Dodgers at Mets, 4:10 PM PDT, TV: MLBN (out-of-market only), SPNLA, WPIX
LHP Julio Urías (13-3, 3.41 ERA) takes the Citi Field mound for the Dodgers and RHP Tylor Megill (1-2, 3.20 ERA) does the same for the Metropolitans.
This date in Dodgers’ history:
- 1910 In a game which features each team having 38 at-bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, 2 errors, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 hit batsman, and 1 passed ball, the Pirates and the Superbas (later to be known as the Dodgers) play to what else – an 8-8 tie.
- 1951 Any fan who shows up with a musical instrument during the Dodgers’ Musical Depreciation Night is admitted free to the Ebbets Field contest against Boston. With an assortment of trumpets, trombones, zithers, tubas, accordions, bugles, flutes, various type of drums, violins, mandolins, assorted horns, a glockenspiel, a washboard, and a piano, 2,426 fans, which is about 10% of the total crowd, take advantage of the team’s unusual promotion.
- 1965 Dean Chance establishes an American League record when he fans to extend his streak to 11 consecutive plate appearances with a strikeout. The Angels’ right-hander falls one shy of the major league mark set by Sandy Koufax, who whiffed in 12 consecutive plate appearances in 1955.
- 1982 At Chavez Ravine, Dodger second baseman Steve Sax steals his 41st base to set a franchise record for rookies when he swipes second base in LA’s 6-1 victory over San Francisco. The eventual National League Rookie of the Year, the fourth consecutive Dodger to win the award, will extend the record to 49.
- 2006 LA’s Greg Maddux and SF’s Jason Schmidt hook up in a classic West Coast pitcher’s duel, reminiscent of match-ups of Koufax and Marichal, as the Dodgers beat the Giants, 1-0, thanks to Russell Martin’s 10th inning walk-off home run. When Giants slugger Barry Bonds lines into a double play in the first inning, it marks the only time in baseball history a 300 game winner pitches to a batter with over 700 homers.
- 2007 For the first time in 1,303 games, Nomar Garciaparra of the Dodgers is ejected from a game. The 12-year veteran infielder, who is tossed by home plate umpire Tom Hallion for arguing a called third strike in the fourth inning, is restrained by first base coach Mariano Duncan when he continues to shout and points his bat toward the umpire.
Lineup when available.
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NPUT
Bold move, but risky.
Mets smelling blood now.
Old friend D.J. Peters has just hit his first MLB homer in Texas.
Dang. Weak contact.
All three runs on soft fly balls, yes?
That’s a decent AB…
Mister Doubles!
Great at bat Seegs!
Phew! The one-run and extra-innings monkeys moved a little off the team’s back!
Wednesday morning we learned that a recent houseguest (fully vaccinated) had later come down with COVID (after she had gone to a wedding in Napa where some of the guests arrived from Orange County). This morning we learned that we have tested negative.
THAT’S good news.
We weren’t too concerned, since the wedding took place after her visit, but it’s still a relief.
So many people I know are getting breakthrough cases. Scary! Thank goodness they are all vaxed.
WBB: Glad to hear your news. Stay healthy.
Yeah, “breakthrough” is a bit of a misnomer, as the trails for the vaccine didn’t measure effectiveness based on infection rate.
Yesss
Thanks to Nido for the first-pitch out!
It happened!
Woo-HOO!!!!!
Ballgame!!!!
Superb futuring!
Cat and mouse.
McCann’s not much of a hitter, but…
Hopefully McCann’t.
I McCan’t watch.
Nail-biter.
Turned into another Mylanta Moment.
C’mon, future people!
Wow that extra run really changes the whole complexion of things.
Indeed.
Ugh, AJ. Rally-killer.
I preferred Smith’s rally-killer.
The old two-run lead off dinger.
Let’s go Will Smith!
That will help
Don’t stop now!
WILL!!!!!
A Dill Pickle..
That should do it, but how about some more?
Dills!!
Wiilie Boy!
Good job, Kenley.
Only 11 pitches.
At best this is going to extras, uh oh
Fluky game for sure.
Dodgers are due to win one in extras.
Way overdue.
Normally I’m a fan of the Mets, but not loving them tonight!
Their broadasters are really good.
Fans yelling “this is bull****.” I’d like to see them try to swing at 100mph with a green laser pointed at their eyeballs.
A laser right in his eyes. Horrible.
Dangerous
Now what just happened?
It’s very loud there, isn’t it?
You have to fight those off, Trea!
Just need one clutch hit.
Barnes blows the bunt. Very poor technique.
So many little mistakes we be making this year.
Yep. Our fundamentals are sorely lacking.
Crazy catch by Diaz.
Yes! Pickoff executed perfectly!
Dare I dare hope for a DP?
No eyes, no ears. Was away from Gameday. Why was Urias removed after 5 innings and 82 pitches?
He was struggling a bit, but there may have been a managerial mixup as well.
Kind of like Roberts removing Hill in the 7th inning of the fourth game of the 2018 World Series when he led 4-0 and pitching a one-hitter?
