Dodgers at Padres, 5:40 PM PDT, TV: FS1, SPNLA, San Diego Padres (see list at prior post)
RHP Michael Grove (2-3, 6.75 ERA) pitches for the Dodgers while LHP Blake Snell (8-8, 2.50 ERA) does so for the Padres.
- 1954 Stan Musial, in a 13-4 rout of the Dodgers in Brooklyn, paces the Cardinals attack, hitting two homers and driving in seven runs. The defeat is Preacher Roe’s first loss to St. Louis at Ebbets Field in four years.
- 1969 With a titanic blast that clears the right-field pavilion, Willie Stargell becomes the first player to hit a home run completely out of Dodger Stadium. The 506-foot round-tripper helps the Pirates defeat LA, 11-3.
- 1979 Don Sutton, surpassing Don Drysdale, becomes the Dodgers’ all-time strikeout leader with 2,487 when he fans six in an 8-1 victory over San Francisco at Chavez Ravine. After establishing the mark, and receiving a two-minute standing ovation that he acknowledges by tipping his cap, the right-hander is charged with an automatic ball due to running his fingers across his lips while thanking the crowd.
- 1979 Outfielders Willie Mays (Giants, Mets) and Hack Wilson (Giants, Cubs, Dodgers, and Phillies) are enshrined into the Hall of Fame. Baseball administrator Warren Giles, who served as the president of the National League from 1951 to 1969, is also inducted during the Cooperstown ceremony.
Lineups when available.
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NPUT
Not sure who I want to get sent down first. Vesia, Ferguson, or Almonte.
Willie blast!
Smell (as unhappy Padfans sometimes call him) averages less than six innings per start. High pitch counts are routine.
My hometown Atléticos lead Gnats 1-0 , bottom of sixth.
Well, at least we didn’t lose ground to the Gnats.
Wouldn’t have been in bad shape if Freddie was a foot taller.
Or if Yency hadn’t walked those two guys.
Uh, tongue in cheek.
Lost opportunity, but tomorrow’s another day.
Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory.
The dog needs a walk, but I’ll still hold on.
Mercifully over.
Frying pan (Almonte) meet fire (Ferguson).
And a walk.
.four singles and two errors so far w Ferguson.
Anybody up? Do we even try at this point?
No. Save it for tomorrow.
Caleb needs a little vacay.
Yes, he does.
What a fiasco.
Can’t give away walks like that.
How can you not walk Manny there!
Exactly.
¡Quique¡!
Served it up. And then the error.
Quique should ate it.
Well crap.
Good hook. Now for a DP.
Caleb’s been inconsistent lately.
Yep.
Good grief.
We need some quality futurng here.
We need some quality pitching.
Don’t lose your focus now, Almonte!
Bear down, Yency!
Brewster does the sign of the cross accompanied by a Māori tongue wag.
Maori can look really aggressive doing that.
Meant to intimidate even in welcoming, so yeah. Was with a group of Uruguayans in NZ where they greeted us with a haka. In return, the Uruguayans sang some soccer song in a drunken out of tune manner that scared everyone to death.
U of Hawai’i football team often does a Samoan version of a haka before its games.
Yarbrough’s first outing was a very good one.
Color me impressed.
An under-the-radar pickup.
Good spot for Rosario.
Fielding not Soto’s forte
True, but that ricochet isn’t an easy play.
Played it fine, just neglected to pick up the ball and overran it.
It scooted past him.
Great job by Mookie. Got his hand in
Dodger fan who caught it was tempted to throw it back. Would have been priceless.
Ha! Snell represents all of us. Just wants to know what a balk is.
Orel said he came set twice
Yep, pretty obvious on that one. Wonder what Snell was trying to argue.
https://twitter.com/ericstephen/status/1688004458259828736?s=20
Atléticos swat Gnats 2-1, so Dodgers can increase their lead to four. Snakes are roadkill in Minneapolis.
Not raining on Yarbrough’s parade. He looks young. So far, impressive.
See Will run.
Gnats have tied the Atléticos – shame on you, Joc! – who are now batting in the bottom of the eighth.
Is Grove going to be used as a short starter today? Yarbrough is already warming jup.
Wierd
Apparently that was the plan, but he acquitted himself extremely well.
Very fine situational hitting by Quique.
Sorta stole a run off Snell.
Steal home
CT3 is not Elly de la Cruz.
He was trying to be.
I like the running game.
Dodgers are running yesterday and so far today
Atléticos still lead Gnats 1-0 after seven, thanks in part to a tootblan by Greasylocks Crawford.
No lemons in the Grove arsenal in the first.
Padres seem a little eager.
There’s a run for you Michael now get the win
Teammates are not all that supportive of him. He gets only 3.5 runs per start versus overall scoring of 5.7
He seems to get pulled early too.
Runs outta gas with high pitch counts.
Needs to go into hybrid mode
Funny thing to say about a pitcher with 6.93 ERA in his starts, but certainly the case in the previous two starts and, of course, today.
6.93?
Bob kept it in the ballpark
6.00 as a reliever.
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Fun fact: James Outman graduated from Redwood City’s Junipero Serra High School, whose mascot is…the Padres.
As a kid visiting Knotts Berry Farm whose entrance was free, I remember walking through the section that had to scale replicas of the Missions and learned another fun fact that the Missions were located a days walk from each other.
Present-day Redwood City lies between Santa Clara and SF, which would be a very long day’s walk – roughly 45 miles.