Rays at Dodgers, 7:10 PM PDT, TV: YouTube
The Rays send out LHP Blake Snell (6-7, 4.28 ERA) to make his first start since undergoing arthroscopic surgery to remove “loose bodies” from his left elbow on July 25. The Rays probably won’t let him go more than two or three innings. He’ll face the Dodgers’ RHP Ross Stripling (4-4, 3.40 ERA), who’s made 14 starts and 15 relief appearances this year. He last started six days ago against the Orioles; he went three innings, giving up three hits and one run.
Here’s Gyorko’s go-ahead single in the 9th inning on Sunday:
Today in Dodgers’ history:
- 1912 Casey Stengel of the Dodgers makes an impressive major league debut against the Pirates. The likable Brooklyn outfielder from Kansas City collects four hits, drives in two runs, and swipes a pair of bases.
- 1963 Dodger ace Sandy Koufax tosses a four-hitter, blanking St. Louis at Sportsman’s Park, 4-0. The southpaw’s scoreless effort establishes a National League record for shutouts thrown by lefties in a season with 11, five shy of Grover Cleveland Alexander’s major league mark set in 1916 with the Phillies.
- 1981 Dodgers southpaw Fernando Valenzuela ties White Sox freshman Ewell Russell’s 1913 rookie record when he hurls his eighth shutout of the season, blanking Atlanta on three hits. The 20 year-old Mexican’s 2-0 victory breaks the previous National League mark shared by Irving Young (Braves, 1905), Grover Cleveland Alexander (Phillies, 1911), and Jerry Koosman (Mets, 1968).
- 1996 Dodger right-hander Hideo Nomo no-hits the Rockies, 9-0, at Coor Field, becoming the only big league hurler to accomplish the feat in the thin air of Denver. Tornado Boy’s performance in Colorado is the best-attended no-no and is the only hitless game with a paid attendance of more than 50,000 fans.
- 2010 Joe Torre, who will compile a 2326-1997 (.538) managerial record during his 30 seasons as a skipper with the Mets, Braves, Cardinals, Yankees, and Dodgers, announces he will be retiring at the end of the month. Los Angeles immediately hires the team’s hitting coach Don Mattingly to replace the 70 year-old.
- 2014 Jacob DeGrom strikes out the first eight batters he faces in the Mets’ 6-5 loss in Miami, tying the modern-day major league mark to start a game. The Amazins’ rookie right-hander now shares the record with Jim Deshaies, who struck out the first eight Dodgers he faced with the Astros in a 1986 contest.
A whole lot of interesting things happened on this date in baseball history; take a look.
Lineup when available.
Tonight’s Dodger lineup vs. Rays:
Freese 1B
Pollock LF
Taylor 3B
Bellinger CF
Muncy 2B
Hernández RF
Seager SS
Smith C
Ferguson P#Dodgers | @Biofreeze pic.twitter.com/F0eu6cGfOa— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 17, 2019
NPUT
Wednesday Wrap – Results were poor in AL, but good in NL. Both Bronxsters (105.2) and Minute Maids (106.1) won, so Dodgers (104.2) still trail them by one game. In NL, though, Fillies beat Barves (98.7), so Dodgers have a five-game lead over Atlanta. Hee-Seop remains the magic number until at least early evening.
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Baseball > ballet https://twitter.com/jonweisman/status/1174361927121719296?s=20
Well Facebook and YouTube – I have watched MLB on both of you this year. And you are indistinguishable to me from one another. Which maybe neither of you cares about. But I do recognize a big difference from both of you and MLB.tv – which you probably do care about.
Designed to try to expand interest in baseball, so I cut them some slack for not being “inside” baseball in their coverage.
That’s fair.
Dodgers back to 1960’s baseball tonight.
Glad it didn’t hit Muncy in the elbow. It looked like it was just above and into the triceps area.
If the Dodgers made the WS here’s the how I would rank the teams I would be most interested in seeing them play:
Minnesota
Cleveland
Tampa
Houston
Oakland
New York
I’d say
Twinkies
Minute Maids
Yanquis
Atléticos
Spiders
Devils
So we are both rooting for a repeat of 1965.
The thing that I wouldn’t mind about the Rays is that it would be the only team the Dodgers haven’t faced in the WS before. New blood.
I don’t want a mild card team, much less one that plays on bogus turf.
You must have been very conflicted in 1996 when the Dodgers made the playoffs via the Wild Card.
They were tied for first. It was bogus that there was no playoff.
Detroit.
In the end, Fillies held on in Atlanta, and magic number over Barves is now… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cd03f96fe48960031e21aa239cd4c8e8883af4c4e2ca0a83203dca8b9a3b7cbe.png
Completely off-topic, but I spent 90 enjoyable minutes this afternoon in an air-conditioned theater watching this: https://www.lindaronstadtmovie.com/
If you’re of a certain age you ought to go see it.
Don’t miss https://www.gohawaii.com/islands/events/ktuh-50th-golden-anniversary-with-legendary-guitarist-richard-thompson-and-dj-z-trip
Linda Ronstadt? You’re no good.
