Dodgers at Cardinals, 10:45 AM PT (that’s 7:45PM CEST for Bob Hendley), TV: MLBN (out-of-market only), ESPN, SPNLA, FS-M
RHP Brandon McCarthy (5-1, 3.28 ERA) goes for the Dodgers and RHP Adam Wainwright (5-3, 4.20 ERA) will go for the Cards. McCarthy left his last start against the Cubs after six scoreless innings, complaining of knee tendinitis, which he says he’s had since spring training. Wainwright has made three consecutive quality starts, giving up just one run in his last 20 1/3 innings. This will be his 331st game in a Cardinals uniform, which moves him past Larry Jackson into 10th place on the all time games-pitched list for the Redbirds.
This day in Dodgers’ history:
- 1955 Duke Snider blasts three home runs in the Dodgers’ 11-8 win over Milwaukee. Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, and Roy Campanella also go deep in the Ebbets Field’s contest, helping Brooklyn set a franchise record with six home runs.
- 1962 In the nightcap of a twin bill at Shibe Park, Don Drysdale beats the Phillies for the 13th consecutive time, continuing a streak which started in 1958. The Dodger right-hander, however, will drop his next seven decisions against Philadelphia after today’s victory.
- 1997 When Wilton Guerrero scurries to pick up pieces of his shattered bat after grounding out to start the game, home plate ump Steve Ripley becomes suspicious and discovers that the bat has been altered. The rookie Dodgers second baseman is immediately ejected from the game by crew chief Bruce Froemming, and the 21 year-old infielder will also receive an eight-day suspension and a $1,000 fine for his use of a corked bat.
Lineup when available.
Today's Dodger lineup at Cardinals:
Taylor CF
Seager SS
Bellinger LF
González 1B
Utley 2B
Hernández 3B
Barnes C
Puig RF
McCarthy P pic.twitter.com/gOJRKumGTI— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 1, 2017
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¡Alex Wood es lanzador del mes! https://twitter.com/LosDodgers/status/870719676375982080
¡Y Bellinger novato del mes! https://twitter.com/LosDodgers/status/870720277910618112
So, are we in second place now, or third?
Third, because the Fish messed up against the Snakes, who are tied with Rox for first.
Mattingly gets his own this year… https://twitter.com/JillSzwedWx/status/870310490299179008
What will be the Dodger rotation in June?
Kershaw, McCarthy, Wood, Ryu, Hill?
Maybe Maeda in place of Ryu?
Will Urias sneak back in? Stewart will soon be available as well.
Dave Stewart’s coming out of retirement?
Dodger pitchers gave the Dodgers a great chance of sweeping the Birds.
It’s not as if the Cardinals were hitting that well. They can thank their pitchers for these two wins.
Including today’s offense.
Kershaw tomorrow in Milwaukee.
Hope it’s the real Kersh.
And the real offense.
He is 4-0, ERA of 1.41, in five career starts at Miller Park in Milwaukee.
Really frustrating game.
/two days
Yeah.
Road trip started in grand fashion, then tanked quickly.
Hope to right it.
Hard to have good at bats when the ump keeps calling wide balls as strikes.
If we get to the bottom of the 9th, I think the Dodgers have only eight position players available, including Gutierrez, who hasn’t appeared.
Whoa.
Moot point.
Unfortunately, yes.
Taylor could have come to the infield, Chutley to 1B, Gutiérrez to OF.
Jansen to catcher.
Not bloody likely.
Just listening on the radio, but either the Dodgers are completely frustrated or this ump is completely wrong . . . or both.
Ump way off.
Terrible strike three called on AGon.
And now he’s tossed.
Whew . . . three runs seems insurmountable right now.
C’mon, bats — pull this out!
Dinger Bats–three of them
Didn’t we do that once this year? There may be a maximum allowable number. 😉
Plating ONE would be nice — equally yesterday’s meager output.
Depressing thing about baseball when your team is losing — can’t score on defense.
Mayday! Mayday!
That’s the problem — it’s now June.
Juneday?
Came down with the Junebug
Double plays are killing us!
Dodger offense seems to be as streaky as Andre used to be.
Currently hitting as well as he is.
Great AB by Taylor, in the end.
Terrible for Seager.
Presicely. Now let’s take advantage of it.
Too late.
Taylor trying to hit a three run homer.
Like I should be criticizing his approach!
Rally caps!
Why the Gnats won’t get better any time soon… https://twitter.com/extrabaggs/status/870369525677473792
Forsooth, Forsythe.
Puig looks lost much of the time at the plate.
OK, Yasiel, time to earn your keep.
Dodgers in May
Wood 5-0. 1.27 ERA
Kershaw 3-1, 2.43
McCarthy 3-1, 3.57
Maeda 2-0, 3.64
Ryu 1-1, 3.72
Hill 1-1, 4.50
Urias 0-2, 6.62
Jansen 1 win, 1 save, 0.87
Dodgers in May:
Toles .360/.385/.440/.825
Grandal .337/.374/.523/.897
Turner .333/.435/.373/.808
Taylor .322/.430/.511/941
Utley .314/.402/.571/,974
Barnes .310/.444/.586/1.031
Gutierrez .273/.385/.455/.839
Hernandez .271/.353/.525/.878
Gonzalez .269/.273/.404/.677
Seager .255/.371/.388/.758
Bellinger .245/.314/.566/.880
Puig .222/.268/.378/.646
Eibner .222/.300/556/856
Pederson .182/.287/.291/.568
Forsythe .160/.344/.320/.664
Van Slyke .100/.182/.400/.582
Wainwright’s last inning?
