Rockies at Dodgers, 1:20 PM PDT, TV: ATT SportsNet RM, SPNLA
In the last regular season game of the season LHP Austin Gomber (5-7, 5.62 ERA) pitches for the Rockies and LHP Clayton Kershaw (11-3, 2.30 ERA) pitches for the Dodgers. This could be Kershaw’s last regular season game, but I suspect he’ll be back next year; yes, he’ll be 35 years old but he’s been very good this season even with his back troubles and he enjoys the competition so much that I think he’ll give it one more go. I hope so. I’d like to see him get 200 wins.
Today in Dodgers’ history:
- 1905 The Beaneaters suffer their 100th loss of the season when they drop the first game of a Washington Park doubleheader, 11-5, to the Superbas, a team that has already lost 103 games. It is the first occurrence in major league history that two teams with triple-digit losses have been opponents.
- 1914 In the eighth, Robins reliever Pat Ragan throws an immaculate inning when he strikes out the first three batters he faces on nine pitches. Unfortunately, the right-handed will give up five runs in the next frame, taking the loss in the team’s 9-5 defeat to the Braves at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field.
- 1947 Al Gionfriddo, inserted in left field for defensive purposes, makes one of the most memorable catches in World Series history when he robs Joe DiMaggio of an extra-base hit with two men on base in the sixth inning. The outfielder’s heroics help preserve an 8-5 Dodger victory in Game 6 of the Fall Classic, which will be the 25-year-old’s last game in the major leagues.
- 1949 Dodger right-hander Don Newcombe, becoming the first black to start a World Series contest, allows only four hits in Game 1, including Tommy Henrich’s home run leading off the bottom of the ninth, giving the Yankees a 1-0 walk-off victory in the Bronx ballpark. ‘Old Reliable’s shot to right field, the first game-ending home run in the history of the Fall Classic, gives Allie Reynolds the complete-game win, and it is Casey Stengel’s first postseason victory
- 1953 In the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 6, the Yankees win their record fifth consecutive World Series when Billy Martin singles, scoring Hank Bauer to give New York a dramatic 4-3 walk-off victory over the Dodgers. The Bronx Bombers’ second baseman, named the Series MVP, bats .500 in the six contests, collecting a record-tying 12 hits to equal Babe Ruth’s mark, and compiles 23 total bases, the most in Fall Classic history.
- 1963 In Game 4, Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth’s record with his 15th World Series home run. In the seventh inning, the Yankees slugger turns around a Sandy Koufax fastball to tie the score, but the blast isn’t enough to stave off the Dodgers’ Fall Classic sweep of the Bronx Bombers.
- 1966 Reliever Moe Drabowsky ties a World Series record by striking out six consecutive batters in the Orioles’ 5-2 Game 1 victory at Dodger Stadium. Brooks and Frank Robinson hit back-to-back homers in the first inning.
- 1977 Glenn Burke greets Dusty Baker on the dugout steps to congratulate his Dodger teammate for hitting a grand slam against the Phillies in Game 2 of the 1977 NLCS. The greeting, consisting of the two players extending their right arms above their heads and slapping their hands to make a resounding clap, is considered the first ‘high five’ in baseball history.
- 2001 In the longest nine-inning game in major league history, Barry Bonds breaks and then extends the mark for home runs in a season during the 4 hours and 27 minutes, 11-10 loss to the Dodgers at Pac Bell Park. The Giant outfielder connects off Dodger starter Chan Ho Park to break Mark McGwire’s 1998 record of 70 and then homers again in his next at-bat to extend his record to 72.
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Passing Cy Young in Ks is quite a feat. Now it’s Mussina with 2813, six ahead of Kershaw. First game of next year for him.
Winnipeg Dave’s challenge – blue toenails for all!
Lol! I need to buy some (blue) nail polish!
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Pantone 294!
I painted my toenails Dodger blue today. Let’s do this!
You are ready to party! Maybe we should all do it! (Wouldn’t matter for me because the sandal days are over for the year!)
Go for it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpGx4foRdPw
Woo-HOO!!! 111!!!
Wah-Ooh!! 111 wins. Kersh gets win #197. Nice way to end the season.
Dodgers win!!!
These go to 111!!!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KOO5S4vxi0o
Uhh Caleb?!
Good grief.
Yeah – Fergie has struggled the last little bit, if I recall correctly.
Nice recovery.
Go… San Diego???
(Or at least win 1!)
Yes.
Win it for Kersh!
Jaime!!
3 outs left in the regular season.
At least – there had better be!
Unless the Rockies would let the Dodgers play the bottom of the ninth for kicks and giggles.
Need to almost bat through the order to give Freddie a chance for 200.
I thought he got there!
Did he?! That’s awesome.
Maybe I’m thinking about the 100 rbis…
Oh yeah. He might be at 199 hits then.
Still at 199.
So close!
Kimbrel K’s the side? Really?
McNeill taking the chicken poop way to the batting title.
Could Freddie still win it if he gets another hit?
Dunno, but the Dodgers would need to have a big eighth or else blow their lead to get him another AB.
Oh, right. Let’s hope for a massive 8th!
McNeill is at .326. So, if one more hit gets him to .326 or higher, yes. If Freddie somehow passed McNeill, I bet he would play. Bush league way to win the batting title.
From MLB.com:
If he got another hit with another AB he’d be at .326, tied with McNeil. At least I think so unless the ABs are different from what MLB has for him.
As opposed to Ted Williams and his six hits in a doubleheader at the end of the 1941 season to reach .406.
Exactly.
This is a great way to finish.
Encouraging.
100 RBIs for Freddie. Woot..
Trea may be recovering. From today’s “The Athletic:”
Cody!
TREA!!! (And Freddie, earlier!)
The way the Dodgers are pitching – I think they will breeze through the playoffs.
The way the Dodgers are hitting – I think they will struggle to win in the playoffs.
Baseball being baseball, the pitching will get roughed up but the hitters will provide 6 runs a game!
I am more concerned with our offense than our pitching.
Yeah. That’s what I’m saying as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVrT_uZOh2E
Go Freddie!!
Looks like McNeill is sitting out to try and win the NL batting title.
Ioles
OK, Dodgers – that’s enough of this crap!
That was an irritating at bat by McMahon.
Yes it was. Offense needs to score early and get Kersh in line for win #197.
It was, but Clayton’s not likely to go longer than five innings in any event.
Gionfriddo made the catch that Vargas didn’t.