by Sanchez.
Made it like a third baseman?
Indeed.
It’s a lame combo that can’t double up AGon on that.
Scored faster today than they did yesterday
Strike one. I missed my target comment.
Always nice to score a run.
Or three.
Or four.
Or four.
Or four 🙂
Before they owned the Dodgers… https://twitter.com/onlmaps/status/775435874351783936
Meanwhile, across the pond… https://twitter.com/2016ebc/status/775294571249037316
Every time I read or hear about European baseball, I think of a trip I took 10 years ago with university students to Serbia. During our time there, one of my students and I got to spend a day with the Serbian National Baseball team. My student, who played baseball all through high school, clearly was one of the best players on the field.
Also – do these results tie into the WBC at all?
I have no idea. I do note that the Croatians, who appear to have crowded out the Serbians, are not doing very well.