Dodgers at Angels, 7:07 PM PDT, TV: FS-W, SPNLA
RHP Kenta Maeda (7-2, 3.48 ERA) goes for the Dodgers and Félix Peña (3-1, 4.53 ERA) pitches for the Angels. In his last start Maeda was pulled after five innings of two-hit, one walk and seven strikeout ball and wasn’t happy to be taken out after just 70 pitches. Peña had his worst outing of the year in his last “start” (the Angels are using the “opener” concept with him), giving up seven runs in just 1 2/3 innings.
First reports of NL All-Star votes:
Keep the votes coming! #LAVotesBlue
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— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 11, 2019
This day in Dodgers’ history:
- 1957 The Dodgers’ Roy Campanella surpasses former Cub and Giant backstop Gabby Hayes to establish a new National League mark when he hits his 237th career round-tripper as a catcher. Campy’s historic home run comes off Ray Crone in the seventh inning of Brooklyn’s 7-2 loss to the Braves at Ebbets Field.
- 1972 LA outfielders Manny Mota and Willie Davis both hit inside-the-park homers down the foul lines at Dodger Stadium off Bucs’ starter Bruce Kison. Roberto Clemente’s seventh inning home run over the fence proves to be the difference in Pittsburgh’s 7-5 victory, their 21st win the last 26 games.
Also, in 1938 In the first of two consecutive no-hitters he will hurl, Johnny Vander Meer keeps the Boston Bees hitless in Cincinnati’s 3-0 victory at Crosley Field. The Reds’ southpaw, in the first night game played in Brooklyn, continues his no-no mojo four days later by beating the Dodgers, 6-0, without giving up a hit in the Ebbets Field contest.
Lineup when available.
Tonight’s Dodger lineup at Angels:
Pederson LF
Muncy 3B
Turner DH
Bellinger RF
Seager SS
Verdugo CF
Taylor 2B
Hernández 1B
Barnes C
(Maeda P)#Dodgers | @Biofreeze pic.twitter.com/RQGAZLIkQT— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 11, 2019
NPUT
WBBsAs, I know you’ll sneer at this tour, but it looks interesting to me: 8 days, 7 nights, Lima to Cusco to Puerto Maldonado for as little as $951 (not including airfare).
It seems a bit rushed to me. At the very least, I’d spend a couple extra days in Lima and vicinity just for the food.
Probably won’t be able to enjoy/endure a game live until after the ASG, given time differences. Hoping Seager back before me!
Meanwhile, in Frisco (Tejas)… https://twitter.com/SamDykstraMiLB/status/1138875169680908288?s=20
First the good news: the Cachorros drubbed the Rox 10-1 in Denver, so Dodgers’ division lead increases to 9-1/2 games. Further good news – Dodgers will not have to face Hamels, who pitched seven scoreless at Coors today. Bad news – the Cachorros did not have to waste their bullpen in Colorado prior to the upcoming series at Dodger Stadium.
It was 49 years ago today… https://twitter.com/BSmile/status/1138813171043655680?s=20
Given neither Kiké nor CT3 have hit well this year, some may think of Gavin Lux at AA Tulsa. Well, from the same “Athletic” article:
J-Hair is a pretty good injury diagnostician. From The Athletic:
“Grade 2 strains typically require at least four weeks of recovery.”
Today’s MRI will tell us more, of course.
So that’s a revolting development.
So upsetting.
Taylor! Protect!!!!!!!
I see Joe Kelly gets a bobble head on Thursday. Maybe that will straighten out his actual head…
Inauspicious start. Ohtani etc. 5- Maeda 0.
It’s spelled Félix Peña,but it’s pronounced Cam Bedrosian.
Félix the Cam?
The wonderful, wonderful Cam?
Will we see his bag of tricks?
Grade 2 hamstring. Jerry H. says Corey will be out at least a month if not longer.
Day off tomorrow.
In the 9th you’d have thought Kiké would have gone to school on CT3’s caught-looking at that outside pitch. Martin too.
I know. They did not protect well at all.
Still, 22 games over .500 is better than two games under.
Weird game. As if the baseball gods were looking out for the angels.
18 runners on base for us. Three solo shots were it.
Pfui.
Mier-coles…
Hopefully a cramp for Corey. Yikes.
Well shoot and sugar. Couldn’t pull it off. Offense just blew it all night.
The strike zone is expanidng.
And my hope is plummeting. Same pitch, pitch after pitch.
Now that one looked outside.
Couldn’t score because of Corey’s injury… Such a frustrating game. Can we still do it?
You can’t take that pitch, Taylor. You just can’t.
Borderline at best.
I thought a strike.