Not that bad.
Seems that he was going to be removed in any event. With two outs and no one on base, Doc may have wanted Julio to bat and not burn a PH.
Thanks. I finally understand! I saw lots of pointing and hollering.
Question is sure to come up after the game, so we need to see what Doc was thinking.
Beaty went up to bat too quickly, or something like that.
The game is free tonight on MLBTV
I know that. I have been away from a TV.
missing Mookie today
rats
Castro has some stuff.
Super flaco, though.
We had such a promising start.
Should have left Graterol in.
Dang. Four runs on pretty much nothing.
En serio…
So frustrating. Weak fly ball, passed ball, weak fly ball, with a few walks thrown in.
A truly less than stellar effort.
Time to get some runs back. Like, many runs.
Fer cryin’ out loud, bullpen!
Come on, Dodgers! You can do this!!!
One run game now. Doesn’t bode well for us.
Tie games are worse, though.
Well, it just got worse.
Gnats already have 3 in the first.
We don’t need to hear that.
Sorry but they aren’t showing any sign of fading.
They are not going to.
Yes, they are.
Hope you are correct.
When will their fade start, WBB?
Trust in the process.
Hindsight, but we needed Treinen earlier.
Couldn’t do it earlier.
Ah. I see.
I am channeling Joe Schultz from “Ball Four.”
Rats!!
Argh!!!!!
Oh man. Bloop singles killing us!
Lotta pressure on the kid.
En serio…
Why, Doc?
I am uneasy.
For good reason. Doc should have pulled him earlier.
Oh brother, this could be tricky.
Don’t want Bruilh to face Alonso.
Certainly not with guys on base. Gotta get this out.
And yet…
No choice after not getting the out with 3 batter minimum.
Oh I know, but why leave him in?
Match up. Fellow did get weak contact.
You are being very rational. I admire that.
Just saying that it wasn’t a crazy decision to leave him in.
Saying hi from my CFL game. Dodgers seem to be holding their own vs the Mets.
Go Dodgers.
Hi back!
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A little surprised Urias is not really in the mix.
By the way, this is MLBTV’s free game of the day.
97! Wow!
Knebel bringing heat!
Urias done? What do you guys think? No eyes before this.
Probably better to have Knebel pitch to the meat of their lineup at this point.
Yep. He looked gassed.
His last inning was a tiring one, given the heat.
Flub by Doc and Beaty.
McKinney with the sac fly!
Squeeze him in, McKinney!
Good show Julio! Wonder if he has another inning in him, based on body language looking a little gassed.
Alonso leads off.
Never in doubt…
Ump!
How about a favor?
When you need a one-pitch out, Pillar’s your guy.
Julio not happy with that pitch and the subsequent one either.
It would be nice if Julito went at least six, and the Dodgers got a big enough lead to let the back of the pen take it easy.
Hatcher-proof lead.
On the night Orel set the scoreless innings record in SD (I was there), Mickey had a brilliant game (in the entertainment sense).
Raucous crowd.
McKinney swings at a first pitch!
Pitch count up there a bit now, but Julio getting the job done.
The Mutts had a bullpen game in the second game of their DH yesterday, so Megill’s count could be an issue.
Good inning for Julio, but the heat must be oppressive.
Currently 88, but feels like 93.
Are you there? Hotter than Culiacán?
In DC, where it is 77 with rain.
When I lived in Mount Pleasant it was January to May, so I didn’t get the worst of it.
Past 4-5 days have been the worst this summer. So, things will get better I suppose.
When I attended the Birds/Cards exhibition at RFK, it was freezing. Snow flurries that morning.
Trea starts to set the table.
He’s an incredibly graceful runner – just effortless.
Regarding the note on Koufax above, not only did Koufax strike out 12 straight times in 1955, his rookie season, those were his only plate appearances that year. Koufax batted .097 in his career. He did hit two homers, including one off Warren Spahn. I can still remember the shock as my mother and I were listening to the game. The other was against Denny Lemaster. Both were in Milwaukee.
I was watching on TV when he hit the shot off Spahn.
Billy McKinney is allergic to swinging at first strikes.
Maybe he needs some coaching from Seager. Not allergic to popups, though.
Allergic to swinging at first strikes? I think that was Todd Zeile’s approach.
It was also Ted Williams’s approach.
And that’s where the comparison begins and ends.
Julito! 8 pitches!
Alonso is dangerous.
Indeed he is, but not this time.
My cousin in Denver (we are sons of twin sisters) is not a huge baseball fan, but today he told me has been to the Field of Dreams with his Iowa-born wife.
I greatly enjoyed watching the game from Iowa last night.
It was tacky but fun. I usually despise in-game commentary, but Kevin Costner was really good. And you can’t complain about the final score.
I will likely missing from action most of tonight. Going with my son and some friends to watch my local CFL team play tonight. Since there was no CFL season at all last year, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are still defending champs from 2019!
I’ve only seen one pro football game, and it was an exhibition out here at Aloha Stadium about 40 years ago. Enjoy!
Have fun!