Dodgers at Nationals, 4:10 PM PDT, TV: FOX
LHP Clayton Kershaw (9-7, 3.25 ERA) takes the hill for the Dodgers and RHP Paolo Espino (2-2, 2.02 ERA) goes for the Nationals.
This date in Dodgers’ history:
- 1925 Milt Stock sets a National League mark by having his fourth consecutive four-hit game, going 16-for-23 during the span to compile a .696 batting average. The 31 year-old second baseman’s offensive output, which includes three singles and a triple, helps the Robins beat the Giants at Ebbets Field, 6-3.
- 1949 En route to a 16-0 shutout of the Dodgers at the Polo Grounds, starting pitcher Monte Kennedy hits a grand slam. Another 51 seasons will pass by before another Giants hurler hits a four-run homer when Shawn Estes accomplishes the feat in 2000.
- 1958 In their 35th home date in L.A., the transplanted Dodgers reach the one million mark in attendance. Last season, the team drew only 1,028,258 fans, playing in Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field.
- 2013 Yasiel Puig becomes the first player to be named Player of the Month for the first month he plays in the major leagues in the 55-year history of the award. The Dodger outfielder played in 26 games in June, compiling a .436 batting average, with his 44 base hits being the second-most ever by a first-month player, only behind Joe DiMaggio’s total of 48 in 1936.
Lineup:
Tonight’s #Dodgers lineup at Nationals: pic.twitter.com/MTJIw8S0fM
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 3, 2021
Taylor is due for a big hit.
Pollack lunging out of his shoes on that reach.
Pads go quietly in eighth, but Tatís will lead off the ninth. Fillies lost a run on overturned call at the plate in the seventh.
The Fillies’ first reliever of the night is named “Falter,” which does not sound optimum.
Maybe he causes the batters to falter.
Well, he did get through the seventh safely.
Tie game. HR bites Kersh again.
That didn’t happen much in years gone by.
That was a cookie and he knew it.
Is there a difference between a cookie and a meatball in baseball? I can tell the difference in our kitchen. For example, I never have cookies and spaghetti or meatballs and milk.
Come on Scoop. Loosen up and live a little! 😉
Meatballs and milk sound (and probably taste) better than cookies and spaghetti. Now, perhaps if they were chocolate chip cookies, which are my favorite.
Mine too!
Speculation from Orel on what was bothering Klayton?
What Orel? We’re stuck with Fox today.
Monday?
You’re listening to the radio? I’d guess that’s Monday and Neverett.
I am at the stadium.
I didn’t notice that anything bothering him, except perhaps giving up a hit to Harrison.
There was a meeting at the mound with Doc and he threw a few practice pitches.
Doc said Kershaw had a stinger in his neck when he dodged that line drive but is OK.
Very fine DP!
NPUT @ 0400 HST
So nice to get this one tonight. Won the series already heading into a bullpen game tomorrow.
This turned into a bullpen game.
Meh – sorta but not really. Kershaw went 4 so that’s more than a typical BP game length for pitchers.
Bullpen pitched more innings than the starter. So I guess it is more of a bullpen game. As if it freaking matters.
So nice to get this one tonight. Won the series already heading into a bullpen game tomorrow.
To be honest, with a 1:45 rain delay tonight and early morning game tomorrow – this one I thought had extra innings written all over it!
Thankfully, it didn’t go extras.
Especially with two on and no outs.
Yeah but I was feeling it in like the 6th inning already.
No fireworks because of the delay and noise ordinance.
Yippee!! Win Streak!!
Woo-HOO!!!
Dodgers win!
That’s it!
K2!
Quite a peak to climb!
Makes sense you are ahead of the tv feed. Lol
K!
K and DP please.
Or DP and K.
K it is!!
Nice futuring!
Kenley!!!!
I know. He makes me nuts at times like this.
Parra needs to hit into a triple play at this point.
That would be handy.
I’ll settle for two.
Snakes have taken the lead in the fifth, 5-4
Just don’t walk anyone KJ.
Ummm…
Single and a walk. Good grief.
Baseball’s grey area – the checked swing.
Ump feels bed beckoning.
50 Shades
Umps not generous with Mooks.
Hey Bob – Happy July 4th.
Yep, that time has come. This will be a night day double header for me.
Night-day DH. Well played.
Lux can motor!
Might be fastest guy on team.
Somehow I forgot that.
Albert is definitely top 40.
Albert can sputter.
Lol
On the 40-man roster, yes.
Exactly!
He definitely earned his run. Stood second and scored from there on the little base hit.
Nothing fishy about it!
LOL
Closer than I thought it might be at home, though.
WOOT!! Huge run.
Yes!
Future people getting the job done!
CT3 Rbi!
Is it time for game four to start yet?
We’ll see how much sleep they get. Probably better for Dodgers, who’ll go to nearby hotel v. Nats who may have to return to suburbs.
Interesting point.
These announcers are lulling me to sleep.
They’re truly awful.
Smoltz is so quiet and drowsy – I wonder if he doesn’t really like either team?
