Dodgers at Marlins, 3:40 PM PDT, TV: Bally Sports Florida, SPNLA
RHP Walker Buehler (8-1, 2.35 ERA) takes the mound for the Dodgers, facing LHP Trevor Rogers (7-5, 2.14 ERA). Rogers will represent Florida on the NL All Star Team; Buehler is one of several Dodger pitchers who was left off the team.
This date in Dodgers’ history:
- 1935 The Cuccinellos become the third pair of brothers, following the Waners (2) and Ferrells, and the first on opposing teams to homer in the same game when Al goes deep in the bottom of the ninth in the Giants’ 14-4 loss to Brooklyn at the Polo Grounds. The New York’s third baseman’s sibling, Tony, playing second base for the Dodgers, had homered in the previous inning.
- 1952 In their final season in Boston, the Braves play in front of the largest home crowd of the season when 13,405 fans watch Brooklyn beat their team for the 12th consecutive time, a 5-3 complete-game victory by Carl Erskine. The most memorable moment of the contest occurs in the second inning when the game is delayed because a small dog has to be escorted off the field by Dodger outfielders Carl Furillo and Duke Snider.
- 1961 Cardinals first baseman Bill White collects 14 total bases when he hits three home runs and a double. The 27 year-old infielder’s offensive output helps the Redbirds rout the Dodgers at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 9-1.
- 2004 At Dodger Stadium, Diamondback third baseman Chad Tracy’s ninth inning run-scoring single on an 0-2 changeup ends Eric Gagne’s record streak of 84 consecutive saves. The new mark established by the Los Angeles closer is 30 more than the prior mark set by Tom Gordon for the Red Sox in 1999.
- 2007 At Dodger Stadium, Chipper Jones’ two solo home runs are the difference in the Braves’ 8-6 victory over Los Angeles. With his pair of round-trippers, the team’s third baseman surpasses Dale Murphy for the Atlanta team record of 372 homers.
Today is also the anniversary of the first game Larry Doby played for the Indians, integrating the American League. He ended up with 1,515 hits, only three behind Jackie Robinson. Also on this date in 1953, Robin Roberts pitched his 28th consecutive complete game, shutting out Pittsburgh at Forbes Field, 2-0. Twenty-eight straight complete games! We’ll never see that again!
Lineup:
Today’s #Dodgers lineup at Marlins: pic.twitter.com/m99bblzWAN
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 5, 2021
Oh well. Had to lose sometime. Still kind of sucks. 11 LOB. Another costly error. We had our shots. At least we didn’t lose any ground. Whip’em tonight.
NPUT
Washington beat San Diego 7-5, Monday night in San Diego. The Nationals blew all of an early 5-0 lead, but its bullpen didn’t allow the Padres a hit in the final five innings.
So, there was a bright side. I think the Nats are better than they’ve shown so far, only four games behind the Mutts in the NL East, and they get to play the Gnats this weekend.
5 dueces. 2nd inning, two on, two out, 2-2 count.
and Mac draws the joker for the fan.
Giants living a very charmed existence right now.
¡Miércoles!
Rule 1
Not that I blame you.
Another 1 run loss.
Can Dodgers hit a 2 out 2 strike HR?
OK, Munster, it’s up to you.
Dodgers really hurt themselves tonight with no shut down innings after they scored.
Hope they get another chance to do it.
Theoretically, Beaty is faster than Turner, but…
His leg might be a bit gimpy?
Another break, but is it Beaty’s hamstring?
There’s a break.
Does Bender throw a curve?
With Trea Turner back in the lineup, the Nats have taken a 1-0 lead over the Pads in the first.
Sure hope Dodgers win tonight – because this game is/was so winnable!
Victor was looking good until that. Really hasn’t had a good outing since mid-June.
He was one pitch away from a good one tonight. 2 outs and 2 strikes!
Dang it. Why couldn’t Belli have hit his that far?!
That was like kissing your sibling!
Pollock: 0-for-5 with 3 Ks and 7 LOB.
Two sharp line outs.
Thanks. No eyes, no ears. But I have never been a big fan of Pollock as a Dodger despite his strong short season last year.
One of the best, if not the best, on the team with RISP and clutch hitting in general.
Not a frontline player, but a valuable contributor.
This inning better work, and I think it will. We’ve drained our bench.
