Game 135, 2019

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Dodgers at Padres, 6:10 PM PDT, TV: FSSD, SPNLA

RHP Kenta Maeda (8-8, 4.13 ERA) goes for the Dodgers while San Diego uses its bullpen, starting with RHP Trey Wingenter (1-3, 4.60 ERA). Maeda has been prone to the gopher ball this season, but if he attacks the strike zone rather than nibbling around the edges he’s successful. This is Wingenter’s first big league start.

Given the score at the time (8-0), this was not a game-changer, but I imagine Bellinger was annoyed by Margot’s robbery:

This day in Dodgers’ history:

  • 1945 A moment in American history takes place in Brooklyn as Branch Rickey meets with Jackie Robinson to share his plans to integrate the major leagues. During the three hour meeting, the Dodgers’ president will shout racial epithets to ‘test’ the 26 year-old ballplayer’s mettle to withstand the abuse which will come with being the first player to cross the color line this century.
  • 1951 The Giants’ 16-game winning streak comes to end when Howie Pollet six-hits the team in the Pirates’ 2-0 victory at the Polo Grounds. The consecutive victories enable Leo Durocher and his club to narrow the Dodgers’ lead from 13.5 to six games.
  • 1967 Giants hurler Gaylord Perry begins the longest consecutive inning scoreless streak in franchise history when he shuts out the Dodgers at Candlestick Park, 7-0. The right-hander will not give up another run over a span of 40 innings, a feat the son of a tenant farmer from North Carolina will repeat three seasons later.
  • 1977 Steve Garvey collects five extra-base hits in one game when he bashes three doubles and two homers, including a grand slam, in the Dodgers’ 11-0 rout over St. Louis at Chavez Ravine. The LA first baseman becomes just the fourth major leaguer to accomplish the feat, joining Lou Boudreau (1946 Indians – HR, four 2B), Joe Adcock (1954 Braves – four HR, 2B), and Willie Stargell (1970 Pirates – two HR, three 2B).
  • 2003 Eric Gagne earns his 44th straight save in the Dodgers’ 6-3 victory over the Astros at Minute Maid Park. The Los Angeles reliever’s effort establishes a new major league record, surpassing Tom Gordon, who had saved 43 in a row to begin a season with the Red Sox in 1998.
  • 2008 In the 11-2 victory over the Dodgers, Cristian Guzman becomes the second player in Nationals history to hit for the cycle, joining Brad Wilkerson, who accomplished the feat in 2005, the team’s first year in Washington, D.C. The 30 year-old shortstop completes his cycle with an eighth inning triple.
  • 2015 “Vin will be back for one more year (at least). God bless us, everyone” – JIMMY KIMMEL’s cue card message to the crowd.

    Team executive Magic Johnson, appearing on the Dodger Stadium video board, introduces Jimmy Kimmel to report “big, breaking news.” The ABC late-night television host, who waves to the fans without saying a word, displays a succession of cue cards, informing the Chavez Ravine crowd the 87 year-old Vin Scully will be returning to broadcast Dodgers games in 2016 for his 67th season.

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91 thoughts on “Game 135, 2019”

  3. Jornada del Jueves – Overall, a satisfactory day, though Dodgers remain tied with Yanquis for best in baseball, with the Minute Maids still half a game behind. Barves lost a game and are now seven back for best in NL. Fangraphs projects Houston to 105.4 wins, Dodgers to 105, NYY to 104.

    Dodgers gained half a game on both the Snakes (20 game out) and Gnats (21.5 behind). The Pads sit at 25.5 out and the Rox (28.5) are officially out of contention. The magic number is… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pIyHajsu08

  4. My take on Kenley. He is on any given night absolutely one of the Dodgers 2 or 3 best relievers. Maybe even the best as he was when he gut through the ninth against NYY. However, he is not bulletproof (no reliever, no pitcher, no player is). He has been recently a combo of unlucky and underperforming.

    So, why not drop him down into the 7th or 8th inning? Or the 6th like Kelly pitched tonight? Is it any different than a guy like Seager dropping out of 3rd in the batting order to 6th?

    I am aware that some relievers who are used to closing don’t do as well in earlier in the game. Heck, as we saw tonight, some even struggle in non-save situations even if it is the part of the game they would normally pitch in.

    But Dodgers value flexibility. So if Jansen wants to help this team maybe he needs to be flexible. Starters like Maeda might not love being shifted to the pen but he does it. Jansen could similarly be shifted out of the closing role. I still would be intrigued with him as an opener.

    He is still a crucial part of the Dodgers hopes for success. I just think a change might be as good as a rest for him.

  7. Classic Jansen inning. Needed Baez to pitch a clean eight to give our very wounded closer a chance. Hard, very hard to trust him, with only a 1 run lead. Yes he did it against NYY but recent history beyond that game makes him a 2 or 3 run lead guy.

  9. So how badly is Muncy hurt? Any word on whether he will back in there tomorrow or will need some time off?

  10. Since hitting the three-run homer in the first inning in Atlanta a week ago Sunday (August 18), Bellinger is 5-for-31 — two singles and three doubles. He has walked four times (six including tonight) and fanned eight times. He went two-for-three on August 20. Since then he is 3-for-25 and has gone seven straight games without an RBI. Being robbed of a homer last night was disappointing. I think he will come out of this slump, but he has to stop twisting himself up in a knot so frequently when he swings.

  25. Hi all. Home from a day out with family. Welp – pretty predictable ninth. I hope the baseball gods bestow better luck on Jansen soon.

    • I am torn. I see him crying in the dugout and I don’t question his heart. But all the heart in the world doesn’t mean that I trust him to protect a 1 run lead more often than not.

      • When Kike scored on the error, he was still sitting down in the dugout, stony faced

  28. Granted that the leadoff double wasn’t well hit, but, still, how many times do you use the same bucket with a hole in it to bring water in from the well?

    • Actually, not that bad a pitch – most hitters will usually swing through while chasing a pitch up in their eyes. Renfroe just did so on strike two and strike three.

    • Actually, not that bad a pitch – most hitters will usually swing through while chasing a pitch up in their eyes. Renfroe just did so on strike two and strike three.

    • Actually, not that bad a pitch – most hitters will usually swing through while chasing a pitch up in their eyes. Renfroe just did so on strike two and strike three.

    • Actually, not that bad a pitch – most hitters will usually swing through while chasing a pitch up in their eyes. Renfroe just did so on strike two and strike three.

    • Actually, not that bad a pitch – most hitters will usually swing through while chasing a pitch up in their eyes. Renfroe just did so on strike two and strike three.

  38. Same score now as it was in the second when I had to leave off watching for a while. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

  40. Just looked it up. This is Wingenter’s fifth year in professional baseball and his first start either in the minors or majors.

  41. Just got home — no ears, no eyes. Is Maeda nibbling a lot? Is he hitting better than he is pitching tonight?

  43. Oh Pollock. Good inning could have really improved with a better ab from Pollock. Although – I must say that he did what I pictured Maeda doing!