Thinking about his golf game.
Feels more like he is announcing golf.
For sure. LOL
“Chris Taylor is looking over a 14 foot putt that breaks from right to left…”
“And he drains it…”
It’s in the hole!!!
Haha!
For a birdie.
“Chris Taylor is looking over a 14 foot putt that breaks from right to left…”
zzzzzzzz
All set up for Kenley to K Parra to end the game.
I would like one or two more runs first.
But the drama!?
Save it for October.
Or for the silver screen?
Shall I remind you of this comment in October? 😉
Let’s listen to the lady.
Wow Lux!
Great grab!
Vacuum
Amazing to see the that in person from about 50 feet away.
You’re coaching third base?
I am right behind Dino.
I am right behind Dino.
D’Bags tie it up. 4-4
Sweet.
Better 4-4 there than in this game.
Soto’s been good this year, but not the terror he’s been in other seasons.
I just like the Nats. What can I say?
And the Mets? Didn’t you like the Mets as well or am I way out to lunch?
Yes the Mets are my East Coast favorites from when I was a kid. Nats after Mets.
Phew. I doubted myself for a moment there. But all is right with the world again!
Good memory! I know who WBB dislikes but not everyone else’s favorites.
I have a soft spot for Kansas City. But believe me you that I would have taken them beating San Fran in 2014 and losing to the Mets in 2015! (I was rooting for them both years though.)
Harrison maybe wishes he had swung at that ball that got away from Smith!
Blake warming up for bottom 8.
Belli just a bit off this weekend.
Need to drop him down in the order for a few games.
In the long run, he’ll be fine. He still hasn’t played much this season.
Agreed.
Good way for a pitcher to avoid getting checked – walk off the field while the umps are in review. 🙂
LOL
Take a seat. Meat.
Uhh out! I mean come on.
Looks out to me.
No harm no foul?
Should that have been an error?
Feels like it should be the 8th or 9th inning by now. So much baseball left.
Tell me about it.
Brave man.
That’s my buddy!
Got him.
And now for the loathsome Parra…
Parra is a punk.
HBP. Joe does what he does, or rather what happens sometimes when he pitches.
Lately, though, really sharp.
Lately? Have you watched this inning? Lol
I do get a kick out of him.
Me too! He has had so many different chapters to his career.
Vamos, ¡José!
More like vanish.
My new best bud is pitching.
¿Con su chaqueta mariachi?
Y los bigotes…
https://twitter.com/DodgerYard/status/1411517587532353546?s=20
I was always ambivalent about the Pollock signing, but he’s grown on me.
Safe!
Lux not doing well recently.
RBI double earlier tonight.
With the long rain delay that is no longer recent. Lol
Terrible AB by Lux.
Would have preferred a sac fly there.
Albert’s speed kills!
We’ll take that.
Pujols’ speed making them tremble!
Why do I have this strange feeling this game will go 16 innings?
It’s Brewster time!
Brewski time for me.
Are there any wineries in Ohio?
Yes. Mostly up northeast in Amish country.
Amish wine sounds interesting. It would have to be organic.
Anybody know why they are starting the game so early tomorrow?
July 4th. To avoid celebrations later in the day?
Thanks
Traditional in DC. to let people participate in other activities.
Thanks.
Here we go.
Clap Clap
Brusdar warming
Will resume at 10:20 local time.
Thanks!
https://twitter.com/Nationals/status/1411504074269335557
Crew is out on the field
Speaking of the Crew, Milwaukee won their 11th in a row.
They are on fire. And, Cubs haven’t won since they no hit us.
Serves them right.
Damn straight. LOL
At least the game tying HR happened in the 4th inning. An inning later and it may have been the difference between a Dodger win before the rain delay – or a Dodger win after the rain delay! 😉
Rain seems to have stopped for the time being.
Pads lose to Fillies.
Padres lose 4-2.
WOOT!!
More about the sac fly:
A sacrifice fly occurs when a batter hits a fly-ball out to the outfield or foul territory that allows a runner to score. The batter is given credit for an RBI. (If the ball is dropped for an error but it is determined that the runner would have scored with a catch, then the batter is still credited with a sacrifice fly.)
This is splitting hairs, but with 2 outs and a player say on third base, there is no way the runner “would have scored with a catch”. The catch would have ended the inning.
But with none or one out, the number could be infinite.
Absolutely. If you have some fast runners and/or some balls bouncing away weirdly from the fielders.
I vaguely recall Kirk Gibson scoring from second on a sac fly.
Summer of 1988. Indeed he did.
He scored from second on a wild pitch that season. I don’t recall him scoring from second on a sacrifice fly.
Hmm yeah that’s maybe what I was recalling actually.
I once saw a Giant score from second on a fly ball out vs. the Dodgers when our centerfielder thought it was the third out and came jogging in. It was the second out, but I can’t remember the outfielder’s name.
I think you’re right. My slow pitch team once scored a runner from second on a sac fly, on a huge open field.
