Dodgers at Padres, 4:10 PM PDT, TV: ESPN
It’s a battle of deadline acquisitions this afternoon as RHP Lance Lynn (7-9, 6.32 ERA) makes his second start for the Dodgers and old friend LHP Rich Hill (7-10, 4.76 ERA) makes his first start for the Friars.
- 1981 The players approved a split-season format necessitated by the seven-week strike. The Yankees, A’s, Phillies, and Dodgers are declared the first-half champions and will be automatically qualified for the divisional series.
- 2016 Giancarlo Stanton drives a pitch thrown by Rockies starter Chad Bettis deep into the Rockpile seats, a 504-foot blast that becomes the longest round-tripper in the 21-year-old history of Coors Field. The Miami Marlins slugger’s fifth-inning solo shot in the team’s 12-6 loss surpasses the 496-footer hit in 1997 by Dodger catcher Mike Piazza off current Colorado bullpen coach Darren Holmes.
Lineups when available.
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