Dodgers at Reds, 4:10 PM PT, TV: SPNLA, FS-O
Lefty Alex Wood (6-0, 2.01 ERA) faces RHP Tim Adleman (4-2, 4.34 ERA). Wood pitched last Saturday and got no decision against the Reds, giving up three runs on five hits in 5 2/3 innings. Adleman faced the Dodgers on Sunday and also got no decision, giving up three runs and five hits in five innings.
This day in Dodgers’ history:
- 1933 Last year’s National League batting champ, Lefty O’Doul, and pitcher Watty Clark, a 20-game winner last season, are traded by the Dodgers to the Giants for first baseman Sam Leslie. Brooklyn’s newest infielder will bat .311 during his three seasons with the team, before returning to New York in 1936.
In non-Dodgers history of note:
- 1978 Reds’ right-hander Tom Seaver no-hits the Cardinals at Riverfront Stadium, 4-0. The gem is Tom Terrific’s first no-no after taking a hitless game into the ninth inning three times during the first 12 years of his career.
Lineup when available.
Today's Dodger lineup at Reds:
Utley 2B
Seager SS
Turner 3B
Bellinger 1B
Taylor LF
Grandal C
Pederson CF
Puig RF
Wood P pic.twitter.com/bBISNwBl45— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 16, 2017
NPUT
Kenley made the heart of their order look really bad.
Nice story about Kiké and his father here.
Good win for the Dodgers!
Goodness that was a brilliant pitching game on our side.
For a game played in Cincinnati, both sides pitched well.
Woo-HOO!!!!!
Ack. One more strike, please?
Gotta get Votto.
Almost a rhyme!
Wow. Amazing three pitches there.
Kenley time.
Turner hitting .384 but then average is so last decade.
A big container ship bumps into a US Navy destroyer off Japan and almost sinks it. Happened at 2 AM Japan time.
This game has now become a walk through the Woods, on both sides.
Wood did get a walk.
Will Wood get to pitch the 9th? Jansen rested. Wood according to Joe has never pitched into the 9th.
Looks like no.
Steiner sez Wood threw one CG, in April of 2014.
That 3rd run figuring large right about now.
Doc placing some well deserved confidence in letting Wood continue, then he singles.
Kike’ might hit one out but I don’t like pinch hitting early especially with 2 outs and no one on base and then lose that the lefty righty match up later in the game in a better situation.
Wood with the wood!
Four players converging on that popup and Joc stayed out of the epicenter. He’s learning.
For those of you who missed it, the Giants rallied for eight runs in the 7th, 8th and 9th inning last night to tie Colorado, 9-9, erasing a 9-1 deficit. The Giants almost took the lead with two outs in the 9th, but Span was nipped at the plate when he tried to score from third when a pitch got away from the catcher but not far enough. Strickland allowed a run in the bottom of the inning and the Rockies won, 10-9.
Gnatfans refer to him as “Strychnine.”
DJ Turner keeps playing the hits.
Joe tells us that Cory’s Aunt and Uncle and Mother are at the game and in the same breath describes Cory getting picked off. Life’s like that.
Fillies have taken a 4-2 lead over Snakes in the sixth. Gnats lead Rox 1-0 after one.
Interesting pinch hitting strategy. Forsythe would be the better defensive player at second going into the bottom of the 7th but Kike’ the better hitter right now.
Good point. Doc probably still thinking run and not run prevention, given the park.
Wood is good.
Ace like. Dodgers have two aces.
Very strange not seeing AGon at first.
Roberts said he might be back sooner that anticipated but I would imagine he won’t be in less pain and therefore might be more of a pinch hitter.
Wood at only 52 pitches.
Can’t remember, how strong is the Reds’ pen?
Ranked 25th with a 2.2 WAR
Thanks.
Better than their starters.
They pitch in hitter friendly ballparks though. Brewers and Reds parks are two I am thinking of.
For some reason I always worry about a pitcher’s throw to second to start the double play.
Throwing uphill, awkward. But he did it!
Wood is so much better than Hill at this point.
She says with a straight face.
Hahaha.
About to say, we need a DP, but Wood beat me to it.
Nifty DP.
Good thing it was only Bellinger that hit that one back to the pitcher which is not what the pitcher said.
Justin needs to turn on one.
Didn’t get a chance.
For those of us that are listening to MLB.com we now know that Babe Ruth once coached first base for the Dodgers. Attendance started to pick up as word got out.
Skunked!
Plunked!
Walk on Wood!
Hoya on the mound.
Was Bellinger’s attempt to score wise? How much was he out by?
Close but clearly out. An acceptable risk with two out. Reds played it well.
Got it.
Half a foot? Didn’t see the replay.
A good call by coach and umpire. Cody kept his head and shoulders high with his slide and gave the catcher an easier tag
And now I take my leave as I spend the rest of the evening going for ice cream and hanging out in the park with some of my students.
Bocce and Frisbee should keep us entertained for quite awhile.
Have a wonderful evening. How is the weather in Winnipeg today?
Overcast and about 63 degrees.
Not bad. At what level do you teach? I forget.
Good D, Dodgers!
Nice AB by Puig, very selective.
Puig is now second on the team in walks with 25.
No one besides Seagerhas nearly as many plate appearances, but, still, not bad for Puig.
Joc, old boy!
Joc with the blast!
HR #3!
Follows it with a double.
Joc skies one!
I imagine that the Twitter-verse was lit up over that trade in 1933. The reigning batting champ and a 20 game winner for one 1st Baseman? Good thing Leslie had an OPS+ of 155 at the time of the trade.
Think of the train rides where the press and the players mingled on their way to St. Louis and Chicago. “Why’d they get rid of Lefty, man? Sam’s okay, but Lefty AND Watty? Hoo boy!”
Salary dump?
Meanwhile, a bit of roster juggling… https://twitter.com/alannarizzo/status/875798555226755073
Ha! From Houston Mitchell’s Dodgers Dugout email this a.m.:
Ross has options, so that wouldn’t seem necessary. And he indeed he was optioned.
Alineación de hoy… https://twitter.com/LosDodgers/status/875790605212942336