Angels at Dodgers, 7:10 PM PT, TV: SPNLA, FS-W
The Angels come to Dodger Stadium a game over .500 and playing without superstar Mike Trout, who’s out for at least two more weeks with a torn ulnar ligament in his thumb. They will also have Albert Pujols, he of the 600+ HRs, playing 1B in one of the two games in the NL park, something he’s done only four times this season.
An omen? “The Angels are 38-28 against the Dodgers since 2005, including winning the ’16 Freeway Series by a 3-1 margin.”
The Angels send old friend RHP Ricky Nolasco (2-9, 5.23 ERA) out to face the Dodgers’ LHP Rich Hill (4-3, 4.73 ERA). Nolasco got slammed for five runs in 5 1/3 innings against the Yankees in his last start and took the loss. He leads the AL in HRs allowed with 23. Hill got the win his last time out against the Mets, giving up only one run in five innings. He still hasn’t gotten into the sixth inning yet this year.
Cody Bellinger, your NL Player of the Week.
Jay Jaffe of Sports Illustrated praises the Dodgers for their exploits thus far.
This date in Dodgers’ history:
- 1944 At the Polo Grounds with over 50,000 fans looking on, the New York major league teams face each other in a six inning three-team game (a team played consecutive innings against the other two teams then sat out an inning) to raise money for war bonds. The charity contest, billed as the Tri-Cornered Baseball Game, ends with the final score of Dodgers 5, Yankees 1, Giants 0.
- 1968 Cardinals right-hander Bob Gibson tosses his fifth consecutive shutout as he blanks the Pirates, 3-0, in the first game of a doubleheader played at Busch Stadium. The future Hall of Famer’s accomplishment is one shy of the major league mark, set earlier in the month by Don Drysdale of the Dodgers.
- 1999 At Candlestick Park‚ Todd Hundley’s second homer of the day‚ a ninth inning three-run shot to deep right field off Giants’ closer Robb Nen, sparks the Dodgers’ 7-6 comeback win. Ellis Burks had put San Francisco ahead in the bottom of the eighth, 6-4, with a three-run homer off Alan Mills.
Lineup when available.
Tonight's Dodger lineup vs. Angels:
Utley 2B
Taylor LF
Turner 3B
Bellinger 1B
Grandal C
Pederson CF
Puig RF
Hernández SS
Hill P pic.twitter.com/oKTDLobl19— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 27, 2017
NPUT
Jim Thome loves him some Cody Bellinger… https://twitter.com/MLBNetwork/status/879685759359307776
Humph. I leave the game to you folk while I eat my well-earned supper and what do you do?
Just seeing that 2 teams scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 9th tonight. Both lost.
Oh, well. Tomorrow is another day!
Thanks Scarlett. 🙂
If hitting is contagious, so is not hitting.
No bang.
Lots of whimper.
So 4 in a row or Grand Slam. I’m fine with either.
Not our night.
Blah.
This Middleton is amazing.
OK Bellinger. We haven’t had a home run yet tonight. Need at least one, don’t we?
Not against Middleton.
C’mon bats!
The whole game was worth that throw by Puig. Staggeringly good.
Feels like if might be their only highlight.
Gimpy leg doesn’t effect Puig’s arm.
I can’t believe my eyes with Puig’s throw sometimes.
Puig is too too amazing.
5-2 Gnats. Strickland gets an important out.
You misspelled “Strychnine’ (what Gnatfans call him).
Gnats bullpen doing their thing, loading the bases.
Wait til next inning.
Argh. Slider slider slider slider and froze him with one right down the middle.
Not with a bang but a whimper.
Where is the Dodgers’ offensive weapon, the WP?
Yes. Could have really used one there.
Is Freeman the best we have off the bench?
Way over eager, poor guy.
Freeman was 2-for-30 for Seattle this year. Lifetime average of .132 in 53 ML at bats.
Strange choice by Doc.
“Welcome to the big club, now we need a big hit.” (or sac fly)
Up to Chutley.
Let’s go Dodgers!
Alright. RBI is here. Game on!