More in today’s closed captioning. https://twitter.com/mlb_cc/status/1411487155864674309?s=20
The Fillies have taken a 3-2 lead over the Pads in the sixth. Darvish has given up two bombs and a sac fly.
4-2!
5-2! Ummm. Sorry- 4-2!
Nope, overturned.
Can see it coming down now.
Fresh start. We can do it!
Washington needs to save their wins for next week when they play SD and SF.
Best Brazilian baseball player ever.
First and longest playing.
Paulo Orlando was three years later. I was unaware that Gomes made his debut for a team from Canadia. Also, Bo Bichette is technically Brazilian.
Bloody Gomes. Starting to rain.
Raining hard or?
Starting soft, unlike Thursday when the clouds just burst.
What’s your guess on length of delay?
It’s an least 20 minutes from when they begin to take the tarp off and there is no sign of that yet. Squall itself supposed to last less than half an hour. Rain lightening up and people filing back down to seats.
Wonder if Kershaw is done for the night?
If the delay is longer than an hour, yes, probably.
Esta chovendo?
Rats.
Not. Great.
Two more fouls close by from Klayton.
Ever gotten a foul ball at a game?
I have, at a AAA game in Tacoma.
Fun. As long as you didn’t get hurt, that is.
Broke the knuckle of my middle finger.
Ouch!
Werth, as a National, hit my hands with a foul ball.
These are the Dodgers I remember from last year. Wearing pitchers down.
Especially Kersh batting with 2 strikes.
Rbi! 3-0!
Sweet!
Fine future person!
Keep it going, Gavin.
Pretty hard to get three scoring sac flys in a row.
But a double…
Is wonderful! Also – I did know you weren’t asking for a 3rd SF.
:).
Is theoretically possible to have an infinite number of sac flies in an inning.
Do tell…
Because they keep getting dropped?
Wouldn’t that be an error and not sac fly?
I’m curious on what I’m missing here from WBB.
Me too. Mysterious.
A fly ball that’s dropped for an error, with less than two outs, would still be sac fly.
Thanks for enlightening.
Posted on TBLA: “The most sacrifice flies ever hit during an inning by an American
League team is three: Chicago White Sox (vs Cleveland Indians) in the
fifth inning on July 1, 1962, New York Yankees (vs Detroit Tigers) in
the fourth inning on June 29, 2000 and the New York Yankees (vs Anaheim
Angels) in the third inning on August 19, 2000. The National League team
record is also three: New York Mets (vs the New York Yankees) in the
second inning on June 24, 2005 and Houston Astros (vs the Texas Rangers)
in the seventh inning on June 26, 2005.”
Well done RBI. You were right.
Sac fly! 2-0!
Déjà two.
Back-to-back!
Sac-to-sac!
My timing these days. We just finished watching Loki and I tune in with bases loaded and no outs.
Sac fly! 1-0!
I’m a partisan of the sac fly – esp when it moves up three runners.
Nice patience, Belli!
Well, he did swing at a 3-0 pitch.
A strike.
I think that this is the inning that we break through.
Thanks foul ball from Max almost broke my head.
Do you bring a glove?
Only the white ones that I wear when eating my hot dog
Hahaha!
Can you get Dodger Dogs in DC?
No, but they have great Vietnamese sandwiches though, as well as Ben’s half smokes.
Correct!
Second time through the lineup against somewhat of a journeyman pitcher.
Sitting in the stands behind Bob Henley.
Meta!
Kersh being very economical.
Yes, 32 pitches through three innings.
Tough umps so far.
Padres and Phillies tied, 2-2, after 2 1/2.
https://twitter.com/billplunkettocr/status/1411449873472405505?s=20
I love this guy.
He’s the anti-Bauer.
Exactly. Such a good guy.
A what guy?
Good! Good! Sorry WBB.
Remembering the phenomena of Yasiel Puig. What a month that was.
I still wonder that no team has signed him this year.
I guess the difficulty of just handing him a starting role. Imagine he would not be happy without some sort of guarantee of such.
Puig is with El Aguila de Veracruz, an independent team in the Mexican League. In 35 games he has 9 home runs at 28 RBIs, with a slash of .325/.390/.600/.990.
A woman has accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2018, which he denies:
https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/yasiel-puig-denies-accusations-sexual-assault-lawsuit/story?id=77078259
Well, that makes him even more risky to take on
Today in closed captioning: MLBTV referred to New York’s NL team as “The Melts.”
Probably was a hot day in the Bronx.
It was the Yanquis, though, who melted today.
Congratulations are in order:
https://twitter.com/alannarizzo/status/1411114471926423556
I miss her SO much. She was the Vin Scully of her field.
I don’t get many of the Dodgers’ home broadcasts. Who is her replacement and how does she do?
Kirsten Watson. Nice enough. But doesn’t come from baseball and almost every question is in the realm of “How did it feel when…” without much baseball smarts behind it. She’ll improve, I’m pretty sure, but Alanna was a star and knew so much about so much.
Plus, Alanna’s a dog person.
Yes! As in rescuing them.