Dodgers at Mets, 4:10 PM PDT, TV: MLBN (out-of-market only), SPNLA, WPIX
The Dodgers send out LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (12-5, 2.45 ERA), hoping that skipping a turn will help him get back on the Cy Young track he’d been on until his last four starts. In those starts he’s put up an unsightly 9.95 ERA while giving up 36 hits, five HRs, and seven walks in 19 innings. His opponent will be RHP Jacob deGrom (9-8, 2.70 ERA), last year’s Cy Young winner, whose won-loss record belies the way he’s pitched this season.
Here’s Gavin Lux’s go-ahead HR off the original outfield wall in Friday’s game:
Today in Dodgers’ history:
- 1951 Preacher Roe wins his 20th game of the season when the Dodgers beat the Pirates at Forbes Field, 3-1. The 36 year-old southpaw will finish the season with a 22-3 record.
- 2002 Chin-Feng Chen becomes the first Taiwan-born player to appear in the major leagues as he walks and scores as a pinch-hitter for the Dodgers against the Rockies. The 24 year-old first baseman-outfielder played for the 1990 Taiwan team which won the Little League World Series.
- 2008 Mets shortstop Jose Reyes, with his eighth-inning thievery in a 7-4 loss to the Braves at Shea Stadium, becomes the first player to have four straight seasons of 50 or more stolen bases playing for a New York area team, which also includes Yankees, Dodgers, and Giants. The accomplishment extends the infielder’s own record, as he is also the only Gotham major leaguer to achieve the feat for three consecutive years.
Also, in 1990 Mariner Ken Griffey and his son, Junior, become the first father and son to hit homers in the same major league game. The back-to-back blasts are given up by Angel hurler Kirk McCaskill.
Lineup:
Today’s Dodger lineup at Mets:
Pederson RF
Muncy 1B
Beaty 3B
Bellinger CF
Seager SS
Pollock LF
Lux 2B
Martin C
Ryu P#Dodgers | @Biofreeze pic.twitter.com/dLbehj14ew— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 14, 2019
NPUT
Sunday Sufferings – Ryu’s outing was encouraging, but everything went poorly yesterday. Both Yanquis and Minute Maids rolled over weak team, so Dodgers (projected wins 103.3) now trail Bronxsters (105.3) by two and Houston (105.1) by one.
In the NL, Barves (99.7) now trail Dodgers by just three, as Nats (gnot the Gnats) blew another one at home. Wally Moon remains magic.
High point of Rajai’s year, for sure.
But not his career: https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.letsgotribe.com/platform/amp/2019/3/17/18269533/everything-you-forgot-you-knew-about-rajai-davis-game-7-home-run
I knew I knew that name!
Come on, guys. Stop hitting their batters! (Even though Nimmo wasn’t exactly trying to get out of the way.)
Nomo ≠ Nimmo.
Clumsy thumb.
Retro history.
It’s a Rich Hill special. All walks and HBPs.
Arguably, Ryu outpitched deGrom – fewer hits, fewer pitches (though also two fewer K’s).
I like that argument.
Too close to call, but Ryu didn’t lose any ground on CYA.
Old friend Charlie Culberson just got hit in the face by Fernando Rodney (by the way, if you think Dodgers have ‘pen problems, try being a Natfan).
I understand that very few MLB pens are up to snuff.
For a presumptive contender, the Nats must have one of the worst.
The video of that incident is difficult to watch. He was squared to bunt and missed hitting the ball.
Washington Huskies 38, Rainbow Warriors 20 3:00 left 3rd quarter.
Is that handegg?
yes
We recently adopted a husky. He’s far more interesting than handegg (I’m a UW grad, by the way, and never went to a game).
https://twitter.com/Ned2point0/status/1170556227136315392?s=20
hmmm
We would have to change the rules to fix that.
ESPN game tomorrow afternoon, 1:00 PM HST, 4:00 PM PDT, 7:00 PM EDT.
Worst of the worst, an ESPN blackout.
Bah humbug. Signing off now.
Houston now up 5-1. Not a good night for us, record-wise.
That’s all she wrote. We could have won this one. But two hit batters and a walk? No es bueno.
Very bad future person.
Disculpa me.
*”Discúlpame” en mexicano. “Disculpame” en rioplatense.
Discúlpame!
“¡Discúlpame!“
How did you do that?!¡(never mind, found it…)But the italics?
Orel reminding us how nerve-wracking play off games can be.
Wild strike three swing from Mad Max.
I’d say Doc over-maneuvered tonight – the downside of roster expansion.
Don’t think it had anything to do with that. These were his regulars that he will be counting on in the playoffs. They didn’t perform.