I was hiking and listening on the radio. Then cooking and then eating. But always here in spirit.
Need to score here.
Talk about hitting off the pitcher!
He is totally getting hit now.
Now need a hit and run(s).
Really good game by Rich . . . hurt mostly by that double steal. I didn’t see it — did Grandal hold the ball because of their jump?
Link, those stats above must be wrong — based on the Dodger “output” tonight, Nolasco must be in contention for the Cy Young Award.
Oh well, it was bound to happen. Would’ve been nicer, I guess, if it was vs. an ace.
Every dog has his day?
Okay, bats — time to make your appearance and take the lead.
Ditto for 6th inning.
7th?
One can hope.
Silver Lining Dept: this game is moving along!
Lots quicker than yesterday to be sure.
Not exactly the pitcher one would think would shut down the Dodger “juggernaut.”
Kole Calhoun. 1930’s gangster or Old West cowboy? I can never decide which he reminds me of more.
Colorado down 3-0 to SF. Dodgers down 3-0 to Angels.
Which team is more likely to win?
Down 2-0. That should not be insurmountable.
As long as the bats show up.
Nolasco wanted no part of Bellinger.
“Should” is not a word we should use in predicting the outcome of any one game. Having said that, we “should” win tonight if Hill has a decent game. Nolasco shares the major league lead in losses with nine and has a 5.23 ERA, precisely half a run more than Hill.
Confirmation of news below.
Have y’all voted for Seager and any other Dodgers you think should start in the ASG? Last round is today.
I’ve never voted online and prefer to use the ASG as a mini-vacation from baseball – I’d sooner watch a spring training game. I was far more interested when the players chose their peers and there was no interleague play, so the game had the feeling of a genuine rivalry.
Interleague play has diminished the excitement of the All-Star Game. Additionally, it was much more fun when I was a kid. Of course. A splendid Tuesday early in the summer. The players should select the starting lineups. But, in lieu of that, I voted five times today, picking three Dodgers: Bellinger (as a write-in), Seager and Turner. I did pick Posey as catcher.
I enjoyed it into my forties. The last worthwhile game was 1994, when McGriff homered in the ninth to tie and Tony Gwynn scored the winner in the tenth.
Does the AL winning about the last 20 have anything to do with it being less fun?
It has for me.
It’s not that. It’s the brain-dead marketing for a game that’s been consciously devalued – even though, thankfully, the homefield advantage crap is gone.
I certainly agree that having HFA for the World Series decided by an exhibition game was a really, really bad idea.
Those were the same 3 I voted for . . . I still have 10 more times (two days’ worth) to go.
We’re on the same track. I got in late and today was the first time I voted. So I have only 15 votes left. But, isn’t it crazy that each e-mail address can vote up to 35 times?
Se publicó la alineación… https://twitter.com/LosDodgers/status/879505673544970240
Arizona beat Philadelphia this afternoon, 6-1. Greinke got the win, but he went only five innings, throwing 102 pitches, allowing the one run (earned), three hits, walking three and striking out five.
I’m thinking the Rockies may beat the Gnats as well…
I’d think they’re looking forward to facing the Gnats.
Anecdotally, I seem to recall Greinke with several very high pitch counts this season.
Look-alikes: James Comey and Rich Hill
Comey’s a bit taller.
And Hill is currently employed.
Comey is 6-8, Hill 6-5. Comey played intramurual basketball, football and Ultimate Frisbee at William & Mary. Hill played varsity baseball at the University of Michigan.
Comey, however, may have better command.
Being a Gnatbeat writer must be fun… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/54c76c82a4f7b32f0711448e7a5185a90bad8a4f74f82bf733e8f1365b0274ed.png
Are changes on the way? https://twitter.com/kengurnick/status/879482451956973568
And just like that we know… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4cecc40b5d6f7e934c6bee5160582b18229da98c8604a5d67700b8695f2296ff.png
What part of the knee is the yip?
Yip bone connected to the yike bone.
The Dodgers as Juggernaut.
Meanwhile, on the OKC shuttle… https://twitter.com/kengurnick/status/879466100555042817