Mets at Dodgers, 7:10 PM PDT, TV: MLBN (out-of-market only), SNY, SPNLA
The Mets send RHP Carlos Carrasco (0-1, 10.32 ERA) to the hill to face the Dodgers’ RHP Walker Buehler (12-2, 2.09 ERA).
Today in Dodgers’ history:
- 1945 Dodger shortstop Tommy Brown becomes the youngest player (17 years, eight months, and 14 days) in major league history to hit a home run. The round-tripper by ‘Buckshot,’ who started his career as a 16 year-old high school student, will be the only run Brooklyn scores off 30 year-old Pirates southpaw Preacher Roe, who goes the distance in the 11-1 rout of the home team at Ebbets Field.
- 1974 In an 18-8 rout of the Cubs, the Dodgers collect 24 hits and set a club record with 48 total bases, including Davey Lopes’ three home runs, double, and single. The Dodger second baseman’s 15 total bases are the most ever for a leadoff hitter.
- 1978 In the visitors’ clubhouse at Shea Stadium, Dodger Blue becomes black and blue when Steve Garvey confronts teammate Don Sutton about a Washington Post story in which the pitcher is critical of him. After the right-hander confirms he had made the comments, the argument becomes physical when he makes an inappropriate remark about the first baseman’s wife.
Lineup when available.
NPUT
Buehler said he was hoping the umpires would conference to discuss whether the ball hit Alonso’s foot, like with the ball earlier in the game (ruled foul, that didn’t hit off the batter’s foot), which led to some of his frustration in getting tossed.
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Guessing Walker’s good for at least one more inning.
Yep. He’s cruising.
Well that’s a good start anyways.
Buehler vs Carrasco. Huge Dodger advantage. Go get’em boys.
Tonight’s Revised lineup:
2B Trea
1B Max
3b Justin
SS Corey
LF Chris
CF Cody
RF Billy
C Austin
P Walker
Polluck a late scratch with back spasms.
Yeehaw!
Last night w/Smith catching, Treinen closed the game. Tonight w/Barnes catching, Kenley closed and looked unhittable.
2021 Kenley throwing to Barnes: 18 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 ER
2021 Kenley throwing to Smith: 30 2/3 IP, 20 R, 16 ER
Strange. Not as if Kenley regularly throws on purpose in the dirt to get strikes that he might be hesitant to throw without Barnes back there. Would be interesting to see if there is a difference in his repertoire between the catchers. Perhaps he uses the slider more with Barnes?
This is the closest we’ve been to first in exactly a month. We were one game out after play on July 20.
I forgot we were ever that close.
Dodgers could take over first place by Sunday.
Can I get a Woo Hoo!?
Already done! I was fast.
Oops, need to refresh.
Can I get a like?
You got it!
Thanks Bob.
A bit of huffing and puffing to get to the finish line in tonight’s game. Bats went silent after the 3rd, but the pitching saw them through.
Mets had some fight in them!
They really should just save that fight for their next series.
Yes please.
What a sweet night.
Well fought and well won!
Dodgers win, Giants lose at almost the same moment!
Best Kenley’s pitched all year.
Barnes catching. Coincidence? I think not.
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1.5
Ha!
Ballgame!!
Kenley be like: Blake Shmake.
Haha!
I wrote that for you.
Dodgers win!
Woo-HOO!!!!!
Gnats lose.
Woot!
Turner was really on that quickly.
2 away.
Win it for Walker, Kenley.
Here we go…
Seat belt fastened?
Yep.
Giants, trailing 4-1, are down to their final two outs.
Make that their final out.
I presume that it will be Jansen in the 9th. It will be 6-7-8 in the Mets’ batting order.
Late to the parade once more. We’ve been watching “The Great British Baking Show.” I highly recommend it, even though the only thing that I have ever baked is myself in the sun.
Just checking in. A thrilla!
Welcome. We need you.
I never pitch on Fridays, so it gunna have to be Kenley.
Actually at this age I am day-to-day with general soreness.
Yesia!
Ha!
Yes!!
Got him!!
Home plate umpire’s surname means “Eyebrow” in Spanish.
He has raised a few.
My wife tells me that “Cejas” (plural) also occurs as a Spanish surname. https://forebears.io/surnames/cejas tells me there are 42,000 of them in Argentina, but only about 2000 in Spain.
I have an Argie friend, but his is spelled Sejas.
Wow. A bat flip on a walk? Ok Conforto.
Tough spot for Vesia, despite how good he has been.
Crowd ready to roar if Vesia gets the out here.
Which he did!
