The one-hundred-and-fiftieth game of the year already? Yikes!
Dodgers at Phillies, 4:00 PM PT, TV: SPNLA, CSN-P
LHP Kershaw (17-3) v. RHP Pinetta (5-10)
Optometrist appointment to click the button for the visual field test. More later.
Today in Dodgers’ history: Happy 4+1 Day!
- 1984 The Tigers, with a 3-0 victory over Milwaukee, clinch the American League East title to become only the fourth team in major league history to lead from start to finish of a season. The 1923 Giants, 1927 Yankees, and the 1955 Dodgers also led their circuits from wire to wire.
- 2006 The Dodgers, who are last in the National League in homers, hit four consecutive home runs in an inning when Jeff Kent, J.D. Drew, Russell Martin, and Marlon Anderson all go deep in the bottom of the ninth to tie the Padres, 9-9. The improbable feat, which had been accomplished only by the 1964 Twins, 1963 Indians, and the 1961 Braves, leads to Nomar Garciaparra’s walk-off two-run homer in the tenth and sole possession of first place when Los Angeles beat the Friars, 11-10.
Lineup:
Today's Dodger lineup at Phillies:
Taylor CF
Turner 3B
Bellinger 1B
Puig RF
Barnes C
Granderson LF
Utley 2B
Hernandez SS
Kershaw P— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 18, 2017
NPUT
How bad are the Gnats? https://twitter.com/mccoveychron/status/910210465774612480
D-backs also lose ! ! !
On the bright side, the Pads have taken a 3-0 lead over the Snakes in the first.
Limping over the finish line? I just coughed up a postseason ticket bundle. I hope we make it through both rounds!
All three!
I’m eligible to buy mine today. I think I’m just going for the championship series.
I don’t expect the Dodgers to lose games Kershaw starts. That makes losses like today’s harder.
Totally agree. Even more, it was Kershaw’s fault. Though it didn’t help that the bats went to sleep.
Grandal’s batting lately brings to mind Tommy Lasorda’s comment about Kurt Bevacqua of the San Diego Padres: He couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat.
We have now lost 18 of 23. Yikes. Gulp. OMG. etc.
We are doomed! Even if we win all of the rest of the games, over the last 35 we would be a .485 club.
The question after that of course is whether they play like a 485 or an 800 Club. Right now, they are more familiar with the former. Unfortunately.
Real question is whether we can be a .579 club come October.
And in the good news department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
We will now get more of Granderson?
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing and not feeling happy about that one bit.
They did sit the fellow for two games and in the three starts since he has gone 2-8 with 3 BB and a dinger for .250/.455/.625.
Did Kershaw fling his glove in the dugout after the 6th inning?
I didn’t notice. Did see him sitting alone in the corner of the dugout with his unhappy face on.
First two hitters get home runs, last two strike out.
Not what I was expecting to tune in to.
That was cruel and dumb for Roberts to put Grandal up there. Grandal should be credited with a hit every time he hits a foul ball.
Well that was a dumb game.
I think that Corey is hurting in some fashion.
Elbow, which is said to effect his throwing.
Could be hitting as well – his power numbers have been way down.
Would be hard to think otherwise, though he did get a long dinger in DC.
Grand and Grand to over come the Grand Slam?
Nope.
Grandy!
Let’s GO Dodgers.
Clap, clap …. clap-clap-clap.
So I leave to take a long walk with my wife and our dog, and the Dodgers nursing a 2-0 lead, and I come home to this score? Sadly, this has frequently happened to Kershaw in the post-season over the years: brilliant pitching following by an ultimate disaster. I am truly bummed.
I plan to take my geriatric malamute around the block after the Dodgers pull it out.
You may need to have your carpets cleaned.
All too true assessment on Kersh in the postseason. Oftentimes the signal of the downfall is a long at-bat which he loses.
Grand.
Let’s go Dodgers.
Nice hat dude.
Long term plan for Cingrani is to be a starter? That was news to me.
He began his career as a starter for the Rojos, and had some success.
Oh OK. Thanks.
Nice play at third by Crawford.
I don’t want to have to depend on the Fillies’ bullpen meltdown.
Especially in the playoffs.
Feels like last chance here for the Dodgers.
My son is really into Studio C. I just watched one that perfectly – and I mean perfectly – describes the playoffs.
“It could be fun though.” https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SF-psoWdSpo
One of the easiest replays I have seen.
So Link. Did you watch Vietnam last night?
Yes. Learned a lot I had never known about Ho and American misjudgments even before we took an active military role in the place.
That Ken Burns. He is a smart cookie.
I have seen it yet but I learned a lot just from the trailers.
Essentially we should have been on Ho’s side in that civil war if we were gonna pick a side at all. Instead we picked Ngo Dinh Diem, a corrupt politician in the South.
Either followed by Gonzalez. What is this – 2013?