Yeah, but he’d usually go more than one out with Kelly.
Went with the matchup. Certainly unusual for a regular season game, which was my point.
I blame Nimmo’s elbow pad.
How would you have handled the bullpen?
I’d have left Kelly in, but it’s debatable.
I really thought they would blink first.
Silver lining… Ryu!
That’s a definite “win”.
We need a huge 9th. Stop this here.
3 runs without the benefit of a hit, now a guy on 2nd with the first one of the inning. Drat, I say.
Rajai Davis should never beat you.
Seriously? A change-up to a .156 hitter!
Ridic.
Fine after high fastballs, but caught too much of the plate.
Can’t hit two batters in the 8th, fellows.
Well shoot and sugar. We needed that strike three call.
Ugh.
Bad future person?
Pollock took a loooong time before actually picking up the baseball.
No give from this ump.
Don’t give in, Julio.
So. Do we load the bases?
Looks like it.
I’m finding Nimmo’s elbow pad annoying.
Yes.
Doc in playoff mode for this one.
He won’t have quite this flexibility post-season.
On the contrary, all hands on deck to get a win. He has Kenley, Baez and Maeda out there.
I’m enjoying stress free baseball. A month from now I would be tight and nervous on every pitch.
What joys await!
Got the K. Urias next…
Come on, Kelly. Bear down. Get this out, and then the next one.
I would still be lying on the ground in the fetal position if I got hit by a MLB pitch. These guys almost routinely and casually stroll to first.
Not Charlie Culberson…
They are amazing!
Oh foo. Didn’t need an HBP.
Both starters brilliant. We need to match that from the bullpen.
I love 1960’s Dodgers baseball!
Steal a base!
Steal a run.
Cody tried, but Corey swung.
Andale!
Dale, ¡che!
I feel the tide turning?
deGrom out?
Yup. But now Ryu as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THkeSeWg0eI
Oh yeah! Nice pitch to Alsonso.
Alonso visibly and verbally not happy in the dugout (Rule 1 violation).
Ryu is back!
Drat.
Bad future person!
Gomenasai.
Vulture on the field.
A legend!
Glad Seager stumbled.
deGrom being cautious with Bellinger.
Who will blink first?
Ryu 66-43, deGrom 67-42.
I was about to note that Ryu has thrown fewer pitches (one less, actually).
Great grab by Cody.
Fairly routine.
I still like watching him run :).
He’s tremendously graceful.
He looked so good and comfortable in CF last night. His defense and flexibility always represented an edge on MVP over Yelich, though Rendon coming on strong.
De Grom is getting better as the game progresses.
Cano getting a workout at second. Every ground ball.
Does the pitcher who pitches better tonight win the CY Young Award?
Quite the matchup.
Cliff Corcoran at The Athletic:
deGrom, Scherzer and Strasburg are ahead of him now, Corcoran thinks.
These early games are messing me up in terms of posting. I am missing most or all of the games recently.
https://twitter.com/DodgerBlue1958/status/1173020253795713024?s=20
AJ will run toward a hit like that next time. Learning curve in left field.
Feels like his LF experience is the mini version of Joc’s 1B experiment.
I’d say they’re rather different, given Pollock’s extensive outfield experience.
I don’t disagree and that’s why I call one an experience and one an experiment. Although Orel just said that playing LF is “completely different” than playing CF.
What a slide by Muncy!!!
Not watching. How does Ryu look?
Pretty good so far. No hard contact, though Rosario came close to beating out grounder to short.
Much better. (So far…)
Still a lot of balls. But effective ones for the most part.
Okay, Hyun-Jin, recover your command in this game.
So far, so good.
Today’s matchup is free game of the day on MLBTV.
Plunkett highlights the Martin start, noting that Ryu has ERA 1.70 with him behind the plate, whereas 5.81 in five games with Willie Smith. Maybe random, but every might help him get back on track. Martin’s superior framing might help on getting strikes called on the balls on the margin.
Plunkett? The old Raiders QB?
Ha! As we used to say back in the day when he was so successful, “Who woulda thunk it, Jimmy Plunkett!”. (Bill, guy from OC Register)
Ah. I forget that paper.
Actually, for me OC Dodger coverage with writers such as Plunkett, Perdo Moura and J.P. Hoornstra puts LAT to shame.
I read The Athletic about the Dodgers, mostly. I link to LA Times articles others may be able to see, since The Athletic doesn’t have a “five articles free” each month deal.
This was a tweet, not an article from him. If I link (ha, ha) Athletic articles, I usually give a capsule knowing that most probably don’t subscribe, like I did in the previous thread.
I agree.