Cubs at Dodgers, 7:10 PM PDT, TV: SPNLA, WGN
Righty Kyle Hendricks (7-4, 3.00 ERA) pitches for the Cubs; Lefty Rich Hill (3-1, 2.40 ERA) does so for the Dodgers. Hendricks has won his last three starts with a 2.05 ERA over those 22 innings. He last faced the Dodgers on June 27, 2018 and it didn’t go well. He gave up six runs in 2 2/3 innings. In Hill’s last three starts he’s won two and had an ERA of 2.00. He shut the Cubs out for six innings in his only start against them last season.
Here are Bellinger’s two homers from yesterday’s game:
This date in Dodgers’ history:
- 2003 After being activated from the disabled list by the Dodgers, first baseman Fred McGriff bats cleanup and goes 2-for-4 in his return against the Padres. It was the Crime Dog’s first trip to the DL during his 18-year career.
- 2010 After just seven days in the major leagues, Stephen Strasburg is named National League Player of the Week. The Nationals’ right-handed flamethrower starts his career 2-0 with 22 strikeouts, second to only Karl Spooner, who fanned five more batters in his first two major league starts with the Dodgers in 1954.
Lineup:
Tonight’s Dodger lineup vs. Cubs :
Pederson LF
Verdugo CF
Turner 3B
Bellinger RF
Muncy 2B
Taylor SS
Beaty 1B
Martin C
Hill P#Dodgers | @Biofreeze pic.twitter.com/lT1ycloRLO— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 14, 2019
NPUT
Kenley’s intentional balk. https://twitter.com/Jomboy_/status/1139994368021016577?s=20
It’s just a start, but Dodgers get the quality version in over 60% of their games. League average is 42%.
Yike-fest. Wow that was close as well.
Báez has everything under control.
Taylor’s was a lot closer.
I know, but my heart was still in my throat when he hit that.
Verdugo has definitely come out of his slump. So has Bellinger.
And Hill
Zelmo for two!
Snakes have lost to Nats (gnot Gnats), Rox lead Pads 2-1 after 4-1/2 innings. Cerveceros and Gnats have barely started, no score.
Pads have taken 15-11 lead at Coors. If this holds, division lead will be 10,5 over Rox and Snakes, 13 over Pads, 16.5 over Gnats. Still .005 behind Twinkies for baseball’s best record.
San Diego won 16-12.
Handegg season doesn’t start for 2-3 more months. What kind of score is that?
They tackled Arenado in the end zone for a safety.
In the Pads six-run ninth, OF Josh Naylor made the first and last outs with K’s.
Twenty-four games above .500, tying a season high….Should we allow them two runs in the top of the first tomorrow and repeat the same scenario?
All’s well…
Whatever it takes to come up with another win.
Kenley at 20 saves. And Matt Beaty sighs with relief.
Dodgers win!
Woo-HOO!!!
Crowd is loud!
What?! Another balk? What is he doing to get these calls? So weird.
Get the catcher out please.
Sweet K 2!
His ERA dips below 3.
2 away.
Shoot. Beaty with the error.
Oh man, that was ugly. Beaty botched it at first.
Bad future person!
So sorry. I will try to refrain.
There’s one!
Ok KJ. Let’s get it done.
That’s a lot of 2 out walks by the Cubs in the last 2 innings.
To no avail. Kiké is really struggling right now.
The Banana Man is a bit spotty.
Not very appealing at the plate.
I gave you some love scooplew. I hope that appeals to you.
¡Ajo!
“Cargo” in the outfield!
Almora’s hurt, then.
I’m surprised the Cubbies aren’t in first in their division. They have an incredible line up.
The right Baez beats the other Baez.
San Diego scored six in the top of the 9th and is now tied with Colorado, 11-11.
Amazing.
Forget it Jake. It’s Coors Field.
Did the Rox bring in Joe Kelly?
Dang. And now they get a runner on base. They are relentless aren’t they?
What a catch. I think he hit his head hard.
Ok CT3. Let’s put a bow on this thing.
Or not.
So close though.
So so close.
Rich sure has recovered well after a rough start. It’s our new starting pitching mode.
I think I still prefer the old starting pitching mode of being completely brilliant.