Hope so. He has thrown 101 pitches.
And hit the 2 run HR.
Still in this game. Should be the last inning for Wainwright and then it will be time to go to work on the bullpen.
Dodgers hitting in May:
.265/.346/.445/.791, 159 runs in 28 games (tops in NL), average of 5.69 per game (tops in NL),
Dodgers Pitching in May:
19-9, ERA of 2.94, 261 Ks in 254 innings
I would take 19 wins/month all day long!
Bellinger could tie the game here. Or give the Dodgers the lead.
Maybe I was too kind.
Scoop remarks on Bellinger’s slump, but Seager’s really suffering a power outage.
Bellinger then flashes some leather.
Bellinger responds to Scoop with a double. Another slump broken!
Should I get on Puig?
Be my guest.
Time for Barnes to be Noble.
He got shortlifted.
We need at least one run here.
Good play by Cards on the groundball snuffed that rally.
I missed the kefuffle. Can anyone fill in the blanks?
Rundown of runner coming home who returns to third by then occupied by another runner. First runner was called out, presumably because second runner owned the bag.
I see. So both runners weren’t on the bag at the same time.
Yes they were.
I guess I am at loss for words (even though my finer has recovered).
Yes they were.
It recalls the old Brooklyn joke:
First fan: “The Dodgers have two men on base.”
Second fan: “Which base?”
Our season is now one-third over (33-21). One can project full-season numbers, which, of course, will be inaccurate. So, Kershaw would go 21-6, Wood 18-0, McCarthy 15-3 and Ryu 6-15. Kershaw has allowed 10 homers already, meaning he would give up 30 for the entire season. He has never allowed more than 16. Jansen would have 24 saves. He had 47 last season.
Puig would hit 27 homers and drive in 87, Seager 21-72, Taylor 18-57, Grandal 15-69, Gonzalez 3-60. This is Bellinger’s 35th game, so his projections are hard to figure. He is now 11-29. Likewise, it is hard to come up with Turner’s. He is currently 1-17. Puig would strike out 123 times.
Wood:18-0! That would be fun.
Also the Dodgers would finish 99-63 which isn’t too bad.
Someone get a rule book!
What happened?
Finger hurts too much to tell you.
Yours or Rollie’s?
At issue was which runner owned the bag at third.
Doc continues to discuss with umps between innings.
And still discussing with Justin in the dugout.
If two runners are on the same bag, and both are tagged, the one who got there first — or had the bag — gets to stay. The other is out. But I didn’t see the play.
That’s what appeared to have happened, but Orel didn’t seem to agree and Doc was discussing with umps.
Thanks, all.
I think Hershiser had it right.
Hangs one to the pitcher…
Dang!
That stings. It is Wainwright’s 10th career MLB homer.
McCarthy’s first inning: 19 pitches, 15 strikes.
Two hits, but both dinkers.
…and right then they hit one hard.
I am listening to my freezer thaw while hoping that Sears will find a hole in its repair schedule into which the thing can be fit this morning.
…or will find a hole in the freezer?
Whatever. Just get here FAST, please, because otherwise I lose a lot of meats and burritos and frozen veggies.
Link: I hope you have better luck than we had when we purchased an over, stove and microwave from Sears last year. Although it ended up well, it took about seven visits from Sears and the subcontractor/installer before everything was taken care of. A lowlight was when Sears said, yes, I was on its delivery schedule for the designated time/day, but, no, they didn’t have a truck in our area that day. Huh? After the microwave was delivered, we waited to open the box until the rest of the merchandise arrived. When we opened it up a few days later, we saw a big dent. Sears first said it wouldn’t replace it because more than three days had passed since we received it and later offered to take $40 of the bill because of the dent. We eventually got a new one in perfect condition after rejecting the $40 offer. All’s well that end’s well, but I did get aggravated.
We bought a protection agreement for the fridge after three ice-maker failures in the first year at $200+ per pop. We’ve been told that it’s the most frequent part to fail, but still.
“Protection agreement…”
That’s what Sears calls its extended maintenance contract.
Party at Link’s house!
Liberatore down, Dayton up.
The Dodgers continue to take full advantage of the 10-day DL policy, using it like a revolving door. I am considering going on the 10-day Linkmeister DL with a sore finger that makes it tougher for me to type my messages.
Go and be absolved, my son.
But you would still be better than any AAA commentator trying to replace you!
Got to toughen up and write through it.
I thought that Bellinger should have been given the day off yesterday; he is in a mild slump. I would have sat him today and not moved him up in the #3 slot vs. Wainwright. He is now 2-for-22 with 10 Ks.
Planning on watching while I write. We’ll see how it goes…