CT3 for 4?
Pffft. Not even 1 run.
Juuuust missed a GS!
Big smack Mac?
Oops, my streaming has lagged.
This is a good spot for Belli I think.
OK, Max, let’s show Pop some real Pop.
Mattingly wanted nothing to do with him.
Interesting. Inefficient?
Let’s see if Uceta can lower his 6.28 ERA.
Brewster’s lowered his quite a bit.
Dodgers have allowed five unearned runs in their last three-plus games.
Two errors in the previous 14 games.
CORRECTION: Seven in the last three-plus games, including two on catcher’s interference by Barnes. And we’ve allowed more unearned runs than any other team this year.
Who did Alexander replace on the roster?
Cleavinger (who’d pitched quite a bit recently).
Thanks.
Bob Hendley: A day late regarding your post, “Yeah, like you don’t know which way the wind blows.” Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Blues” (1965), and then adopted by the radical left group The Weathermen in the late 1960s. That’s where I remember it from. But I did a little more research and found this: It was in “The Phantom Tollbooth” by Normal Juster, which was published in 1961, and a character in the 1948 film noir Blonde Ice says: “You don’t need a weather vane to know which way this wind is blowing.”
I LOVED Phantom Tollbooth as a kid!
In the end, Redbirds swallow Gnats 5-3. Dodgers temporarily tied for first, pending outcome of this game.
Climb every mountain.
Swim every stream
Follow every rainbow
Until you are better than every other team
Or something like that.
Inept closer staging a rally for the Gnats.
Redbirds take 5-1 lead into bottom of ninth.
I feel better when both the Dodgers and Giants win than when they both lose. I feel best when the Dodgers win and the Giants lose.
If score holds, Dodgers will be temporarily tied for first.
Gotta go! Win this one, okay?
We feel abandoned.
Should be able to score off the Fishpen.
Not as good as their starters, but not a bad pen.
Last night, in Atlanta, Yimi blew a four-run lead all by himself.
Guess we won’t see him tonight, then.
Most pitches Walker has thrown this year is 113 in his last start. At 93 now.
If they reach his spot in the order this inning, I’m fine with a PH.
Gnats get a run in the eighth, so it’s 3-1 Redbirds going to the ninth.
Pfui
Make that 3-0 Cards at Software Stadium.
So much for getting some length from Buehler tonight.
We HAVE to get better at these stolen bases. We are absolutely dreadful.
How’s that?
Helpful. Very helpful.
At Software Stadium, it’s still 2-0 Cards after seven.
Hi all. Picking up food for
family. Stepped away from car to order and Marlins scored three! What?!
You shouldn’t have stepped away!
What did you pick up?
Tender Greens
Sounds like something my rabbits would love!
Let’s get a couple of runs back.
Ugly inning.
An easy force at second.
Easy force a first as well.
Yeah, but it was just a short flip to second.
Perhaps concerned about putting Lux in harm’s way.
Redbirds have just taken a 2-0 lead over the Gnats in the seventh.
Panik at the disco and everyone’s safe.
He was Panik-stricken.
Don’t know if this has come up at all already – but with no Dodger pitchers making the All-Star team (?!!), it will be the first time since 2008 that no Dodger hurler will be on the AS team.
Hard to understand that no Dodger pitcher was selected. We have the lowest ERA in the majors this year.
And a bunch of the best pitchers. On the other hand, it gives a short-handed staff a rest.
I’m okay with it.
Time for Albert to hit one out.
Not this AB, but Rogers is having to work hard in the heat and humidity.
Interesting game going on in San Francisco.
Arenado makes it more interesting.
It’s 0-0 between the Cardinals and the Giants in the 7th.
The Redbirds have something going with two outs.
Joe note that Dodger pitching staff is the best hitting one in the NL. The AL?
White Sox hurlers at OPS .750 (12 PA). Dodgers only at .303 in comparison
Hits by Dodger pitchers this year: Kershaw 7, Urias 7, Buehler 6 (including tonight’s), Bauer 1, Gonsolin 1. No one else has any. I couldn’t find out what our pitchers are batting overall.
Overall:
BA .128
OB .149
SLG .154
OPS .303
20 hits in 156 AB (4 doubles)
7 runs scored
15 RBI’s
LAT’d – https://twitter.com/la_dorkout/status/1412138757164199936?s=20