Seeing the replay, I thought clearly a ball.
Interesting. I thought the Kiké one was a ball for sure.
Oh no. No no no. Seager hamstring injury. Just when he was back. Several violations happening in the RBI kitchen.
Looks like Seager pulled a hammy.
There’s life in this team yet…
If it wasn’t for home runs we’d have no runs at all…
Singing the Dodger Blues!
Nope.
Cody really cooling off. Maybe this will be the reheat moment.
Frustrating game tonight, I must say.
Let’s get a crooked number this inning. Wadya say?
Take that, says David Freese.
Freese!!!
I missed Muncy’s last AB. How close was it to going out?
Up against the wall.
Bright spot? Caleb Ferguson.
Muncy?
We. Just. Can’t. Do. It.
Terrible, even though the pitches were pretty good.
Taylor looks lost.
https://twitter.com/DodgerInsider/status/1138673121643249664?s=20
Scoop, are you still watching?
I am, at least.
Ugh. Right?
This is one long game. Six innings in two hours, 45 minutes. I am going to stay up to see Bellinger bat once more, then call it a night. Pull out a win for me, won’t you RBI.
I’m doing my best! Or trying…
Seager is 14-for-29 in his last seven games, including tonight, to raise his batting average from .246 to .275. I think he is starting to return to pre-injuries form.
I was hoping ‘third times a charm’
Oh so close, Max. Oh so close.
Now that’s protecting, Joc.
I believe we are 0 for 15 with RISP for us. Not gonna do it.
If we didn’t have bad luck we’d have no luck at all…
Taylor is due. So are the Dodgers.
Taylor provides great versatility in the field, but…
2017 — ,288/.354/.496/.850
2018 — .254/.331/.444/.775 (led NL in strikeouts)
2019 — .225/.290/.402/.693 (before tonight)
He is is signed only through this year and is arbitration eligible in 2020.
He’s a different hitter this year for sure. All lines going in the wrong direction.
Sad, but true.
Should we call him Max-A-Million?
One man band so far.
Mad Max!!!!
Hi, RBI. I just turned the game on to see Barnes take a called third strike and Joc hit into the shift. The team seems a bit listless in many of its recent games. Maybe that comes with being so far in front after only a little over 40 percent of the season.
And then there’s Max!
Joc has scorched two balls into the shift.
Drat! Foiled by the hard hit ball and the shift.
Austin, you have to protect there!
That was a dumb review on Ausmus’s part.
I feel like Scooplew did last night. Chatting away with myself!
I’m simultaneously working on writing something.
Multi-tasker.
Let’s not waste the lead off runner, please.
Verdugo with the major hustle to first!
What a catch by Corey! No idea how he did that – over the shoulder running catch of a Trout foul ball.
67 pitches, 38 strikes.
Maeda already up to 65 pitches, too many of them not close to strikes. Not his night, for sure.
Dodgers with the June gloom game.
Max!!!!
Not going to stay up for this one.
You’re excused, but I’ll stick with it.
Me, too. Have missed watching the last few.
Maeda not throwing first pitch strikes much.
In fairness, this might be his first bad outing all season.
True. I’d forgotten about all the the nibbling he did last year. He doesn’t look comfortable tonight.
Snakes have lost to Fillies, but it looks as if Rox will beat Cachorros. Dodgers’ division lead could slip to nine.
I’ve always disliked interleague play. These teams should only meet at the end of spring training or, otherwise, in October.
Not my favorite either.
As my grandmother used to say when faced with tribulations, “Me oh my and a custard pie.” A five-run deficit before the seats get warm.
And all five with two outs and the bases empty. Among Dodger pitchers, the only starter with more than one loss is Maeda, with two. It will take some work to prevent him from reaching three. but the night is still young.
Maeda is nibbling, and it’s not working.
If I had to dislike any player on the Angles, it would be Calhoun.
Why?
He just looks like a jerk.
Bother.
Bellinger’s regression to the mean is getting meaner. He is now 5-for-30 in June.
Joc”s roller coaster season continues. Although he hit the ball hard there, he is now 0-for-17 and, in June, 2-for-26.
Dodgers are free MLBTV game of the day.
Awful idea of the day… https://twitter.com/BaseballAmerica/status/1138615653307486209?s=20
And here’s the vig: “pay the league a royalty of .25 percent of the total amount wagered on MLB games”
What could possibly go wrong?
And another one… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/05c96d0492de26a73e7b715c1209c7a9d2a3b26b9a3ff8a4c4060f171a0b8bb7.png
From Baseball America… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7ac59cfdd5821791bd8536f998f8e0d2285c7835acf61616eacad14f329c53c3.png
https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1138577008059797505