Pressing hard on the pen again tonight. Coming in with the game on the line.
Who got thrown out?
Buehler for barking at the ump.
Was Buehler justified? Frustrated? Or both? It’s rare for a pitcher to get tossed, even after he is removed.
He was fired up in the heat of the battle.
Not a lot to complain about, given that K of O’Neill.
But plenty to be frustrated by with the 2 little infield nub hits.
Squeezed a tiny bit but not egregiously so. But Ump has been inconsistent.
After this year, the dictionary needs to be amended to add umpire as a synonym for inconsistant.
Thanks.
When I saw “run(s) scored” with runners on second and third and Alonso up I was fearing a lot worse.
He got thrown out after leaving the game. Lol
Wow that was a tough one. Two close calls for balls then a weak hit for a run.
Wow that was a tough one. Two close calls for balls then a weak hit for a run.
You’ve got to be kidding me.
Young green Ump not winning any fans.
Unlucky.
A’s have extended their lead to 4-1, thanks to Gnats’ blunders.
Fortunate strike 3 call.
It was indeed.
Never easy, is it?
Bad catching Barnes.
It was a wild pitch. Can’t blame that on Barnes.
He back-handed it and could have blocked it.
Very difficult.
Normally he would have kept it in front of him I think.
On Dodger Talk, they said Barnes should have blocked it.
Not good Sam.
In Oaktown, the A’s have extended their lead to 3-1 over the Gnats in the seventh.
Big at bat here.
Unlucky
No chance.
Could use a double play right about now.
Could use a double gin and tonic about now.
Bad at bat by Barnes.
Bottom of the order is a black hole tonight.
Let’s get some more runs.
I mean as long as we’re here right?
Seems like a worthwhile activity while we are killing time. LOL
Hahaha!
That was not a foul ball.
Should be 3 out?
A few times tonight I have looked away from the game and then look back to see a player in blue fielding a ground ball and I’m very briefly confused as to which team it is.
Belli can’t buy a hit sometimes.
Last night he hit two balls really hard, one of which required a fine diving catch by Nimmo.
Let’s go Walker. Keep on trucking.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a catcher wearing glasses before.
I was trying to recall seeing that before as well. Didn’t come up with anyone.
I would think that contacts or Lasik would be the options now.
Someone just pointed out elsewhere than Darrell Porter did.
Oh snap. Of course.
Possibly Yeager and certainly Jason Phillips.
Hard to have firsts in baseball!
Belli could be the first MVP to bat under .200 in a season.
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Alonso is so strong. He somehow got that out of there.
When he hit it, I thought Belli would catch it.
It kinda got by him too. Maybe he could have caught it with a leap at the wall?
No, it kept carrying.
But low trajectory I thought. I didn’t get a good look so I could be wrong, but I thought it just snuck over the wall.
Maybe, but it got there very quickly.
I see what you are saying. That’s very true.
I did as well.
Is he strong? Listen bud, he’s got radioactive blood.
Thoughts on the uni’s RBI?
I like ‘em! But when it’s hot, they will be hot.
Good point.
Where is the street art sleeve treatment they were talking about?
That would have been cool.
Maybe that’s option number two!
Belli is a mess.
I wish Doc would give him the same advice he gave AJ – to lower the temperature on the swing. Easy does it.
Yep. He needs to try something different. Probably not going to improve much until the shoulder is back at 100%.
He also had a broken leg.
Meanwhile, at the Litterbox, the Pads are tanking again, while the A’s lead the Gnats 2-0 here in Oaktown.
Good. Very good.
Trea scores standing up. Easy peasy.
When he’s on first base, he’s in scoring position.
Man, I don’t think much of the blue pants/blue jersey combo. Looks like a beer league softball uni.
I’ve seen much worse – how about the Gnats’ Friday Halloween unis?
Better than San Fran’s usual ones.
As Bo Diddley might have said to them, “You look like you been whooped with a ugly stick.”
Over/Under. Will Belli hit .200 this season?
Unlikely.
It isn’t looking good.
Buehler is pretty good at his job.
He’ll get a raise.
Oh yeah. Big raise.
He’s not taking a day off.
Ha!
And good taste in pants.
Small ball continues to work, thanks to Trea.
Speed doesn’t slump.
So – do we like them or not? (The uni’s in case you are wondering)
I’m digging the high white socks on Muncy to contrast the blue pants.
They should say “Doyers.”
Yep. That was a miss for sure.
Trea continues to amaze me. He advances on a routine fly ball to CF.
Old friend J.T. Chargois just blew a save for the Devil Rays.