Dodgers at Cardinals, 1:10 PM PDT, TV: Bally Sports Midwest, SPNLA
RHP Max Scherzer (12-4, 2.40 ERA) takes the mound for the Dodgers. He’ll face RHP Miles Mikolas (0-1, 4.41 ERA) of the Cardinals.
Today in Dodgers’ history:
- 1924 In a game that features a total of only six hits, the Brooklyn Robins beat Boston, 1-0, behind the strong two-hit performance of right-hander Bill Doak. The Braves Field victory is the team’s 15th consecutive win, establishing the longest winning streak in franchise history.
- 1953 With Giants manager Leo Durocher yelling “stick it in his ear”, Ruben Gomez hits Carl Furillo, the National League’s leading hitter, on the wrist with a pitch. After taking first base, the Dodgers right fielder bolts into the opposing dugout to choke ‘Leo the Lip’, but in the melee, the knuckle on his little finger is fractured, putting an end to his season.
- 1981 Fernando Valenzuela ties the National League’s rookie record for shutouts, blanking St. Louis, 5-0, for his seventh whitewash of the season. The Dodger lefty shares the mark with Irv Young (1905 Beaneaters), Grover Alexander (1911 Phillies), and Jerry Koosman (1968 Mets).
- 1985 In a matchup of aces that lives up to its advanced billing, Dwight Gooden and Fernando Valenzuela hook up in one of the best pitchers’ duels in recent memory. New York beats Los Angeles at Chavez Ravine, 2-0, thanks to Darryl Strawberry’s two-run double on a day that the 20 year-old Mets right-hander strikes out 10 batters, throwing nine shutout innings, while the Dodgers southpaw pitches 11 innings without allowing a run.
- 1996 Brett Butler returns to the Dodger lineup four months after having surgery for throat cancer. The 39 year-old center fielder scores the decisive run in the team’s 3-2 victory over the Bucs.
Also on this date in big league history, in 1995 Cal Ripken breaks Lou Gehrig’s consecutive game record, playing in his 2,131st straight game. When the game becomes official in the middle of the fifth inning, the new ‘Iron Man’ takes a victory lap around Camden Yards during the 22-minute standing ovation from the sellout crowd, including President Bill Clinton.
Lineup:
Today’s #Dodgers lineup at Cardinals: pic.twitter.com/UgM0Q5OjkD
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 6, 2021
NPUT
Unless he pitches the 9th and gets another k or 3, Scherzer will (only) need 6 k’s in his next start to get to 3000.
He has a chance to still pass Verlander this season for 18th place all time. (JV has 3,013k’s)
That’s 13 Ks for Scherzer. What’s his career high?
20
Wow. Do you have the particulars?
It’ll be a tough one for him to match tonight.
Need some swings and misses – misses from Barnes that is.
I was thinking the same thing. (Diabolically.)
Don’t want to have that many base runners in the ninth however.
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/fivethirtyeight.com/features/max-scherzers-20-strikeout-game-was-weirder-than-any-other/amp/
Was there for that game!
That’s right! I had a vague memory of that.
He looked llke the new Kerry Wood.
This game is moving along smartly. Feels more like getaway day rather than arrival day.
Actually getting to experience a little bit of it, because the starting time here in Milano ain’t bad.
Won’t be done by the time the clock strikes midnight for you, but you have seen some good hitting and some very solid pitching already.
Bob: How are you enjoying Italy? (Dumb question, I know.)
Just spent a week in Lago di Como! Off to Greece for a week of sailing to Santorini.
Tremendous. We visited Lago di Como about 25 years ago when our daughter was 10. It’s a magnificent place. The Italians found it amusing when she and I played catch in one of the piazzas.
My sister-in-law lives there so we have been visiting almost every year for the past 25.
My Italian nephew and his friends are impressed by my allegiance to the Dodgers and trying to follow then every day from so far away. They have the same loyalties when it comes to their futbol teams.
Long long ago I got a lift from southern Germany to the Valle d’Aosta, where I came upon a kids’ baseball camp in the mountains.
Incredible valley!
You brought a ball and gloves to Italy? That is impressive.
I once played a little bit with the Serbian national baseball team during one of their practices.
Until they found out that you are actually Croatian?
Actually, we played catch with a tennis ball. No gloves.
Tennis balls a bit easier to come by in Europe than baseballs.
Taste some gelato for me.
Regarding the item on Carl Furillo above, that did end his regular season, but he played in all six games of the World Series vs. the Yankees, batting .333, but the Dodgers lost four games to two. Also, Furillo had enough at bats in the regular season to qualify for the batting title and won it at .344. Prior to the injury he was on a 23-for-41 streak.
