Twins at Dodgers, 7:10 PM PDT, TV: BS North, MLBN (out-of-market only), SPNLA
RHP Bailey Ober (2-0, 1.85 ERA) goes for the Twins and LHP Clayton Kershaw (6-2, 2.36 ERA) goes for the Dodgers.
- 1913 Alfredo Cabrera, born in the Canary Islands, becomes the first person from Spain to appear in the majors. The 32 year-old Cardinals shortstop will go 0-for-2 in the only big league game he will play, a 6-5 loss to the Dodgers at Ebbets Field.
- 1967 Reliever Phil Regan loses his first game in 77 appearances. The ‘Vulture’ gets pinned with his first defeat in over a year when Astros’ third baseman Bob Aspromonte hits a two-run triple in the tenth to beat the Dodgers, 5-3.
- 1970 During a game against the Giants at Dodger Stadium, Alan Fish, sitting with friends from the Poinsettia Playground in the second row seats along the first base line, is struck in the head by a foul ball off the bat of Manny Mota. The 14 year-old boy will die four days later to become the first fatality as a result of a batted ball in major league history.
- 1983 In an 11-4 rout of the Pirates, rookie right fielder Darryl Strawberry hit his first major league home run, a two-run round-tripper off Pittsburgh’s Lee Tunnell at Three Rivers Stadium. The troubled Mets outfielder, the eventual franchise leader with 252 homers, will hit a total of 335 during his turbulent 17-year career with the Mets, Dodgers, Giants, and Yankees.
- 2000 After a fan steals Los Angeles’ catcher Chad Kreuter’s hat and hits him in the back of the head, many Dodgers, including coaches John Shelby and Rick Dempsey, go into the stands and start fighting with the Wrigley Field faithful. When the melee ends, several fans are arrested as the game is delayed nearly ten minutes, and there is litter all over the field.
Lineups when available.
Bailey Ober takes the mound for game two in LA.#MNTwins pic.twitter.com/8XBP79gFZp
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) May 16, 2023
Tonight’s #Dodgers lineup vs. Twins: pic.twitter.com/wZW2W4QSGw
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) May 16, 2023
What is a disengagement violation??
Too many throws to first.
I’m not going there
Technically I guess disengaging from the rubber whether there is a throw or not.
Lotta pitches so far.
NPUT @ 0700 HST, 1000 PDT, 1300 EDT
Still holding serve – everyone but the Gnats lost today.
Well, that’s that.
And, “That” sucked.
Well, we Jumbo Jacked them.
Well, that pretty much does it.
Bruihl was cruising, until he wasn’t.
Well, gonna need a miracle tonight.
Hard hit contact. Turning the corner?
Swinging at ball four
With this ump?
Tough to hit regardless.
Two more shots.
Well, at least he didn’t strike out.
Taylor a vacuum out there (saw him many years playing for the Nats).
When at a game and not home listening to lions roar.
And howler monkeys, well, howling.
And Bonobos?
Howling as well, I would imagine.
Pinch hitter?
Being a Stewart fan, I was hoping for a dribbler RBI
Barnes bunt?
What are the odds?
Productive out. Got the runner over.
Nope
Another one of those lead off doubles
Keep it close Victor
RALLY TIME!! Clap…Clap.
Now Miller accumulating pitches
Rojas as advertised
Dance batter
Slip sliding away?
I don’t think so Paul.
We threw down to second in that same situation when I was in Little League. Runners going to second were always surprised. I’m always surprised major league teams don’t seem to do that except rarely.
Oh well.
Doc tries to steal one there.
Outman needs to start laying off that high pitch.
He didn’t need that first pitch being called a strike while he is striking out so much lately.
Happens to him a lot. Hard on the rookie.
Rally.
Kersh not having his best game.
Twins not getting a lot of good wood, but pitch count mounting.
Kersh has 90 pitches. He probably will give us only 4 innings tonight.
Guessing he’ll at least start the fifth
Nope.
Lakers now down by 3 with a little under 4 minutes in 4th after being down by 21 towards the end of 3rd quarter.
Interesting numbers for Betts playing infield vs outfield
Pesky
Rats. Missed opportunity.
Audio/visual out of sync for my mlb.tv feed.
Now all good. Well, except for that Farmer single
I just briefly had the same thing on Extra Innings
At Fangraphs, Jay Jaffe praises Will Smith.