First game of a doubleheader.
Diamondbacks at Dodgers, 12:10 PM PDT, TV: BS Arizona, SPNLA
RHP Zach Davies (2-4, 4.05 ERA) goes for the D-Backs and RHP Michael Grove (0-0, 4.11 ERA) goes for the Dodgers.
Rest in Peace, Maury Wills.
The Dodgers activated LHP Tyler Anderson and optioned RHP Andre Jackson.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 20, 2022
The Dodgers have added RHP Ryan Pepiot as the 29th player for Game 1 of the doubleheader.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 20, 2022
Today in Dodgers’ history:
- 1907 At Exposition Park in Pittsburgh, Nick Maddox no-hits the Dodgers, 2-1. At the age of 20 years and ten months, the Pirates hurler becomes the youngest pitcher and the second rookie to throw a no-hitter.
- 1911 Bill Bergen ends his major league career with the lowest lifetime batting average for a position player in major league history by hitting an anemic .170 during his 11-year tenure with the Reds and Superbas. The 33 year-old backstop, who had only one year of batting above .200, also holds the records for lowest season batting average for a regular season (.139 in 1909) and the longest streak of at-bats without a hit (46 in 1909).
- 1954 The Giants clinch the pennant when they beat the Dodgers at Ebbets Field, 7-1. The National League champs, finishing the season five games ahead of second-place Brooklyn, will go on to sweep Cleveland in the Fall Classic.
- 1959 The San Francisco Giants, bowing to the Dodgers, 8-2, play their last game at Seals Stadium. The transplanted New York team, who compiled a 163-145 record in their two-year stay in the former PCL park, will move to the newly constructed Candlestick Park next season.
- 1961 In a 13-inning contest, Sandy Koufax goes the distance, beating the Cubs, 3-2, in the last regular season game to be played at the LA Memorial Coliseum, which was originally built for the 1932 Olympics. The Dodgers are leaving the only home they have known since moving from Brooklyn four seasons ago to play in a brand new stadium in Chavez Ravine, located a few miles from downtown Los Angeles.
- 2011 Clayton Kershaw becomes the Dodgers’ first 20-game winner since Ramon Martinez accomplished the feat in 1990. Allowing just one run in 7 1/3 innings, the southpaw gets the victory when LA beats the visiting Giants, 2-1.
- 2012 Washington secures a playoff spot when they beat the Dodgers at Nationals Park, 4-1. The last time there was postseason baseball in the nation’s capital occurred 79 years ago, when player-skipper Joe Cronin and the Senators lost to the Giants in five games in the 1933 World Series.
Lineups when available.
Game 148. pic.twitter.com/i1VRtDQRRw
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) September 20, 2022
Today’s #Dodgers Game 1 lineup vs. D-backs: pic.twitter.com/vRF1bU0HOO
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 20, 2022
LAT’d: Maury has left us at age 89. This is my earliest memory of him. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ba4ab7236b0f796894b2bd964356d944092dc8ea52ca2841daf5ce8fe6de49f4.jpg
Thanks for the memory from your collection.
Note that he was not then a switch-hitter.
If the Dodgers were in the midst of a tight pennant race, this would have been a win for the ages.
Very true.
In a season of the improbable, the …. (oh, never mind, scooplew).
I had no idea today was a doubleheader and had to scramble to get this game’s post up. It was already in the bottom of the 1st before I did.
There is a new post up for Game Two.
Thanks Link for this great forum. Appreciate your efforts.
You deserve an MVP award, Link.
I’d settle for lungs with full capacity. 😉
You deserve an MVP award, Link.
Woo-HOO!!!
At 103-44, the Dodgers’ winning percentage is now .701.
Unless my research is flawed, they had also never been 59 games over .500 before. Or 58. Or 57.
I cannot imagine what it must be like in the Arizona clubhouse as they wait about 2 1/2 to 3 hours before taking the field again.
Wow, Mr. Martin. Wow.
Perhaps Martin becomes the Dean of the bullpen.
Groan.
I am a groan man.
Wah-Hoo!! 8 pitches. Now that is how you close a ballgame.
Martin is 6-8 to Barnes’s 5-10.
Dodgers win!
Improbable as it seemed, they did!
Martin’s been a really good deadline acquisition.
Well, I certainly did not see that bottom of the 8th on the horizon. Kind of like a flash flood.
One more hit and it could have been a hurricane as well.
Game was a real yawner until the 8th.
A crazy game like this really needs a 1,2,3 top of the 9th
It would be ashame to throw away a great comeback by using Kimblow.
This is an ABK game (Anybody but Kimbrel).
They are all ABK games for me. I want him to go away.
WELL SAID!
Paging Doc’s Martin.
Very clever. (By the way, Doc Martin is one of our all-time favorite shows. I hear that it is returning for one more season.)
15 LOB. LOL.
33 if you add it up by individual batter!
So Kimbrel in the ninth?
I hope not.
Doubtful
And the kid comes thru. Wah-ooh….
Crazy!
All the breaks in one inning.
Wow. I look away for fifteen minutes and whoosh!
Need just a bit more wooosh to make it really good.
Strike two not even close.
At the start of this inning, I didn’t care much. Now I do.
Same here.
It’s Mookie….
CT3 not quite over the Ks.
One more hit please.
Ok CT3. Keep it rocking.
WooT!
One more to tie, guys.
Tied!
You rang?
Sweet Willy.
Let’s go Will! 5-4.
Dodgers could soon be 3 outs away from this being a W.
Arizona pitchers’ era:
4.03
4.38
4.36
4.09 (so far)
Mantiply breaks the run of 4’s with his 2.86 era.
A rally!
Ok Freddie. Cash Alberto in.
Still need another 2 run shot.
Woot!
Barnsy with a bash.
Well, we Jumbo Jacked them.
12 LOB for the Dodgers today – vs 8 for the Diamondbacks.
We’ve had plenty of opportunities.
And is it fair we have missed out on them? Lol
Come on, guys. Eight hits and one run?
Clearly missing Bellinger out there.
LOL
If this game actually meant much of anything, it would be much tougher to watch.
Totally.
Maury was multi-talented.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1572298328854888450
Time for the offense to show up.
Blech. The Michael Grove experiment is not very successful so far.
The Miguel Vargas experiment has been a total failure. Kid isn’t ready yet. Need to send him down and bring up Outman for a look see.
Not as bad as it looks considering the errors that lead to 2 runs and extra pitches.
There’s some talent there. Clearly a live arm.
Missed chances!
https://twitter.com/THEREAL_DV/status/1572274901951877121?s=20&t=lEq1oifuVdGHGrHQdts1XQ
A first for the D-Backs today:
https://twitter.com/Dbacks/status/1572293308130684931