IMHO, McKinstry should be starting in right with Betts moving to center and Bellinger, 6-for-57, with 14 Ks and one BB since August 15, on the bench.
Mac unlikely to give you more offense than Belli, who gives you much better defense.
I think Mac would give us a bit more offense, but Bellinger is so lost at the plate. Still, he provides stellar defense. I expect that the Dodger batting coaches are working with him, but they apparently can’t solve it and/or Bellinger is stubborn. Who knows?
I prefer stellar defense in center to the idea that Mac might give us a little bit more offense, which is not assured. Long term investment in Belli as well. Hopefully he turns around offensively. Benching him would seem punitive.
MLB Game Wrap: “Scherzer is now 5-0 with a 1.05 ERA and 63 strikeouts in seven starts since being traded to Los Angeles.”
And the Dodgers have won all seven of those starts.
Yeehaw!
Woo-HOO!!!!
Good start on the road.
Dodgers win!
Come on Joe. Bob wants to get to bed by 1am…
Nine minutes
Buona notte, Bob.
What!? A couple more minutes. Time for a Campari.
Or two.
C’mon, Kelly. No heart palpitations for us, please.
Red Sox-Rays highlights (or lowlights). Make sure to watch the videos:
https://www.mlb.com/rays/news/rays-rally-from-7-1-deficit-to-beat-red-sox-in-10
Dodgers: No hits since the 3rd inning.
Just want to get back to the hotel and chill/sleep.
5 runs, they have done their job. Up to the arms.
Max at 103 pitches. Will Roberts let him try to finish it out?
Scherzer sitting at 2992 career K’s
It won’t be easy to reach 3K today…
True. But circle this Saturday night on the calendar – at home vs SD.
No help in Colorado: Giants lead 8-1 in the 6th and are about to score more.
He looked out to me!
Dodgers just can’t win a review these days. Still can’t believe that 2 of the 3 games in San Fran ended on lost reviews for the Dodgers.
That one looked fairly clear to me, but still not surprised it wasn’t overturned.
Although I think the ball didn’t hit the screen last night, but I still say Smith got his foot back on the bag on Friday night.
Goldy, glad he is not still in the West, is having a good season, but below career average.
Hi all. Up in the Sierras- tomorrow we shoot a short film I wrote that my husband will direct. Everyone arrives mañana but I got here a few days early. Nice to check in and see this score!
Didn’t realize that your husband was also in the “industry”.
He’s a writer director editor post production kinda guy. I’m a one tool kinda gal.
What part of the Sierras? Any smoke problems where you are?
Not smoky but warmer than I’d expected. Like everywhere else. I am in Camp Nelson, the Sequoia National Forest – 17 miles
of switchback up from Springville.
Does your film deal with the murders?
The Argies?
No, that was farther north, near Yosemite.
That’s a hike! Did 20 miles one day in the Sierra, but that was to get off the mountain in a quest for waffles.
Scherzer: 56 pitches through 5 innings. Cannot do much better than that.
It’s like 1981 all over again. (See Link’s notes above.)
Not that Fernando was known for efficient pitch counts. Just the opposite!
For Fernando, pitch counts were not a problem.
Ha! Good point.
Max is just what the doctor ordered.
Interesting that the Dodgers brought up McKinstry rather than Beaty. In the old days, when the rosters could expand to 40 in September, they both would have been called up. Also, I wonder what the future holds for Lux. If the Dodgers don’t resign Seager, Trea Turner would move to short next season, opening up second base.
I will try to make this my last Bellinger comment of the day: He would have to go 12-for-12 to reach .200.
Your ragging has worked in the past! Don’t stop!
May all his hits be home runs! (Sounds like a Jewish blessing…)
And Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sunset today.
That’s kinda why I said that!
Kind of like my brilliant calls on Nunez and Quackenbush.
Anyone know what kind of bullpen St. Louis has?
Doesn’t look very formidable on paper
Thanks. If we can continue to pile up runs, that might not matter anyway.
Well, jet lag doesn’t appear to have affected the bats.
Indeed.
Giants got two in the first at Colorado on homers by Ruf and Posey.
When you’re high, BALCO™ Flaxseed Oil is even more effective.
Regarding the item on Carl Furillo above, that did end his regular season, but he played in all six games of the World Series vs. the Yankees, batting .333, but the Dodgers lost in six games. Also, Furillo had enough at bats in the regular season to qualify for the batting title and won it at .344. Prior to the injury he was on a 23-for-41 streak.