Verdugo ties a major league record!
I missed it. What record did he tie?
Most putouts in an inning by CF.
I’m guessing it is shared by at least a few…
I heard the ump got hit in the mask in the first inning. Does that explain his strike zone?
He appears to be suffering from blurred vision.
Diplopia?
Next up in the pen? https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/1139741570012348416?s=20
Please no… maybe for the Gnats?
Nice play by Verdugo!
Loved Hill’s RBI. Whooping on the elliptical tonight. Wow! Verdugo!
So, I was listening to the end of the Mets game last night against the Cards while driving home from work. The Mets were up 4-2 at home, and it starts pouring in the bottom of the 8th. The Mets go quickly, and the grounds crew comes out to try to dry up the infield. After a bit, they start bringing out the tarp, but the Mets players are all pleading with the umpire to let the game proceed. The rain lightened a little (and only a little), and the umps said play on. It was a 9 minute rain delay. During the delay, Diaz, the closer, was up and down, throwing some warm-ups, going back to the bench, throwing a few more warm-ups, and so on. Ninth inning finally starts, and he walks the first guy on 5 pitches. He gets a couple of outs, and then 2 straight doubles ties the game (and they were lucky that the hitter of the second double slipped in the mud after passing 2nd so they could tag him for the third out). The sky opens the rest of the way up, and the now tied game is suspended.
They finished the game today, and of course the Mets (and Diaz) blew it in the top of the tenth, losing 5-4. If the players hadn’t insisted on putting the tarp away the game is called on account of rain, and the Mets win 4-2. It was such a Mets way to lose a game (and it was deGrom, once again, who lost the win).
1962 will never go away completely.
Amazing
Pretty high pitch count for Hendricks.
Hill hitting better that our shortstops.
I can’t see Taylor being able to hit well enough to fill in for Seager. Neither can I see Hernandez doing that job. Both are good fielders but each is hitting below .220. I wonder if they will call up Lux, who is at Double-A and doing very well.
Lux’s defense is less than ideal. He needs more reps at SS.
Sure, though could be called up to play at bit of 2nd if need be.
Both are getting ABs in the lineup already at other positions, so moving either to SS shouldn’t impact the offense all that much. As such, Seager’s replacement doesn’t have to be an SS.
Are the Dodgers allowed to score runs not via the HR? I guess they are!
Hill provides the answer.
Slugfest shaping up?
That seemed predictable.
Nice barehands catch by a fan.
Congratulations to your nation for taking home the NBA title. From what I heard, the entire country was backing the Raptors.
How many Canadians on the team? (serious question, I have no idea).
From National Lampoon, January 1976. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/df6026e0203f368fe06ac982cb2f12cfb07e21612946dfc8532014d1e6f3ae47.png
Just one. Boucher was the very essence of a young bench player on the team.
Or not so young. He is actually 26 years old.
I certainly would consider him young.
Thanks Scoop! Obviously there were some who were not cheering for Toronto (partly because – ugh cheering for a Toronto team is not the norm) but yeah our family certainly was. My wife watched her first 2 NBA games ever when she watched Game 5 and Game 6.
I am not a Warriors fan — I root for the Lakers (woe is me) — but my wife really got into it and cheered heartily for Golden State in the playoffs. She is not generally a big sports fan. The only two athletes whom she was a strong backer of were Joe Montana and Kobe Bryant. A previous owner of the Warriors, the late Franklin Mieuli, was a friend of ours and a very fine person.
I honestly don’t care about the NBA – especially since my Seattle Sonics no longer exist – but my wife is a Warriors fan. That’s largely because Steve Kerr patronizes our local Peet’s, and she’s found him a really nice guy.
On an peripheral topic – we once got rear-ended by former Warriors player and coach Al Attles, whose insurance company settled quickly (and more than fairly).
Matt Beaty!!
His first MLB home run. Is that worth $20 in Union Oil Autoscript?
So I guess we are hoping for a repeat from last night. Cubs early, Dodgers middle and late.
And the repeat is starting to take shape.
Good call!
Jeeze Louise, guys. Stop with the bad first innings, please!
Very weird play.
Catchable but very difficult.
https://twitter.com/kenleyjansen74/status/1139658479914737664?s=20