Was following on game day and got the broadcast just in time to hear that horrendous inning. So I guess it’s my fault.
Homers given up by Kershaw are not surprising. The two walks are.
And, unfortunately, the bats have reverted back to their relatively catatonic state.
Catatonic. The worst kind of tonic there is.
He had managed to get it down to a more respectable 1.1/9, among the top ten or so in the NL, but about double his career mark.
Not that I really thought he was going to win it this year – but there goes the Cy Young for Kershaw.
Bad time for the HR bug to bite. And bite hard.
Kersh might have pitched too carefully to Hoskins.
Kersh might not be strong through 100 pitches yet.
Well, that changes things.
First grand slam ever given up by Kershaw? Really? Wow!
IIRC, Palmer never gave up a slam.
I don’t believe it.
Here we go. Hoskins vs Kershaw.
Good AB by Hoskins.
It was.
4+1 game was 11 years ago? Crazy. I’m trying to recall when I “joined” Dodger Thoughts. I remember the Alex Cora at bat via DT. Was that 2004?
Also – wasn’t it Jon who came up with the “4+1” moniker?
The Angels are still in the Wild Card game. Anybody like a Dodger Angel WS?
I could think of worse match ups.
Like St. Louis vs New York.
How’s the Phillies pen? Pivetta over 100 pitches.
And now with a hole in his stomach.
That looked painful!
OK Cody. Record time.
Whelp. That was weak.
Gold glove at RF and 3B
That was a crazy long throw.
How many K’s are there n Hernandez’ nickname?
Only 24.8% through now š
Taylor leads the team at 26%. Top three are TAalor, Bellinger Seager. Kike’ just trying to keep up.
Surprisingly, Joc only at 21.2%. The one area he has improved. Granderson at 26.8%
Fifth straight game in which we have scored in the 1st inning. In the prior five games we have scored only one run past the 5th inning.
Lot of fives.
Puig now has 21 GIDP, a career high. Previous high was 10 last season.
I think Pujols has the career record at 360.
So guys with names starting with Pu…
CT’s dinger give the team 5×20 for third time in franchise history (1979, 2000).
Grandal is one away from giving them 6×20
Special prize if he does it with an insider.
He should start running now.
Too late.
These comments are comedy gold!
Unfortunate. Puig hit it hard but it was a turned into a routine DP.
Bellinger should be able to take this guy deep.
A few empty seats here and there scattered around the ballpark.
Like us.
Phillies: 58-91. Dodgers: 96-53. If past performance is any indicator at all, the only reason to come to the game is to see whether Hoskins can hit an HR off Kershaw.
apparently Seager is just having a scheduled day off and his elbow is, well apparently playable
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/254930198/dodgers-corey-seager-out-of-lineup-monday/?topicId=27118122
Post somewhat completed above.
interesting start
Yeah!
two out of the requested five.
Ho hum, one over the fence.
Inside dinger baby!
Last Dodger player to hit a first up insider was Doc (in 2003).
Easiest inside-the-parker I’ve ever seen! He was virtually jogging at the end.
How cool was that
Please describe for us without the game on TV.
both outfielders were close to the ball, but it hit off the wall at a sharp angle away from them. Not even close to getting in a throw home.
Thanks. I will make sure to watch it on the highlights tonight.
video on mlb gameday already
Taylor just missed hitting it over the fence.
You don’t have MLBTV?
No. I watch enough baseball on TV as it is, and, after 37 years of marriage, I don’t want to overdo it. I have decided not to watch any NFL this season except, perhaps, the Super Bowl. After tonight I will have completed two weeks of cold turkey there. I do like to watch college football. It has so much more energy and enthusiasm, and my Cal Bears are off to a 3-0 start.
I watch zero handegg, and consider the college version the biggest scam in sports.
Magic numbers to clinch post-season homefield advantage against each of the following clubs:
Colorado — 1
Boston — 3
Arizona — 4
Washington — 8
Houston — 9
Cleveland — 10
We have already clinched the HFA against any other club that might reach the post-season.
Tempted to follow the team to Philly for at least one game with week, but my Dodger buddy here in DC had a bad experience doing that once and is not eager. Seems he had a Dodger license plate frame, which incited someone to let the air out of his tires.
I’ve enjoyed visiting Philly, but have never been to a ballgame there.
By all accounts a great city to visit.
I’ve given a couple travel talks on South America there, very well treated.
How about we put up a 5 spot in the top of the first inning today?
The Cingrani effect… https://twitter.com/based_ball/status/909892437295771649
AlineaciĆ³n de hoy… https://twitter.com/LosDodgers/status/909859646344765442
Here’s wishing Granderson does really well. Maybe he can make me like him in the lineup.
I like someone who has so much hope.
I am trying. I have more hope for Joc than Doc does.
I have more hope for Joc and for Andre than the skipper does.