Dodgers at D-backs, 7:10 PM PDT, TV: Bally Sports Arizona, SPNLA
RHP Dustin May (0-0, 0.00 ERA) gets the ball for the Dodgers; RHP Merrill Kelly (0-0, 0.00 ERA) gets it for the Diamondbacks.
- 2001 In the home opener at Veterans Stadium, Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Bunning’s number 14 jersey is retired. Kentucky’s Republican U.S. senator, who compiled a 224-184 record in his 17-year career pitching for the Tigers, Phillies, Pirates, and Dodgers, joins Richie Ashburn (1), Robin Roberts (36), Steve Carlton (32), and Mike Schmidt (20) as the fifth player to have his number retired by the Phillies.
- 2004 Adrian Beltre becomes the 36th player in baseball history to hit 100 home runs before the age of 25. The Dodger third baseman joins Cal Ripken Jr. and Lou Gehrig to have exactly 100 homers on their 25th birthday.
- 2016 The Padres, with their 7-0 loss at Petco Park, become the first team to be shut out in the first three games of the regular season, surpassing the dubious mark set by the Browns, who opened the 1943 campaign with 26 straight scoreless innings. San Diego also dropped their first two decisions of the three-game series against the Dodgers, 15-0 and 3-0.
- 2021 Oakland’s As begin the season 0-6 when the team drops a 5-1 decision to the Dodgers, matching the 1916 Philadelphia A’s, who posted a 36-117 mark that season for the worse record in franchise history. The club has been outscored 50-13 in their first half-dozen games, losing all six by at least four runs and four times by at least seven runs.
Lineups when available.
Tonight’s #Dodgers lineup at D-backs: pic.twitter.com/aJJAo9YfsB
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 6, 2023
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— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) April 6, 2023
NPUT
Is the pitch clock better on TV? https://mollyknight.substack.com/p/the-pitch-clock-works-great-for-tv?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=417949&post_id=113315723&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email
Apple’s “Friday Night Baseball” started at 11:20 am PDT.
New line item in box score this season:
Pitch timer violations:Vargas (pitcher); Kelly, M (pitcher).
Dodgers win! Dodgers win!
And that’s that.
Woo-HOO!!!
Their guy was effectively wild. Mookie gets 101 in the helmet but his reaction time is so fast it seems to have merely glanced off. Not my idea of fun, however.
Phil comes up big!
Bickford ties him up!
Bullpen having a hard time not throwing wild pitches.
Both bullpens.
Bickford for the meat of the lineup seems less than optimal
May must be wondering if he could again wind up with a no decision after a great start.
So frustrating. He must be thinking, do I have to throw a complete game here, guys?
Phew.
Phew. Yency almost gave a big one up. But he didn’t!
Bullpen baloney happening.
Mookie having a rough night.
Soon to be cleanup hitter strikes again
He’s one of those at bats you don’t want to miss!
I’m ready for the first five in the lineup to be: Betts, Freeman, Smith, Outman, Vargas
Two out? Time to score.
Yep
Smith is owning the #3 spot in the lineup.
May is ridiculous.
Don’t blink, he is only on the mound about 3 minutes.
This is a dull game. Joe and Jessica might not be comfortable with each other.
Just fine by me.
Enjoy her expertise on hitting, that we don’t get from Orel.
Orel’s also a homer, against the Vin tradition.
I thought Outman’s ball would go into CF.
Good things happening and then Martinez did his copyrighted out at third. Thanks for the double though.
All three runs with two outs, no?
I don’t know.
Barves walk off against the Pads, so Dodgers can expand their division lead to two games by winning tonight.
Too early
Scoreboard watching does seem premature.
CT3 is a contact hitter!
CT3 RBI
What an arm! Reconstructed at that. Hope for years of Julio, Dustin and Walker.
Add Miller and Stone to that law firm
Interns at this point, along with Grove.
No Rojas or Vargas tonight.
Because there was no game yesterday, I think this truth-in-labeling article deserves being reposted. https://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/sf-giants-misspelled-official-hat-17880300.php
Dodgers (4-2)
Diamondbacks (3-3)
SP Dustin May R
0-0 .00 ERA 7IP 4K
Merrill Kelly R
0-0 .00 ERA 3.2IP 4K
Lineup:
2B Mookie Betts R
1B F. Freeman L
C Will Smith R
3B Max Muncy L
DH J. Martinez R
LF D. Peralta L
CF James Outman L
SS Chris Taylor R
RF J. Heyward L