Yahoo!
Magic number over Barves is now… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f10d4acf9869e816830400ae29a2322b3cd6c89d1fe28882a13b7051ceff131a.png
That’s all she wrote.
Kenley!
Woo-HOO!!!!
The whistling is back tonight. I won’t mind when that trend ends…
Well this game is taking a seemingly inordinate amount of time to play. I trust the Dodgers will win but I won’t be around to see it…
It’s only a bullpen game if you use the whole bullpen.
What does starter / reliever / opener even really mean these days? Tonight’s all about getting work in and pitching matchups to fit the situations.
Well tonight is what TB does on a regular basis. What Doc is doing is experimenting with a possible approach in lieu of a fourth starter. (Plus getting Kenley back into a groove.
Nice, Kenley.
No more errors, please.
That’s a play Bellinger makes 999 times out of 1,000.
Rays are a good team too apparently.
Some day Bellinger will to that again.
Pollock probably should have had that one?
That was strike three, ump.
Good inning everyone. Nice work.
Cody joins the party!
Now would also be a fun time for #45
I’ll settle for that.
It’s all working right now/
Double trouble!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fplDqAAuP9s
Seager!
There’s a break.
We need number 45 here
bunting practice required
No question about that DP.
Ooph. That was ugly.
Petey’s 3rd base instincts?
He wasn’t exactly Brooks Robinson out there.
Ji-Man turns He-Man.
Pedro being Pedro.
Nice hit, Corey!
Mr. Doubles!
40 this year even after missing 30 games.
Now would be a good time for their first hit of the night.
Thanks Seager!
I love how fans still get so excited about getting a foul ball. I mean I know I would be crazy excited as well.
Chicken Strips looking fairly sharp.
Nice catch AJ
Not the most scintillating game so far.
Missing Joe and Orel. (Or Vin) The Dodgers are sleeping through this one a bit and the game doesn’t have the same flow with all these pitchers. But the real broadcast team would make a difference.
Very true. I am lulled by the constant influx of peripheral chatter.
That’s why I switched to Jaime, but even Steiner may not be this bad.
you tube is about 2 pitches behind gameday
I was two batters behind!
YouTube also way behind GameDay.
funny, i posted mine then saw you had posted it as I refreshed
Actually I had somehow let my YouTube fall behind. Technology…
i think he beat that throw
Just turned it.
Or not.
Okay, Strip. Settle down.
Yikes. I honestly had forgotten about Negron for a bit.
Me, too.
Some times the best trade is the trade you never made. Looking at you Felipe Vazquez.
Making Aroldis Chapman look good…
YouTube very yappy.
I can’t imagine a playoff game with YouTube. It would lack the focus and intensity of the game.
Although I don’t mind the content between the innings
The worst part is the in-game interviews at expense of what’s happening on the field.
Yeah – those interviews are not great. 3 people in the booth and one sideline should be enough to cover the game.
They also shrink the screen of what’s happening on the field.
Good point.
Especially when I have to watch it on the iPad when the YouTube app on my “Smart TV” is utterly useless.
Worse than ESPN.
They rarely even mention what’s happening on the field. Nomar tries, but it’s all about the yakety yak.
The Rays like to run.
I wonder if the Wild Horse will make the Wild Card? The wild thought would be if the Dodgers played against Puig and the Cleveland Baseball Club in the WS.
You misspelled “Spiders.”
I like what I put.
It looks as if the Fillies are in the process of blowing a 5-2 lead in Atlanta.
Quick hook for Caleb. That balk was very Kenlesque.
Not quite. It seemed he stumbled.
At 34 pitches, so not really.
Bellinger woulda had him.
YouTube’s as bad ESPN, so I’ve switched to Jaime Jarrín for audio.
Schnell Snell. He looked sharp in the first.
Old friend at bat.
Well, a casual acquaintance…
Tonight’s game, for better or probably worse, is a Youtube special.
Hopefully the link above works.
Lotta blah blah.
Fillies have taken a 5-2 lead over Barves and Keuchel in the fourth.
The 1963 Koufax game was the middle game of a 3 game sweep by the Dodgers in Saint Louie. The Cards were only 1 GB coming in and 4 GB when the Dodgers left town. LA went on to win the pennant by 6.
I remember that vividly, listening to KFI after the sun went down in Tacoma.
I remember the 1965 pennant race, as well, when Vin recreated from ticker-tape the Cards at the Stick for three afternoon games Sept 27-29. Listened on KFI with my mom driving us home from school. StL took 2-3 and giants fell from tie to 2 behind, where they stayed until Oct 3 when the Dodgers took home the pennant winning 15 of their last 16!
I read somewhere that Caleb would start, but Chicken Strip would see some action. Throwing the “opener” back at the Devil Rays!
I want the Devil Rays to fail, if only because they have the worst stadium in baseball.
You misspelled Rays.
They should just go with “Devils.”
Why is that?
Far better than “Rays.”
Haha!Funny.
The idea seems to be that Chickie will pitch relieve in the playoffs, so get him used to it.